Operations Specialist

Position Title: Operations Specialist

Supervisor: Director of Operations

Department/Division: Operations & Finance

Hours: 40 hours workweek (exempt)

Location: Washington, DC

Salary range: $65,000 - $100,000

Position Overview

The Operations Specialist will join a team charged with establishing and implementing the Operations functions from the ground up. This role will work with the Director of Operations to support the development of operational policies, procedures, and compliance functions, in addition to supporting a high-functioning office environment at a rapidly growing, non-profit trade association. This role helps realize CEBA's vision by developing and supporting the underpinnings necessary in supporting a world-class organization where talents are unleashed, processes zoom, and work is fun.

Core Responsibilities:

• Participate in the development, maintenance, and the establishment of processes to ensure adherence to operational policies and procedures.
• Support and oversee day-to-day office and related logistics operations, ensuring timely delivery and accurate coordination of resources.
• Ability to identify process improvements and implement efficient solutions.
• manage organizational assets and service agreements.
• Support the development and implementation of Finance, People and Operations procedures and systems across the organization
• Support coordination and integration of efforts among internal teams to optimize organizational systems and processes.
• Effectively utilize and maintain operational systems, such as workflow tracking platforms to streamline team coordination and task completion.
• Ability to work through challenges independently, with a resourceful approach to finding solutions and optimizing processes.
• Ensure office workstations and conference spaces are in proper working condition.
• Work with building management on communal space reservations and manage employees' building access key fobs.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

Qualifications:

Required:

• 2+ years' experience and Bachelor's Degree
• 6+ years' experience if no higher education
• Eligible to work in the United States

Additional:

• Bachelor's degree in business or non-profit administration or related field preferred
• Excellent organizational abilities
• Superior knowledge of nonprofit industry regulations and operational guidelines
• Working knowledge of customer relationship management (CRM) packages
• Excellent written and oral communication
• Demonstrated analytical skills
• Proficiency in IT systems
• Detailed and organized yet comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with frequent changes
• Experience in non-profit organizations is helpful but not required
• Experience in service and/or hospitality is helpful but not required
• CEBA seeks candidates with the following core competencies
• Strategic thinking
• Critical thinking
• Team Partnership
• Subject Matter Expertise
• Results Orientation
• Change Champion
• Impactful Communications
• Demonstration of core values and tenets
• Self-motivated and dynamic workstyle
• A commitment to CEBA's core values of Respect, Integrity, Service and Excellence (RISE)
• Able to work in-person 5 days per week

To Apply:

To be considered for this opportunity, please provide a resume and cover letter.

Our Salary and Benefits:
We offer competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that aims to develop a world-class team by holistically supporting the individual. CEBA also offers eligibility to participate in our annual bonus/ incentive plan based on both organizational and individual performance. CEBA believes that supporting all employees to have a full life, inside and outside of work, results in a team that feels personally engaged in CEBA's success.

CEBA strives for salary equity based on the job, and the candidate's experience, skills, education, and (once hired) performance at CEBA-not based on a candidate's negotiation skills, gender, race, sexual orientation, or any other non-skills-based attributes.

Benefits We Offer You (generous policy, not comprehensive)

• 401(k), with 5% employer match
• Highly Flexible PTO
• Quality Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance, with substantial employer subsidy, including domestic partners
• Life, AD&D, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Generous Parental and Guardianship Leave
• Wellness Benefits
• Casual Work Environment, with flexible hours

At CEBA You Belong:

Our members come from all walks of life and so do we. Our commitment to a zero-carbon energy system is for everyone and so too is our workplace.

CEBA is committed to maintaining a workplace where all employees have an opportunity to participate and contribute to the success of the business and are valued for their skills, experience, and unique perspectives. This commitment is embodied in company policy and the way we do business at CEBA and is an important principle of sound business management.

Inclusion goes beyond diversity. All CEBA staff shall be committed to accepting and encouraging different perspectives. Creative solutions to tough problems are fostered by respectful challenging of one another's thoughts and assumptions. CEBA is committed to being open to a variety of cultural practices and norms.

Achieving CEBA's vision of a resilient, zero-carbon energy system requires creative problem-solving and a wide range of perspectives; CEBA knows that diversity not only makes our organization stronger, but also is foundational to our mission success.

About the Organizations

Together, the Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) and the Clean Energy Buyers Institute (CEBI) share a collective vision of customer-driven clean energy for all. These organizations form an inclusive community of energy customers, clean energy providers, service providers, NGOs, philanthropies, and clean energy thought-leaders. Our aspiration is to achieve a 90% carbon-free U.S. electricity system by 2030 and to cultivate a global community of energy customers driving clean energy.

The Clean Energy Buyers Association is a business association with a mission to activate a community of energy customers and partners to deploy market and policy solutions for a carbon-free energy system. The Clean Energy Buyers Institute is a public benefit charity with a mission dedicated to solving the toughest market and policy barriers to achieving a carbon-free energy system.

Our guiding values and tenets are: we value respect in our treatment of people and the planet; integrity in how we conduct ourselves; service to our mission, stakeholders, and colleagues; and excellence in our programs and work. The core tenets that CEBA strives to foster include: Mission oriented, grounded by strategy, a spirit of partnership inside and outside of CEBA and innovation and entrepreneurship through healthy and respectful discord. We know that diversity is critical to realizing our vision of customer-driven clean energy for all because innovative solutions come from great minds who do not think alike.

CEBA provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, results of genetic testing, caregiver status, and past, present or prospective service in the military in addition to any other protected categories required by state, federal or local regulations. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, discipline, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, benefits and training. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.