Transformations Community
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OperationsandIntegrationLead
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“Operations and Integration Lead at Transformations Community. Skills: Operations, Coordination, Integration. Build operating dashboard. Maintain operating dashboard”
What You'll Achieve.
Make work visible; Make work coordinated; Make work remembered; Make work carried forward; Create clarity; Create follow-through; Function with clarity; Function with continuity; Function with shared accountability; System is stable; Conference dependencies clearer; Less dependent on informal memory; Less dependent on ad hoc coordination; System is used
Industry & Context.
Create order from ambiguity
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
7-15+ years operations experience, 7-15+ years coordination experience, 7-15+ years chief-of-staff experience, 7-15+ years project/program operations experience, 7-15+ years research center management experience, 7-15+ years mission-driven organizational experience, Follow-through, Attention to detail, Track multiple workstreams, Support founder, Support executive director, Support principal investigator, Support small senior leader, Comfort working in ambiguity, Create order from incomplete information, Build lightweight systems, Clear written communication, Calm relational approach, Experience with distributed teams, Experience with remote teams, Practical comfort with Google Workspace, Practical comfort with Slack, Practical comfort with project management platforms, Practical comfort with shared dashboards, Practical comfort with AI assistants, Practical comfort with lightweight automation
Nice to Have
Interest in sustainability, Interest in systems change, Interest in organizational learning, Interest in research-practice networks
What You'll Do.
Build operating dashboard
Maintain operating dashboard
Clarify decision pathways
Clarify approval responsibilities
Clarify escalation points
Translate strategic priorities
Produce clear next steps
Make timelines visible
Make dependencies visible
Make communications needs visible
Make decision points visible
Support clearer handoffs
Prepare decision points
Maintain records of relationships
Maintain records of commitments
Maintain records of follow-ups
Use AI tools for summaries
Use AI tools for task extraction
Use AI tools for decision logging
Use AI tools for document retrieval
Use AI tools for workflow support
Create weekly operating rhythm
Identify coordination challenges
Identify communication challenges
Identify handoff challenges
Identify visibility challenges
Develop lightweight solutions
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Executive Director; Conference lead; Communications implementer; Web/technical support; Inquiry collaborators
Communication Scope
Written communication
Process & Methodology
Project operations
Full Job Description
**Location** : Remote; North America or Europe-friendly time zones preferred **Position Type** : Part-time to near-full-time, depending on candidate and scope, independent contractor position **Compensation:** Flexible depending on experience **Start Date:** Flexible, ideally June 2026 **About the Transformations Community** The Transformations Community is a global network of researchers, practitioners, facilitators, and changemakers exploring how societies, organizations, and communities navigate profound social, ecological, technological, and institutional change. Through conferences, collaborative initiatives, communities of practice, and experimental inquiry spaces, TC supports transformative learning, relational practice, and collective experimentation across disciplines and sectors. We are now entering an important 2026–2027 cycle leading toward our October 2027 conference in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. This will be both a major gathering and a public synthesis point for our work on transformative practice in unsettled times. **Why We’re Hiring** TC is small, distributed, creative, and increasingly complex. Much of our work moves through conversations, relationships, conferences, initiatives, communications, and informal follow-up. We now need a stronger operating backbone. We are looking for an Operations and Integration Lead — internally, an Organizational Integrator — who can help make TC’s work more visible, coordinated, remembered, and carried forward. We need someone who can create clarity and follow-through while preserving TC’s lightweight, relational, inquiry-centered culture. This is not a conventional executive assistant role, a heavy project-management role, or a generic operations job. The core challenge is simple: Help TC become more reliable without making it heavier. **Your Role** You will work closely with TC’s Executive Director, conference lead, communications implementer, web/technical support, and inquiry collaborators to help the orga
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