Operations Assistant - Maternity Cover (12 months)




Location: Porto


Department: People and Operations


Hours: Full-time




About YLD:




Everything we do is to empower our clients to move forward. Our
purpose is to help our clients develop the capabilities they need to outperform their competitors. Our
success is a consequence of ensuring our clients are successful. Our
company is built on extraordinary people; we aim to attract, inspire, develop and retain them. YLD is a software engineering and design consultancy; we create digital capabilities for our clients that last beyond our engagement. We have offices in London, Lisbon, Porto.




About The Role:




We are currently looking for an Operations Assistant to help shape and run our office in Porto. We need a proactive, collaborative and highly organised individual to support our fast-growing team here! You?ll get to work at our Porto office in a friendly and flexible working environment and the opportunity to learn new skills and grow your career, as well as be an integral part of our journey as a company.

What you?ll be doing in the role:

• Be the first point of contact for office operations and procedures
• Provide admin support to the Finance and People and Operations teams (ie. Payroll, Onboarding, etc.)
• Monitor processes and policies in place to improve operational efficiency
• Manage relationships and contracts with service providers
• Order office provisions and stock, reviewing and tracking inventory
• Maintain a safe and secure working environment by managing Health and Safety
• Assist with and organise team/company events and meetups
• Support creating slide decks and making presentations
• Reception cover
• Ad-hoc office duties

You'll be:

• Someone with a ?Can-do? attitude - you?ll need to be enthusiastic and driven
• Confident in your organisational skills, with the ability to pay great attention to detail
• Keen to grow your career and develop in the role
• Comfortable in assisting outside of your direct responsibilities; using initiative across all areas of your role
• Friendly and approachable
• Ability to communicate at a high level in Portuguese and English both verbally and via written mediums - you?ll need to be communicating with all areas of the business!
• A genuine believer in diversity, inclusion, and fairness for all
• Legally able to live and work in Portugal

What you'll get in return:

• Company Private Health care
• Enhanced fully paid maternity and paternity leave for up to 6 months
• 25 days annual holiday (excluding Public Holidays)
• ?2000 annual allowance for Training/Conferences
• ?300 annual allowance for additional hardware
• Mental Health support: access to Spill app
• Meditation/Sleep support: Headspace or Calm app subscription
• Bonus (depending on Company performance and results)
• Company laptop
• Generous referral schemes

We?re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity of all kinds. We don?t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, age, marital status, or disability status. We also offer a remote-first working environment, meaning that flexible working and work-life balance come as standard for all employees.