Interim Head of Operations
Goals House is a diverse community of business and political leaders, activists, NGOs, and entrepreneurs that come together at significant global moments throughout the year, united in the shared mission of driving progress to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
Freuds worked with Project Everyone and the UN to launch the SDGs in 2015. The Goals formed part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all UN Member States, to stimulate global action for peace and prosperity for people and the planet. In 2019, Goals House was founded at the World Economic Forum in Davos to drive collaboration and progress towards the SDGs among global leaders.
An ever-evolving community, Goals House now convenes multiple times a year to ignite conversations and connections in unique spaces across the world. Goals House continues to show up annually at the World Economic Forum in Davos and is established at other global moments including UNGA and New York Climate Week, Cannes Lions, and COP.
During dinners, panels, talks, and nightcaps, we enable an environment for people to think differently to create new ideas, facilitate collaboration, and drive impact. Together, Goals House works to embody and drive Goal 17 – Partnerships for the Goals.
The Team
We are a team of around 20, based in London, made up of communications and events specialists who are united in the aim of driving solutions, partnerships, and impact towards the UN’s SDGs.
We work with our partners and network throughout the year to ignite conversations and connections that drive progress to achieve the SDGs in unique spaces across the world. During dinners, panels, talks, nightcaps, roundtables and more, we bring together a diverse cross-sector of global partners, speakers, and guests to think differently and find innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing issues – from climate change, financial inclusion, to health emergencies and gender equality.
Our success comes from creating impact and driving change to achieve the SDGs. The organisations welcomed to Goals House understand that they have a role to play in changing the world.
The Role
We are looking for an interim Head of Operations to cover a maternity leave from May 2025. The ideal candidate will have experience working with logistics and have exceptional attention to detail. They will have experience in producing or working on events as well as managing a budget in a relevant sector. They will have experience of working within a team and management of more junior members.They will be able to work in a fast-paced environment, especially during busy event periods. The job will entail travel to global conferences.
Key Responsibilities
- Budgeting:
- Manage and track spend budget; work with production, internal companies, external suppliers and finance team. Manage all finance processes including final reconciliation and team expenses.
- Manage income budget with finance team, liaising with team members and clients.
- Event Management:
- Event breakdown for production and catering teams. Supporting on event schedules.
- Managing reception and front of house, supporting with team roles and responsibilities.
- Oversee the running of smaller scale Goals House operations i.e. Goals Nights Out
- Logistics:
- Manage all team logistics and operations including travel, accommodation, staffing
- Branding:
- Stock management of Goals House merchandise including ordering and logistics.
- Supporting with sourcing and liaising with shop product for each house.
- Team Resourcing
- Tracking holidays, working with senior management on resourcing and team events.
- Managing Internal Partners (Design, Content)
- Budgeting monitoring and logistics
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
To Apply
Please send your CV to freudsgroupcareers@freuds.com
