Operations Specialist - Virtual Company
Boston, MA
About the Job
Welcome to Vaco – an uncommon company with an empowered culture. At Vaco, we welcome talented innovators seeking a collaborative environment where creative freedom rings.
Since 2002, we have expanded to more than 40 locations, and we have no plans of slowing down anytime soon. We are seeking big thinkers to lead us into the future and explore the career of a lifetime.
- Ranked the #1 Best Staffing Firm to Work for in North America by Staffing Industry Analysts (Category: 500+ Employees)
- An Inc. 5000 fastest growing private company in America every year since 2007!
Description:
The Operations Specialistis responsible for the general operation of the office. This position works closely with the Senior Operations Specialist. This would be a temporary, contract position.
Essential Job Functions:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide support for the team which may include sending candidate paperwork, client contracts, and executing full life cycle of job orders
- Provide support to Managing Partner/President and local field leadership including travel arrangements, scheduling, preparing reports, and letter composition
- Review client and Vaco contracts; work with legal as appropriate
- Provide support for consultants and producers regarding payroll, expenses, and benefits questions and/or training, along with approving as appropriate
- Responsible for weekly invoicing to clients, including monitoring aging reports and past due accounts
The above statements describe the general nature and level of work only. They are not an exhaustive list of all required responsibilities, duties, and skills. Other duties may be added, or this description amended at any time.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Desired Competencies:
- Accountability - Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
- Action oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm. Self-directed with an innate drive to succeed; confident and resilient; accepts feedback with a desire for continuous improvement.Able to work with a sense of urgency and meet tight deadlines; organized, detailed, and driven.
- Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. Develops written communication that is clear, concise, grammatical, and engaging.
- Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
- Resourcefulness - Identifying, securing, and deploying resources effectively and efficiently.
- Situational adaptability - Able to adapt approach, mindset, and actions depending on the situation to best meet business objectives. Displays emotional intelligence competencies of others-awareness and others or relationship management by recognizing situational cues and adapting response and demeanor for success.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degreepreferred
- At least 1-2 years’ experiencein recruiting industry or similar role
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
Travel Requirements:
Less than 5% travel (e.g., 10% travel to differing locations, 90% of the time working from an office)
Physical Demands: The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position:
Frequent:Sitting, walking, eye/hand/foot coordination andrepetitive motion.
Occasional: Standing and bending.
Infrequent:Lifting up to 10 pounds.
Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
EEO Notice
Vaco is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.
Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com .
Vaco also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.
By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.
Privacy Notice
Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries (“we,” “our,” or “Vaco”) respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.
- California residents may access Vaco’s HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here.
- Virginia residents may access our state specific policies here.
- Residents of all other states may access our policies here.
- Canadian residents may access our policies in English here and in French here.
- Residents of countries governed by GDPR may access our policies here.
Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.