Operations & Projects Associate 6 month FTC

native has been building for 10 years but were still very much a startup: fast-moving ambitious and building with intent. Were creating the infrastructure that connects students Students Unions universities and advertisers through a managed marketplace.

Our goal is to deliver for students by increasing student engagement while enabling Students Unions to secure sustainable funding. For advertisers we offer meaningful measurable routes to student audiences. The more aligned these incentives are the more defensible and scalable our business becomes.

Were looking for someone who wants to learn how a whole business works not just one corner of it.. Youll work with teams across the business supporting the planning and delivery of internal initiatives. The heart of this role is relationships: building trust with teams across sales operations delivery tech finance and people and getting things done through others with persistence and good humour.

This is a great fit for someone early in their career who is curious about everything from commercial pipelines to logistics and wants a front-row view of how a scaling company makes decisions.

As a Operations & Projects Associate youll be responsible for...

• Keep a portfolio of cross-functional projects on track: set milestones track progress against them and raise it early when something slips

• Turn conversations into action: capture decisions and actions from leadership and project meetings then follow up with owners until things are done

• Build strong working relationships with team leads across the business and get the input data and decisions each project needs

• Help produce weekly and monthly leadership reporting pulling data from our CRM and spreadsheets and turning it into a short clear story

• Learn how each part of Native works and spot where things connect or break between teams

• Prepare agendas briefing notes and short papers that help leaders make decisions

• Over time take ownership of smaller projects from start to finish
  

Youll bring vision structure and operational discipline to a fast-growing function. You know how to scale people-driven operations and balance commercial priorities with quality compliance and culture.

Specifically you will bring:

• 0 to 2 years experience in a project coordination project support operations or similar role (internships and relevant uni or volunteering experience count)

• Strong organisation and attention to detail

• Clear concise writing: you can turn a messy meeting into five lines someone will actually read

• Ability to juggle multiple tasks and shifting priorities

• Confident using AI tools and collaboration and project tools; quick to identify and learn new ones

• Highly organised with a good eye for detail and the ability to juggle several projects at once

• Discretion: youll regularly handle confidential leadership information

• Genuine curiosity about how businesses work and the energy to learn quicklyA proactive problem-solving attitude
  

• A project management qualification or interest in one

• Experience in a startup tech media or marketing environment

• Basic data and reporting skills (Excel / Google Sheets)
  

Base Salary: 40000 per annum

London Hybrid - 3 days in office

Pension contributions of 5%

25 days off (excluding bank holidays)

Day off on your birthday

Share Options for all

Work from home set-up budget

Season Ticket Loan Scheme

Paid maternity paternity adoption or shared parental leave

We are actively creating an equitable environment for everyone at native to thrive.

Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we are making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at native. At native we embrace diversity in all of its forms and foster an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us.