Hello,
I am writing this post in English as English fluency is mandatory for the role.
Director of Operations - Portugal
9-hectare property functioning as cultural center, research space, and residential community. 5-10 staff, 10-50 visitors at a time..
What you'll run:
* Operations for mixed-use facility: events, accommodation, food systems, land management
* Financial and administrative systems for a non-profit with startup dynamics
* Resource coordination across creative projects, agriculture, and infrastructure
Requirements:
* Build systems that work for artists, researchers, nomads, and international visitors
* Create operational frameworks from scratch and learn from our existing best practices
* 2-3 year minimum commitment
45 minutes from Porto.
* We are looking for a hands-on operator who has the ability to:
* community clearly and directly
* manage a budget
* manage a small team of 5-10 people
* coordinate with contractors
* understand basic physical systems around plumbing, heating, building, electric in order to offer due diligence and quality control when coordinating with contractors.
* Build a team that matches your level of work and care.
You must be:
* High agency, organized, solution-oriented
* Digital systems proficiency (Notion, Monday, etc.)
* EU citizenship or Portuguese work permit
We prefer that you live off-site in order have allow for work-life balance. We are based on Deao, halfway between Viana do Castelo & Ponte de Lima.
Compensation is depending on your availability, commitment, experience and will increase as time goes on.
We are looking for people with a high attention to detail, who can be hands on or in the office doing focused work, and keep the big picture in mind. You will be answering directly to the founder of the project.
Read more about the project at
Tipo de oferta: Período Integral
Pagamento: 2 000,00€ ,00€ por mês
Idioma:
* Inglês (Obrigatório)