Operations Associate

FoolsFURY Theater seeks a part-time Operations Associate

TIME FRAME: approximately 5 months

• Start: August 9th, 2021
• Conclude: December 31, 2021; option to continue if needed and agreed

COMPENSATION and HOURS

• $25/hour
• 6-10 hours weekly, estimated
• Remote position - can be based anywhere in the US

SCOPE OF WORK:

• Handle administrative and operational tasks for foolsFURY Theater
  • Insurance, banking, registration, licenses
  • Approving AP and AR
  • Run payroll
  • Setting and management of company timeline for administrative steps
• Partnering with accounting and tax staff to ensure compliance and submission
• Tracking donor and funder communications and ensuring company leadership executes all correspondence, including grant reporting
• Assisting with final grant reporting as needed
• Assisting Artistic Director with any other administrative and operational tasks as needed
• Accurate maintenance of filings and documents in company drives
• Attending and weekly staff meetings with the Artistic Director

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: 

• 3-5 years work experience
• Superior attention to detail
• Superior organizational and timeline management skills
• Ability keep senior leadership on track with deadlines and requirements
• A proactive mindset: if you don't know how to solve an issue, the ability to research and find answers on your own and present solutions to company management
• Ability to navigate government documents, instructions and guidelines
• Competence and facility with Google suite - docs and sheets Competency in or ability to learn ADP payroll system, LastPass, QuickBooks Online
• Basic Excel competency
• Basic accounting principles nice to have
• Familiarity with non-profit and/or arts companies preferred

WHO YOU ARE:  The ideal candidate for this position will have a high degree of integrity and strong collaboration skills across race, gender, ability and age. We strongly encourage BIPOC, gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender, non-binary and disabled candidates to apply. 

WHO WE ARE: FoolsFURY is a small ensemble theater in its 22nd year that values how we work together as much as the art we make. We value discourse and encourage members to lean in and lean back when appropriate. We implement strategies for greater inclusion and equity in both the office and the studio. We place a premium on the creation process, building artistic relationships and a commitment to interrogate our assumptions of what American theater can be. Named the city’s “Best Theater Company” by the SF Weekly (2008), and awarded the SF Bay Guardian’s GOLDIE award for outstanding local theater group, our acclaimed productions include numerous original works and world premieres, as well as deconstructed classics. We engage with the community by offering workshops, industry convenings and emerging leader opportunities.  As a west-coast hub for ensemble theater, we produce the biennial FURY Factory Festival of Ensemble and Devised Theater, hosting about 20 companies over two weeks and featuring works in progress, mainstage performances, workshops and an industry convening. 

HOW TO SUBMIT: 

Please include a CV and cover letter by Friday August 6th, 2021 and email to ryand@foolsfury.org with “Operations Associate” in the title. 

Please let us know if there are any accommodations that would make the submission process more accessible for you.