Operations Specialist (ATA)

Major Responsibilities:
1. To establish, manage and maintain the basic internal systems the ATA requires for operational effectiveness, particularly for finance, human resources, information technology and administration.
2. To build exceptionally high-performing ATA team and culture.
Key Functions
• Serving as a member of the senior leadership team, responsible for the overall direction, values, culture and management of the Agency.
• Establishing an effective accounting, budgeting and financial management system characterized by superlative financial controls, transparency, accountability, clear analysis, timely financial accounting and useful reporting, etc. An early key deliverable will be the creation of financial policies and procedures guidelines for use by ATA staff.
• Establishing an effective human resource management system. The system will cover a broad range of issues including hiring and orienting new staff; codes of conduct; protocols for vacation, compensation, benefits, termination; etc. An early key deliverable will be the creation of human resource policies and procedures guidelines for use by ATA staff.
• Supporting Chief Technical Adviser, Technical Adviser (Executive Office) and others to identify, hire and orient an exceptional set of ATA staff members.
• Designing and overseeing internal processes to develop organizational culture, values and norms and the performance management system and incentives that create and reinforce a high-performance orientation at the ATA.
• Creating an effective IT system that meets the needs of ATA leadership and staff.
• Organizing effective internal communications and administrative systems, to allow for overall smooth and effective operations within the ATA.
• Managing the Agency office and adapting physical infrastructure to the emerging needs of the ATA.
• Ensuring the long-term maintenance and management of finance, HR, IT, communications and other systems, adapting systems over time as needs change.

Competencies

• Ability to thrive in a fast-moving, start-up environment, with an emphasis on high-performance, teamwork, accountability and results.
• Highly collaborative leadership style.
• Results orientation.
• Excellent adaptive problem-solver.
• Strong set of personal values including integrity, honesty and desire to be of service.

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