My friend Jason just posted the following job opening at Communicopia, his company. I work with them through Web of Change and can attest to what a great opportunity this would be for the right person!

The title is "office manager" but this person will get to spend 1/3 of their time doing client work with Communicopia's diverse and inspiring clients. (If I knew anything about accounting, I would have been interested myself.)

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JOB POSTING ::  OFFICE MANAGER
 
This is a challenging and relatively diverse position that combines general office management / reception tasks with project financial record-keeping, making you the hub of our small office. While the core responsibilities are typical of office management, the right candidate will have an opportunity to learn more about our industry with the potential to directly support our senior strategists on projects and our client’s online sites and communities.

JOB ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

This is not your normal admin job for a boring company – Communicopia is a small but influential firm working at the leading edge of social change, corporate sustainability, and Web 2.0. The position is 1/3 office management, 1/3 accounting support, and 1/3 flexible in support of senior staff or client needs. With a strong degree of independence and responsibility, you will need to work fast, communicate well, be engaged in our work, and be willing to learn.

Responsibilities include:
Ø       Management of the our automated project billing system; ensuring client records are up to date, and invoicing clients regularly
Ø       Answering questions and providing reports relating to project budgets, billing inquiries, change orders, and supporting the project teams in project administration
Ø       Answering phones, greeting office visitors, and ensuring the professional look, functionality, and presentation of our office
Ø       Maintaining filing systems, assisting with meetings, travel schedules, and logistics
Ø       Leading special projects such as creation and implementation of new office systems
Ø       Supporting senior strategists with client work (documentation from client projects, research to support consulting engagements, learning our site metrics tools and supporting client website traffic reporting, online community management)
 
 
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
 
You are a highly structured thinker: you appreciate creativity but your gifts are building systems to create efficiency. You are a great listener, have boundless initiative, and love finding out what people really need and helping them get there.
 
Ø       A minimum of 2 years office management experience
Ø       Some knowledge of accounting software (Simply Accounting)
Ø       Intermediate- to –advanced- level skills with Excel and Word
Ø       Strong organizational skills
Ø       Ability to work in a fluid team-oriented environment with minimal supervision
Ø       Capacity to multi-task, balancing multiple priorities and interruptions
Ø       Experience with and interest in online communities and social networking
Ø       Understanding of and interest in corporate sustainability / corporate social responsibility and non-profits or social change a strong asset
 
 
HOW TO APPLY
 
Visit our website to learn about us, and send your resume + cover letter to lauram@communicopia.com. Position closes March 16, 2007. No phone calls please.

I started a new contract this week – working with the BC Technology Social Venture Partners. What's that, you ask? Why, it's a network of tech CEOs who donate their time and expertise as well as their money to the various projects supported by BCTSVP. I'm still learning about all the ins and the outs, but I'm excited to be involved – the grantees of BCTSVP are an extremely worthy selection of social enterprise initiatives. My friend Jason is a partner, as are a couple of other folks that I know.

Anyhow, I'll be doing some event support and some project management, among other things. It's a short-term contract, until February, and I'm pretty happy that I'm going to be busy and challenged through these dark winter months. Definitely helps with the winter blues, I find – nothing worse than being idle AND bummed.