{"id":1711276,"url":"https://alion.io/job/charitable-inc-head-of-operations","title":"Head of Operations","company":{"id":2159270,"name":"Charitable Inc","domain":"prism-global.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/prism-global","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Ashby","truth_index":null},"role":"Management","role_family":"Management","seniority":"head","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Cambridge, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":100000,"max":160000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":160000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-04T14:54:27Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-04","last_verified_at":"2026-10-30T00:34:46Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":55,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":55},"description":"Details\nLocation: Cambridge, UK strongly preferred; open to remote (US/EU with overlap with UK hours) - (open to sponsoring work visas for the UK)\n\nType: Full-time (part-time options will also be considered)\n\nReports to: CEO\n\nCompensation: Salary commensurate with experience, typical range of $100,000 - $160,000\n\nOverview\nPRISM is entering a period of growth, and we're looking for a Head of Operations to help us scale without losing what makes us effective. You'll take ownership of the operational backbone of the organisation (HR, finance, systems, and compliance) so that the people running our core programmes can focus on the work itself. This is a senior, high-trust role for someone who can build durable systems, exercise good judgement under uncertainty, and grow an operations function as the organisation expands.\nAbout PRISM\nPRISM (Partnership for Research Into Sentient Machines) is a UK-based registered charity helping to build the field of digital minds. We support research and educational initiatives that prepare society for the challenges posed by AI consciousness, digital minds, and AI moral status. We raise awareness among non-expert audiences, develop talent to help the field grow, and convene the researchers and experts for important conversations.\nField building sits at the heart of our direction. As a young field, digital minds needs infrastructure: ways for newcomers to orient themselves, and spaces that keep researchers and practitioners connected and collaborating. Our programmes span a podcast, the Beginner's Guide to Digital Minds, a quarterly newsletter, a community slack channel, fellowships, an online course, and expert workshops. A key part of the role is our partnership with Cambridge Digital Minds, with whom we run Fellowships and an Online course. You'll be central to making that collaboration run smoothly and scale well.\nWhat you'll do\nHelp us through a period of growth. Anticipate the operational challenges that come with scaling; more people, more programmes, more complexity. Lay the foundations so that growth is an opportunity rather than a bottleneck.\nTake ownership of HR and Finance. Own people operations end to end: hiring logistics, onboarding, contracts, policies, and day-to-day HR. Lead the collaboration with our accountants across budgeting, payroll, bookkeeping oversight, funder and grant reporting, Charity Commission filings, and compliance. Bring in specialists where it makes sense and manage those relationships.\nImplement systems. Design and roll out the tools and processes the organisation needs, running recurring processes, and maintaining a CRM for donors, candidates, and partners. Build systems that fit how people already work.\nSupport the staff working on our core programmes. Make sure the teams delivering our programmes have the operational support they need to succeed, removing friction and handling the logistics so they can concentrate on the substance.\nMaintain policies and support governance. Keep policies current and identify gaps, prepare materials for board or governance meetings, and keep the organisation's housekeeping in order.\nGrow the operations function. Over time, bring functions in-house where appropriate and build and manage a small operations team as PRISM scales.\nWho we're looking for\nYou may be a good fit if you have:\n5+ years of experience in operations, finance, HR, or a related role (e.g. chief of staff, head of operations).\n\nExperience scaling an operations function through a period of organisational growth: building systems and processes that held up as headcount and complexity increased.\n\nA proven track record of owning detailed and high-stakes work (budgets, filings, contracts, payroll).\n\nReliability across a broad, busy workload. You will keep various projects moving and rarely drop the ball.\n\nGood judgement under uncertainty. You know when to handle something yourself, when to bring in a specialist, and when to escalate.\n\nA bias toward clarity and simplicity, and the ability to build systems that work with people's existing workflows.\n\nStrong people-management instincts and readiness to build and lead a team as we grow.\n\nGenuine care for PRISM's mission.\n\nStrong candidates may also have:\nFamiliarity with UK-charity finance and regulatory requirements\n\nExperience with grant management or funder reporting\n\nExperience running or supporting fellowships, courses, or other talent programmes\n\nFamiliarity with the AI safety or digital minds ecosystem.\n\nCompensation and benefits\nSalary: $100,000 to $160,000 per annum\n\n8% pension / 401(k) employer contribution\n\n25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays\n\nWellbeing budget of up to $3,500 a year\n\nSupport for setting up a productive work environment\n\nPersonal development budget\n\nIn-office meals, snacks and drinks (when in office)\n\nOpen to sponsoring work visas for the UK\n\nHiring Process\nApplication Review\n\nScreening Interview\n\nPaid Work Test\n\nTeam Interviews\n\nReference + Offer\n\nTo guarantee that your application receives full consideration, please apply by Wednesday, September 30th (11:59 PM UK time).","description_format":"text","description_chars":5105,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Annual leave","Office meals"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United Kingdom","iso":"GB","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Nonprofits & Foundations"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-02T17:29:05Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":28,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.631,"p_room":0.45,"age_days":54,"expected_fill_days":28,"reasons":["conf:3","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-10-29T05:49:05Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":160000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/charitable-inc-head-of-operations","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/charitable-inc-head-of-operations.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-30T03:33:55Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4763,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-31T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2159270},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2159270"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fcharitable-inc-head-of-operations"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fcharitable-inc-head-of-operations"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fcharitable-inc-head-of-operations"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/charitable-inc-head-of-operations\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fcharitable-inc-head-of-operations"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":1711276}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"prism-global.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":1711276},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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