Operations & Administration

The Role:

At Purppl, we build social impact, together. Purppl coaches, consults and collaborates with social entrepreneurs and impact leaders to build regenerative enterprises and initiatives that address systemic inequity. Our vision is a just, regenerative economy that advances collective wellbeing and the health of air, land and water.

We’re looking for someone responsible for Operations & Administration who will play a pivotal role in supporting the organization to foster operational excellence and client success. This is a unique opportunity to join a team dedicated to building a just and regenerative economy with a flexible work environment that is committed to the professional growth of the team. This individual will be responsible for providing administrative assistance, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations, and contributing to the overall success of our initiatives. This role works closely with People & Operations and Impact & Engagement to ensure our systems are running smoothly.

If you're someone who thrives on operational excellence and loves making an impact, we want to hear from you!

Strong collaboration, communication and problem-solving skills are essential to success in this role. In addition, you will be resourceful, analytical, adaptable, and organized.

This is a unique opportunity to join a growing, progressive social enterprise. This is an exciting time at Purppl. We’ve emerged from our startup years and are now building a foundation for a sustained, impactful organization that helps to build a formidable social enterprise community and permanent, widespread policy, practice and infrastructure in place to support social purpose organizations.

This is an opportunity to develop your leadership while contributing to the social impact ecosystem.

Learn more about Purppl at purppl.com

Job Posting: Operations & Administration

Location: Remote in Canada, Alberta or British Columbia preferred

Type: Contractor

Work Frequency: Part time (30-50 hours per month expected)

Rate: $25-40/hr depending on experience

Deadline to apply: April 4, 2024

Key Responsibilities:

Operational Efficiency:

• Administer and document various operational processes and make suggestions to ensure efficiency.
• Manage file organization in Google Drive for streamlined document access and collaboration.
• Maintain and update data in HubSpot for accurate client and team records.
• Generate and analyze reports in both HubSpot, Google Analytics, LinkedIn, Meta Business Suite, and Google Sheets to inform decision-making.
• Support event coordination and execution through effective administrative processes.

Client and Team Support:

• Facilitate seamless client & Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR) onboarding processes.
• Create and manage EIR and client contracts.
• Schedule and coordinate meetings, including kickoffs, retrospectives, and other essential sessions.
• Update content for EIR tools and guides.
• Add EIR bios, Client logos and events to the website.

Financial Coordination:

• Support financial aspects, including EIR compensation, budget validation, and invoice processing.
• Contribute to forecasting by integrating EIR compensation plans.

Other projects and responsibilities as needed.

Skills, Experiences and Qualities:

• Proven experience in providing comprehensive administrative support.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and manage multiple responsibilities with attention to detail.
• Proficient in using Google office tools and platforms for efficient communication and documentation. (Transition from Microsoft could be accommodated.)
• Experience in maintaining HubSpot data and generating reports is a bonus.
• Experience in pulling analytics data and generating reports from Google, LinkedIn and Meta Business Suite is also a bonus.
• Comfortable acknowledging what you don’t know, asking questions and doing the research to learn and develop skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to decolonization, diversity, equity, inclusion and environmental sustainability.
• Capability to work both independently and as part of a collaborative remote team.
• Interest in the social impact sector.

About Purppl:

We build social impact, together. Purppl coaches, consults, and collaborates with social entrepreneurs and impact leaders to build regenerative enterprises and initiatives that address systemic inequity. Our team of experienced Entrepreneurs In Residence works with clients to build skills and confidence in impact modeling and measurement, financial management, operations, organizational development, and leadership.

Our vision is a just regenerative economy that advances collective wellbeing and the health of air, land, and water.

Learn more: purppl.com

Culture, benefits, and working with Purppl:

• Join a team committed to building a just and regenerative economy.
• A supportive work environment, on-the-job learning, personal leadership development, and the opportunity to build deep, trusted relationships in the community
• Flexibility of location and hours

Our Values

• Respectful Relationships We are respectful, reciprocal, relational. We listen and take feedback. We are on a forever journey of building respectful relationships with Indigenous peoples and places. We are humble - with ourselves, each other and all life on Earth.
• Collaboration We work together for the benefit of the many, not the advancement of the few. We show up. We build our capacity and capabilities as collaborators to align the means with the ends.
• Equity We uphold that which is just and fair; we seek out opportunities to pre-distribute and redistribute wealth, power and care.
• Hope & AbundanceWe choose to see and feel the hope and abundance of collective wellbeing not the scarcity of individualism.

Our commitment to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion:

Purppl is on a journey to reconciliation, justice, and equity both within our company as well as in community. We are building a culture of diversity and we welcome unique contributions that you bring to the team. We admit to implicit bias that we are aware of and some that we aren’t. We humbly acknowledge that we have much work to do.

Land acknowledgement:

Purppl acknowledges that our team works from the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of many nations, including the Syilx / Okanagan people, where we host our operations. We aim to be strong allies in building a sustainable, regenerative, and just economy and contribute to a future defined by collective wellbeing, equity, and the health of the air, land, and water.

How To Apply:

At Purppl we work together to build social impact. There is no such thing as a perfect candidate; however you identify and whatever background you bring, please apply if this work and this collective vision excites you.

Ideally, you are located in the Okanagan Valley but remote work within British Columbia or Alberta will be considered.

Please send us an email at hello@purppl.com with your resume and cover letter and share what impact you want to build together. We’d love to hear from you!

Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract

Salary: $25.00-$40.00 per hour

Expected hours: 30 – 50 per week

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Work from home

Education:

• Secondary School (preferred)

Experience:

• Administrative experience: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: Remote

Application deadline: 2024-04-04