Lifeguard Press Junior Developer

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Location:

Limited to US applicants. We are not able to sponsor work visas and are only considering applicants who are eligible to work in the US.

Application materials:

We do not accept applications through email. Please submit an application using this form -

Please note that we do not ask for a cover letter. Instead, we ask that you submit a resume and an application form. The form will ask you to provide answers to short answer and multiple choice questions regarding your qualifications.

Application deadline:

9 am ET Monday August 14, 2023

Application process and timeline:

• Stage 1 - phone screen: late August 2023
• Stage 2 - compensated skills assessment: early September 2023
• Stage 3 - video interview: mid September 2023

Target start: October 2023

Position Mission Statement:

As our People Operations Coordinator, you will work closely with our Operations Director and the Finance Operations Coordinator to ensure the smooth operation of Wild Animal Initiative to enable our staff to focus on the research, services, and programs needed to advance our mission of understanding and improving the lives of free-ranging animals in the wild.

You will plan our annual in-person all-staff retreats, work with the Operations Director to ensure our legal and lawful operational compliance, and keep our policies and procedures documents updated and current. You will interact with our staff in a human resources, people, and culture capacity regarding their needs and questions, acting as a first line of contact and proactively looking for ways to improve employee experience and organizational operation.

Qualifications:

Note that we do not require any specific academic credentials or prior work experience for you to be considered for this position.

We are looking to work with people that approach our mission as an inherently inclusive endeavor and celebrate the differences of others. We strongly encourage Black, Brown, Indigenous, Latino/a/x, and people of other historically marginalized communities to apply and welcome applicants of any religion, age, origin, class, citizenship, parental status, disability status, genetics, veteran status, sexual orientation, and gender. We view diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and ways of understanding the world and wild animals as an asset which can improve the performance, collective intelligence, innovation, and quality of science at Wild Animal Initiative, while also addressing the exclusionary aspects of the spaces we operate in.

This role will require you to have the following qualifications:

• A welcoming, composed, and community-minded attitude and desire to help and stand behind others, even in tight deadlines or complex interpersonal situations.
• Demonstrated ability to reliably complete work tasks in a timely manner and with attention to detail and integrity.
• Strong proven ability to coordinate with others to accomplish tasks, manage systems, or complete projects.
• Dedication to and knowledge of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice and a passion for putting these concepts into practice.
• Demonstrated strong ability to clearly and effectively communicate in English both orally and in writing, primarily in a remote environment.
• Working knowledge of common US business and employment laws, regulations, and resources with the ability to foresee issues and research solutions. Preferred — previous familiarity with employer of record services for international contractors.
• Familiarity with, or ability to become familiar with, common administrative and remote office procedures with openness and desire to find more efficient or effective ways to operate.
• Demonstrated ability to give full attention to what others are saying, take time to acknowledge them, and ability to observe and recognize their reactions to collaboratively solve problems.
• Ability to proactively anticipate and identify potential problems in systems or processes with an eye for efficiency or misinterpretations.
• Ability to proactively evaluate strengths and weaknesses of possible solutions to recommend the most effective solution.
• Able and willing to learn new software and platforms such as Google Drive, Airtable, Salesforce, and Asana.

This role might also benefit from you having some of the following qualifications. You should still apply even if you don’t have any of these qualifications.

Working knowledge of Salesforce, Asana, Airtable, and Google Suite and ability to explore new potentially helpful platforms and tools.

Ability to compose concise and clear written procedural documents and present procedural information orally, such as in an all-staff meeting.

Demonstrated ability to incorporate new information or others' actions into current thinking.