Civitech is a political technology startup devoted to applying technology-based solutions to civic problems. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas, United States. Backed by Capital Factory.
About the role
This role sits within Operations and directly supports the COO while partnering primarily with leaders and team members across Civitech’s Go-to-Market organization and, where relevant, supporting company-wide leadership forums. Its purpose is to increase organizational capacity by protecting executive and team focus, strengthening meeting discipline, keeping information and unresolved work moving to resolution, and helping teams use established operating structures consistently. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 3–9 years of relevant experience supporting an executive, senior leadership team, or complex cross-functional organization
- Ability to independently manage and prioritize a high-volume daily workload with minimal supervision, consistently delivering reliable, high-quality work
- Sound judgment about when to resolve an issue independently, when to involve the appropriate owner, and when to escalate a blocker or sensitive issue
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including clearly communicating progress, risks, and status and maintaining useful documentation of processes, decisions, and work in progress
- Confidence working with senior leaders and respectfully pushing back, asking clarifying questions, and reinforcing agreed-upon expectations
- A proactive mindset: you notice problems, inefficiencies, and loose ends and take initiative to address them
More about this role
Civitech is a public benefit corporation dedicated to creating a fairer and more equitable democracy by building the tools and infrastructure needed to increase civic participation, empower Democratic candidates to win, and support the success of progressive causes. Since our founding in 2019, over 500 partners—a range of nonprofit organizations, national political committees, and individual campaigns—have utilized Civitech’s tools to reach tens of millions of voters to help create a more equitable and progressive democracy.
Civitech is a remote-first company hiring within our current footprint of 30 states (AL, AK, CA, CO, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, MA, MD, MI, MN, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, PA, SD, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI, WY). We maintain a physical co-working and collaboration headquarters in Austin, TX.
It is structurally vital that our team reflects the rich diversity of the organizations and communities we seek to serve. We strongly and explicitly encourage women, people of color, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and members of other groups traditionally underrepresented in the technology sector to apply.
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