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Operations Manager at Belong To

Company
Belong To
Position
Operations Manager
City
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Expiry Date
29 Sep 2025
Posted on
04 Sep 2025

Hours: Full-time, 35 hrs per week  

Reporting To: Director of Operations and Programmes 

Direct Reports: Office and Administrative Services Executive 

Supported By: Operations Department  

Term: 1-year fixed term contract, renewable subject to funding and performance 

Starting Date: ASAP  

Application Deadline: 10am, Monday 29th September 

 

Overview 

Belong To's vision is for a world where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) young people are safe to shine and can confidently shape their own futures. We work with LGBTQ+ young people as equals to achieve our vision and create a society where we all belong. We do this through youth work, community engagement, changing attitudes, and research. 

 

Our core values are those of inclusion, integrity, and respect, in an environment of honesty and openness. Our purpose is to create a welcoming, supportive, safe and fun space for LGBTQ+ young people. We are committed to collaboration and youth participation. We believe in solidarity and intersectional equality, and our work focuses on human rights and social justice. We are dedicated to continuous improvement in everything we do.  

 

The Operations Manager will perform a key role in ensuring the smooth running of the organisation across its operations to ensure that the organisation achieves its objectives as set out in its strategy 2025-27. The successful candidate will be proactive and resourceful, highly organised, and will have experience coordinating activities and systems in a busy office environment. 

 

Staff Benefits 

Belong To provides staff members with an array of benefits and supports that increase their financial security, health, and well-being. We also support staff members to develop professionally and promote a healthy work life balance. Some of these discretionary benefits and supports include: 

  • Paid time off, including 26 holiday days, and following successful completion of probation access to our discretionary sick leave, parental leave, and bereavement leave schemes 
  • Educational assistance programmes (including paid study/ exam leave and an educational fund towards the costs of fees) 
  • An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) covering you, and your loved ones. 
  • A death in service benefit which will pay a lump sum of x4 times your salary to your loved ones in the event of your untimely passing  
  • Family flexible working hours 
  • Hybrid Working arrangements  
  • Tax saver tickets and cycle to work scheme 
  • Staff coaching and mentoring programmes 
  • Staff training and development opportunities 
  • Staff wellness programmes 
  • Pension contributions (upon completion of probationary period) 

 

 

Key Responsibilities and Duties 

  • Plan, develop and implement new administrative systems to improve efficiency and maintain robust internal capacity to achieve Belong To's vision. 
  • Plan and coordinate essential organisational services including reception, security, ICT, maintenance, mail, record keeping and archiving, cleaning, catering, waste disposal, and recycling. 
  • Ensure efficient systems are in place for cross-functional and inter-departmental collaboration. 
  • Manage all ICT and equipment for both office and home working. 
  • Ensure efficient management of all mail and deliveries. 
  • Ensure effective and efficient systems are in place for the management of office stocks and supply orders. 
  • Support the management of third-party contracts with service providers. 
  • Support the implementation of data protection policies. 
  • Manage repairs and maintenance of the office premises. 
  • Oversee and manage all matters relating to the rental of office space for the organisation and liaison with the landlord. 
  • Oversee the archiving of materials annually and maintenance of the organisation's archive. 
  • Line manage the Office and Administrative Services Executive. 
  • Support the implementation of all policies relating to Health and Safety. 
  • Support the induction of new staff. 
  • Support the search for a new premises for the organisation and the project to create a Dublin Youth Hub. 

 

Please follow the link to Belong To's website for the full job description and the application form.



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