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Operations Coordinator (education - social impact startup)
Future Anything
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Want to help rewrite the playbook on what’s possible in education?
Why us?
Unleashing passion, potential and agency in every classroom.
Help us drive impact in:
The opportunity:
Opportunity type:
Paid job
Commitment:
Flexible
Experience level:
🚀 Growing (2 - 5 yrs)
Location:
Queensland
Remuneration:
$75,000 - $90,000
Closing date:
February 6, 2025
Why you might love this opp:
The team at Future Anything are rewriting the playbook on what’s possible in education. Think teachers reimagining the classroom as a launchpad for innovation and students pitching bold solutions to big problems; walking away ready to tackle tomorrow with grit, grace, and gusto.
Why you might love this job:
Why you might love this job:
- 💙 You’ll be joining a values-led team with the founder and a range of advisors having highly impactful careers that inform their leadership. Collaboration, creativity, and a deep respect for the challenges faced by educators are the driving forces behind everything they do.
- 🔧 With bold vision and powerhouse partners like SOUTHSTART, the Queensland Government, and Taronga Zoo, Future Anything is setting the pace in education innovation. This momentum has seen our founder Nicole recognised as an Obama Foundation Leader, Snow Entrepreneur, and Future Anything recognised as Lord Mayor’s Business Award winner as Social Enterprise of the Year in 2024 - and in 2025, we're set to spark even bigger shifts.
- ⚡️Side by side with educators, we’re unleashing the potential of young people to take on the world’s toughest challenges. Our partners in action: 100,000 young people and 5000+ educators to deliver 200+ programs annually across Australia and New Zealand - turning classrooms into launchpads, ideas into impact, and students into the enterprising trailblazers the future is waiting for.
- 🧞 As Operations Coordinator, you’ll be the behind-the-scenes wizard ensuring these transformative programs reach thousands of young people across Australia and New Zealand. This org knows your experience could have been gathered from a variety of places; creative booking agent? tour manager? teacher? volunteer coordinator or something else entirely? We want to hear from you!
- 🎨 Be the glue that keeps it all together: Whether you’re juggling travel bookings like a pro, keeping program logistics ticking like a Swiss watch, or improving processes that make the whole ship sail smoother, you’ll love being the go-to person who makes the magic happen.
- 🏖 Flexibility meets growth: Six weeks’ annual leave, a $1000 learning budget, and a work culture built on outcomes, not clock-watching. Spend three days a week in our buzzing Teneriffe office and two at home - or all five in-office, if that’s your jam.
- 🧋 Bonus: We’re flexible on hours - 30 to 38 per week. Whether you're growing your career and looking for a purpose-driven fit or bringing more experience in ops and events, we’ve got space. (P.S. If the latter sounds like you and a pro-rated $90,000 over 4 days is your vibe, let us know in your application!)
What's involved:
The balance of work will shift as the business grows, but to start:
〰️ 50% Communications & Program Coordination:
Be the first friendly face (or inbox reply) for all incoming enquiries, spreading Future Anything’s signature warmth and professionalism. Keep program registrations smooth and ensure the workshops calendar hums along like your favourite Spotify playlist.
〰️ 20% Logistics & Travel Management:
Keep the team moving like the logistical wizard you are - flights, digs, events and schedules? All sorted without breaking a sweat. You’re the behind-the-scenes MVP, making sure everything runs smoother than a fresh gelato on a summer day.
〰️ 15% Process Optimisation:
See something that could be better? Fix it! Your knack for efficiency and comfort with SAAS tools (maybe ChatGPT and a beautifully optimised Airtable lights your heart on fire) will help Future Anything optimise its work, freeing up time and energy for what really matters - changing lives.
〰️ 15% General Support & Team Magic:
Partner with the CEO and the team to tackle the tasks that keep everything running. Diary wrangling? Check. Event logistics? Check. Random-but-essential admin? Double check.
〰️ 50% Communications & Program Coordination:
Be the first friendly face (or inbox reply) for all incoming enquiries, spreading Future Anything’s signature warmth and professionalism. Keep program registrations smooth and ensure the workshops calendar hums along like your favourite Spotify playlist.
〰️ 20% Logistics & Travel Management:
Keep the team moving like the logistical wizard you are - flights, digs, events and schedules? All sorted without breaking a sweat. You’re the behind-the-scenes MVP, making sure everything runs smoother than a fresh gelato on a summer day.
〰️ 15% Process Optimisation:
See something that could be better? Fix it! Your knack for efficiency and comfort with SAAS tools (maybe ChatGPT and a beautifully optimised Airtable lights your heart on fire) will help Future Anything optimise its work, freeing up time and energy for what really matters - changing lives.
〰️ 15% General Support & Team Magic:
Partner with the CEO and the team to tackle the tasks that keep everything running. Diary wrangling? Check. Event logistics? Check. Random-but-essential admin? Double check.
Key criteria:
- 🤹 Master Juggler: Your superpower? Keeping a bunch of things in motion without dropping the ball - or missing a single detail. Whether it’s organising events, managing a packed travel itinerary, or coordinating a community project, you’ve nailed time management, balancing big-picture goals with hyper-focused execution (and maybe color-coded spreadsheets).
- 💻 Tech-Savvy Systems Star: Sunsama, Trello, Canva, Humanitix, Mailchimp? Bring it on. You’re fluent in tools that make workflows slick and love diving into new ones. Maybe you’ve set up Airtable to manage a side hustle or streamlined processes for a community group - whatever the context, you’re all about efficiency.
- 🤝 Warm & Witty Communicator: Whether it’s a carefully crafted email, a quick Slack update, or bringing the team together for a group huddle, your communication hits the mark. Stakeholders trust you, teammates love collaborating with you, and you know how to adjust your tone to keep things on track without missing a beat.
- 🌟 Action-Oriented & Entrepreneurial: You’re not one to sit around waiting for permission. You see what needs to be done, take action, and adapt along the way. Whether you’re problem-solving on the fly or iterating on feedback, you’re all about keeping projects moving toward their goals - creatively, confidently, and always driven by your values.
- 🌍 Mission-Aligned Changemaker: You’re passionate about social enterprise and impact, with a strong interest in Future Anything’s mission to empower young people. You’re familiar with our programs and the stakeholders we engage - schools, startups, and innovation-driven organisations - and ready to help drive meaningful change.
How to apply:
**If any of the above resonated with you but you don’t tick every box:**
👒 🧢 🎩 You should throw your hat in the ring, whatever those 2+ years of experience look like in your personal impact journey. We’d love to hear from you!
**Interested?** 1. Create a profile (or complete yours if you already have one) on Ripple Opportunities. Note: This won’t be shared directly with our impact partner but we may reach out to you for permission to share excerpts if we think it could assist your application. 1. Submit an application via Ripple Opportunities by Thursday 6th of February 2024 at 11:00pm AEDT.
**Your written application of no more than 1000 words should include:** 1. What’s motivating you to apply for this role? 1. A brief overview of your previous experience and how it applies in this context. 1. A specific experience you’ve had that’s directly related to this role (e.g coordinating an event, managing schedules). What was the objective, what strategy and tactics did you implement, what results did you achieve and what did you learn from this? 1. What’s something we don’t know about you that could help you thrive in this role?
Questions? Please email hey@rippleopportunities.com
**Interested?** 1. Create a profile (or complete yours if you already have one) on Ripple Opportunities. Note: This won’t be shared directly with our impact partner but we may reach out to you for permission to share excerpts if we think it could assist your application. 1. Submit an application via Ripple Opportunities by Thursday 6th of February 2024 at 11:00pm AEDT.
**Your written application of no more than 1000 words should include:** 1. What’s motivating you to apply for this role? 1. A brief overview of your previous experience and how it applies in this context. 1. A specific experience you’ve had that’s directly related to this role (e.g coordinating an event, managing schedules). What was the objective, what strategy and tactics did you implement, what results did you achieve and what did you learn from this? 1. What’s something we don’t know about you that could help you thrive in this role?
Questions? Please email hey@rippleopportunities.com
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Oh look! A legend is here reading some fine print! At Ripple our mission is to democratise access to purpose-driven opportunities. As a small team that curates hundreds of opportunities each week we do our best to share all the key information and juicy details. We often link out to the original listing and can't guarantee all details are included on our page, or the full accuracy as application windows and role descriptions may be changed by companies with short notice. If you're unsure of any details or closing dates, it's best to reach out to the organisation directly.
Oh look! A legend is here reading some fine print! At Ripple our mission is to democratise access to purpose-driven opportunities. As a small team that curates hundreds of opportunities each week we do our best to share all the key information and juicy details. We often link out to the original listing and can't guarantee all details are included on our page, or the full accuracy as application windows and role descriptions may be changed by companies with short notice. If you're unsure of any details or closing dates, it's best to reach out to the organisation directly.