Job Summary
Remote / Work from Home
- $80,925 per annum pro-rata plus 10.5% superannuation
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 11th Dec 2022
Remote / Work from Home
Established in 2011, Community Power Agency (CPA) is Australia’s leading organisation supporting communities to engage in and benefit from the transition to renewable energy. We are a not-for-profit organisation with a mission to drive a faster and fairer transition to clean energy. We believe all Australians, regardless of where they live or what they earn, should have the right and the opportunity to participate in the clean energy transition, and by involving them we build the strong groundswell of support needed to facilitate a rapid transition to a clean energy future.
Our small dynamic team delivers advocacy, innovation, advice and capacity building to achieve our mission. We are a radically different organisation as a workers co-operative with both advocacy and fee-for-service work streams. We specialise in supporting communities navigate the complex process of developing their own clean energy projects and focus on building the capacity within communities, industry and government while fostering collaboration. We also work to address the systemic barriers facing the sector as a whole and play an active role in bringing socially-responsible, community beneficial business models into the Australian renewable energy market.
We are seeking a suitably qualified and experienced Operations Coordinator, who has a passion for helping the community energy sector to prosper and supporting the transition to renewable energy. As the Operations Coordinator for CPA, you would work alongside other members of the team, support their workflow and help to deliver the objectives of the organisation in accordance with our mission and values. While we are a dispersed, virtual team we work in a highly collaborative way and have a range of online strategies to support this. The right candidate will be willing to contribute to facilitating effective collaboration across the organisation and our external partners.
The organisation is currently made up of a small, independent team of committed individuals who are developing and delivering projects, training and campaigns. Currently each member also assumes responsibility for managing parts of the organisation’s operations, such as finances and governance. However, as CPA grows we are finding that much of this organisational work would be better performed by an individual who has oversight across all areas of our operations. This would provide project staff with more time to focus on project design and delivery. Therefore, we are seeking a person with strong organisational skills and experience across a range of areas including:
You should be self-driven, be able to work 100% autonomously, dedicated, and know how to solve problems creatively with a “can-do” attitude and enthusiasm for working in a small and lean team. You will work with our team and board to develop and refine processes and procedures that ensure that CPA runs smoothly.
The candidate may also work on existing CPA projects from time to time, where appropriate. After the six months we would evaluate our collaboration, and we would be hoping that your work on organisational management have resulted in positive outcomes for the broader team and the effectiveness of the organisation.
We seek an individual with great abilities and skills in the following areas:
Financial Management:
Human Resources and Support:
Governance and Operations:
The future Operations Coordinator has the following key attributes:
Desirable
We encourage you to apply even if you don’t have 100% of the selection criteria characteristics. A passion for the work and an eagerness to learn are the most important things.
Community Power Agency is a workers cooperative – a business entity that is owned and controlled by the workers. Employees of the cooperative actively contribute to the direction the business takes. The work we choose to do and why, is directed by the employees – their shared values, hopes and visions – as well as by a mutual responsibility and care for the cooperative.
We strive for egalitarianism. We have a flat management structure and as such, we all take responsibility for holding ourselves and each other to account. A key part of this commitment is our policy of pay equity. We believe that people are inherently of equal value, so instead of paying some people more, we have sought to share/ redistribute responsibility, power and knowledge. Instead of a typical line of management we build people’s capacity, skills and confidence through mentoring, working collaboratively, and opening up opportunities for passionate people to ‘give it a go’.
CPA recognise that the way we make change is as important as the outcomes. We are supportive, honest and transparent in the way we work internally and externally. We offer pro-rata public holiday leave so regardless of whether your normal work day falls on a public holiday you receive the pro-rata additional leave. As a nimble, dynamic and dispersed team, we put energy into remaining connected as best we can. We invest in getting together face-to-face twice a year to evaluate, strategise and connect as a team. We are continuously improving our way of operating, to address issues and challenges as they arise.
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Note: We are also recruiting for a Communications Co-ordinator, if you would like to combine both roles into a full time role please indicate this in your application.
We are an equal opportunity employer. First Nations people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQ people, and people with a disability are encouraged to apply.
Want to have a chat before you click submit? You can contact Elizabeth Noble, Director on [email protected] using the subject line: Operations Co-ordinator enquiry via EthicalJobs or 0426 887 415 with any questions you might have.
Remote / Work from Home