Operations Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Zinc

Zinc

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Who we are
We're a culture first company, we have a daily 3pm tea break where we play games, our current favourites are Skibbl, Monopoly Deal, Uno and Bananagrams

Life at Zinc is:
Focused, Empowered and Trusted.

The Role
We're excited about this one.

You'll be joining the Operations team (currently a team of 3) and have a unique opportunity to touch on lots of areas of this growing start-up business.

In the past year we grew from 8 people to 30, and whilst the co-founders and leadership team have brought on lots of amazing Zinc'ers to do things better than they can, there are still areas that we think can be improved.

This
Operations Assistant role will be pivotal in getting hands on with finance admin, day-to-day operations, and over the course of your first year you'll have the opportunity to rotate around almost every team to keep us moving forward.

Whilst we'll be excited to meet folks with creative mindsets the key things we need are curiosity, drive, and prioritisation.

You'll need to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in but anything you want to learn about start-up life, we're happy to teach.

If you're someone who one day sees themselves as a future start-up founder themselves, this is a great opportunity to get under the skin of a business that's about the take-off and learn the trade.

Requirements:

Your first 3 months

Learn all about background checking and the Zinc platform
Get up to speed with clearing the Finance inbox: you won't be flying solo here, but you'll be able to quickly answer lowlevel queries to keep customers happy
Gradually taking on operations admin so the business runs like clockwork
Get to know the team, learn about how the office runs and takeover important cultureaffirming tasks

At 6 months

Taking charge of the finance inbox and working with the Chief of Staff to make invoicing more efficient
You'll be keeping the team culture growing as we do by organising quarterly team events
Training up with CS on chat, to learn about our users and the product
Eventually running solo with things like employee expenses, supporting onboarding for new joiners, potentially helping with recruitment admin
Begin to explore other responsibilities you can take on to expand your skill set

At 12 months

You'll have had a generalist overview of almost every team in the business, and we'd be keen to support you in whichever direction internally you'd like to move

Who we are looking for

The interview process is 3 steps
:a recruiter screen, video interview (with an excel task), and a face-to-face interview to meet the team.

Below is an outline of the type of things we'll be looking for...

we don't expect folks to know everything, or even have heaps of work experience:

what you don't know we can teach but having these traits & attitudes will help you thrive in an early stage start up environment.

Entrepreneurial & self starting

You always come with possible solutions (even if you are not sure they are the right ones) alongside raising challenges
You are more interested in solving an issue rather than working out who is to blame
You are constantly looking around for ways to make things better, and help the team win

A strong sense of personal accountability

You hold yourself to higher standards than you hold the people around you
You want to succeed, and believe that ultimately your overall success is down to you.

Self improvement driven, always likes to be getting better, and hungry for knowledge

You love to learn more and want to get better every week
You have intermediate excel skills, and want to keep those skills sharp and grow them further

Ambitious for their personal career, and progression

You're someone who gets a kick out of collective victory and teamwork
You're excited by startups, you're someone who sees the value in the breadth of an operations role, maybe one day you want to start your own business
You don't wait to be assigned tasks, you're proactive and find things to do

Knowledge, Experience and Pre-Existing Skills

None of these are vital but may impact what level you are brought in at:_
Some experience in a startup environment: placement year, internships, work experience
Excel skills: you need to have intermediate proficiency with excel, but anything above that is a bonus

Benefits

What we offer
Zinc offers a chance to work on a product that brings a fresh perspective on data ownership in hiring
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Salary £25,000-£27,000 depending on experience:

Hybrid working (2 days per week in London, our office is near Moorgate/Old St/Liverpool St)
Shares for real part ownership in the business
MoreHappi access from day one: take part in unlimited coaching sessions for all areas of your life, for free
Regular team socials & weekly team lunches
24 days holiday + your birthday off (plus bank holidays)
Flexible working