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Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: My Job: EA Office Manager, published by Jonathan Michel on May 2, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Summary I think being an Office Manager at an EA office can be a really impactful job, and I would like to share my experience and give some advice. Part of the reason I’m writing this is that I’m the new Head of Property at the CEA Operations Team, but my previous job was being the office manager, and I’m hiring someone to replace me. If you’re interested, please apply here or get in touch with me if you have questions. How much you should trust me? I’m biased, but I’m trying to be honest and just share my experience. Why am I writing this? There has already been a bit of past discussion of ops on the forum. The reason I want to add to this pile of writing about operations is that I want to advocate/give context on the specific role of an EA Office Manager — one that oftentimes people underestimate in its importance. There has been some talk regarding EA Hubs and where we should start new ones. I think that EA Hubs can be very impactful and that a great office manager is a crucial component. An outstanding EA office which makes people more productive and happy needs an outstanding office manager. My Background Overall: I had a lot of experience with EA (I ran a local group for over four years, was well-read, and organised a bunch of events), and did a lot of volunteering through which I built operations skills. I did a lot of volunteer work for the German EA community such as organizing fellowships, talks and a retreat. I co-founded two NGOs (one focused on COVID relief and the other on cellular agriculture) I did a bunch of volunteering for GFI, ProVeg, and an internship for www.effektiv-spenden.org Day in the life Last year, I started as the Office Manager of the Oxford EA office, Trajan House. Trajan House currently accommodates the Centre for Effective Altruism, the Future of Humanity Institute, the Global Priorities Institute, the Forethought Foundation, the Centre for the Governance of AI, the Global Challenges Project, Our World in Data, and a number of people working at other EA organisations (such as Rethink Priorities, HLI, LEEP, and OpenPhil). At the moment, around 80 EA professionals work at Trajan House, and this number is growing. If you want to get a better sense of Trajan House (including some photos) you can see the office guide here. Until very recently, the office team consisted of me (as the office manager), and employees of Oxford University working in the reception area and in facilities management. One month ago two office assistants joined my team, so we now have two additional FTEs helping to run the office. As described above, I’m now transitioning out of the office manager role, but the below outlines my week in the position. How I spent my time: 40% - Expanding, changing and optimising the office set-up (including thinking about how we can further expand and improve the services we provide) 20% - Developing the culture and community aspects of the office (e.g. by planning events) 20% - Processing direct requests like “Can I get a MacBook charger, please?”, “Do we have spare copies of The Precipice?” 10% - managing the Office Assistants and liaising with the Facilities Management team 5% - Processing requests of individuals or organisations for office space For a more tangible sense of what I did, here are some specific things I did in the last couple of months: Changing the acoustics (the “soundscape”) of our cafeteria (getting different quotes done, thinking about the interior design of the space, liaising with the contractors implementing it) Finding a new caterer (researching different companies, work-trialling them, negotiating a contract in cooperation with our lawyers, having regular check-ins to ensure quality and improve their s...

<a href="https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/pXrDmqDA63Wrffxmo/my-job-ea-office-manager" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Link to original article</a> Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: My Job: EA Office Manager, published by Jonathan Michel on May 2, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Summary I think being an Office Manager at an EA office can be a really impactful job, and I would like to share my experience and give some advice. Part of the reason I’m writing this is that I’m the new Head of Property at the CEA Operations Team, but my previous job was being the office manager, and I’m hiring someone to replace me. If you’re interested, please apply here or get in touch with me if you have questions. How much you should trust me? I’m biased, but I’m trying to be honest and just share my experience. Why am I writing this? There has already been a bit of past discussion of ops on the forum. The reason I want to add to this pile of writing about operations is that I want to advocate/give context on the specific role of an EA Office Manager — one that oftentimes people underestimate in its importance. There has been some talk regarding EA Hubs and where we should start new ones. I think that EA Hubs can be very impactful and that a great office manager is a crucial component. An outstanding EA office which makes people more productive and happy needs an outstanding office manager. My Background Overall: I had a lot of experience with EA (I ran a local group for over four years, was well-read, and organised a bunch of events), and did a lot of volunteering through which I built operations skills. I did a lot of volunteer work for the German EA community such as organizing fellowships, talks and a retreat. I co-founded two NGOs (one focused on COVID relief and the other on cellular agriculture) I did a bunch of volunteering for GFI, ProVeg, and an internship for <a href="http://www.effektiv-spenden.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.effektiv-spenden.org</a> Day in the life Last year, I started as the Office Manager of the Oxford EA office, Trajan House. Trajan House currently accommodates the Centre for Effective Altruism, the Future of Humanity Institute, the Global Priorities Institute, the Forethought Foundation, the Centre for the Governance of AI, the Global Challenges Project, Our World in Data, and a number of people working at other EA organisations (such as Rethink Priorities, HLI, LEEP, and OpenPhil). At the moment, around 80 EA professionals work at Trajan House, and this number is growing. If you want to get a better sense of Trajan House (including some photos) you can see the office guide here. Until very recently, the office team consisted of me (as the office manager), and employees of Oxford University working in the reception area and in facilities management. One month ago two office assistants joined my team, so we now have two additional FTEs helping to run the office. As described above, I’m now transitioning out of the office manager role, but the below outlines my week in the position. How I spent my time: 40% - Expanding, changing and optimising the office set-up (including thinking about how we can further expand and improve the services we provide) 20% - Developing the culture and community aspects of the office (e.g. by planning events) 20% - Processing direct requests like “Can I get a MacBook charger, please?”, “Do we have spare copies of The Precipice?” 10% - managing the Office Assistants and liaising with the Facilities Management team 5% - Processing requests of individuals or organisations for office space For a more tangible sense of what I did, here are some specific things I did in the last couple of months: Changing the acoustics (the “soundscape”) of our cafeteria (getting different quotes done, thinking about the interior design of the space, liaising with the contractors implementing it) Finding a new caterer (researching different companies, work-trialling them, negotiating a contract in cooperation with our lawyers, having regular check-ins to ensure quality and improve their s...

EA - My Job: EA Office Manager by Jonathan Michel

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: My Job: EA Office Manager, published by Jonathan Michel on May 2, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum.SummaryI think being an Office Manager at an EA office can be a really impactful job, and I would like to share my experience and give some advice. Part of the reason I’m writing this is that I’m the new Head of Property at the CEA Operations Team, but my previous job was being the office manager, and I’m hiring someone to replace me. If you’re interested, please apply here or get in touch with me if you have questions.How much you should trust me? I’m biased, but I’m trying to be honest and just share my experience.Why am I writing this?There has already been a bit of past discussion of ops on the forum. The reason I want to add to this pile of writing about operations is that I want to advocate/give context on the specific role of an EA Office Manager — one that oftentimes people underestimate in its importance. There has been some talk regarding EA Hubs and where we should start new ones. I think that EA Hubs can be very impactful and that a great office manager is a crucial component. An outstanding EA office which makes people more productive and happy needs an outstanding office manager.My BackgroundOverall: I had a lot of experience with EA (I ran a local group for over four years, was well-read, and organised a bunch of events), and did a lot of volunteering through which I built operations skills.I did a lot of volunteer work for the German EA community such as organizing fellowships, talks and a retreat.I co-founded two NGOs (one focused on COVID relief and the other on cellular agriculture)I did a bunch of volunteering for GFI, ProVeg, and an internship for www.effektiv-spenden.orgDay in the lifeLast year, I started as the Office Manager of the Oxford EA office, Trajan House. Trajan House currently accommodates the Centre for Effective Altruism, the Future of Humanity Institute, the Global Priorities Institute, the Forethought Foundation, the Centre for the Governance of AI, the Global Challenges Project, Our World in Data, and a number of people working at other EA organisations (such as Rethink Priorities, HLI, LEEP, and OpenPhil).At the moment, around 80 EA professionals work at Trajan House, and this number is growing. If you want to get a better sense of Trajan House (including some photos) you can see the office guide here.Until very recently, the office team consisted of me (as the office manager), and employees of Oxford University working in the reception area and in facilities management. One month ago two office assistants joined my team, so we now have two additional FTEs helping to run the office. As described above, I’m now transitioning out of the office manager role, but the below outlines my week in the position.How I spent my time:40% - Expanding, changing and optimising the office set-up (including thinking about how we can further expand and improve the services we provide)20% - Developing the culture and community aspects of the office (e.g. by planning events)20% - Processing direct requests like “Can I get a MacBook charger, please?”, “Do we have spare copies of The Precipice?”10% - managing the Office Assistants and liaising with the Facilities Management team5% - Processing requests of individuals or organisations for office spaceFor a more tangible sense of what I did, here are some specific things I did in the last couple of months:Changing the acoustics (the “soundscape”) of our cafeteria (getting different quotes done, thinking about the interior design of the space, liaising with the contractors implementing it)Finding a new caterer (researching different companies, work-trialling them, negotiating a contract in cooperation with our lawyers, having regular check-ins to ensure quality and improve their s...

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: My Job: EA Office Manager, published by Jonathan Michel on May 2, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Summary I think being an Office Manager at an EA office can be a really impactful job, and I would like to share my experience and give some advice. Part of the reason I’m writing this is that I’m the new Head of Property at the CEA Operations Team, but my previous job was being the office manager, and I’m hiring someone to replace me. If you’re interested, please apply here or get in touch with me if you have questions. How much you should trust me? I’m biased, but I’m trying to be honest and just share my experience. Why am I writing this? There has already been a bit of past discussion of ops on the forum. The reason I want to add to this pile of writing about operations is that I want to advocate/give context on the specific role of an EA Office Manager — one that oftentimes people underestimate in its importance. There has been some talk regarding EA Hubs and where we should start new ones. I think that EA Hubs can be very impactful and that a great office manager is a crucial component. An outstanding EA office which makes people more productive and happy needs an outstanding office manager. My Background Overall: I had a lot of experience with EA (I ran a local group for over four years, was well-read, and organised a bunch of events), and did a lot of volunteering through which I built operations skills. I did a lot of volunteer work for the German EA community such as organizing fellowships, talks and a retreat. I co-founded two NGOs (one focused on COVID relief and the other on cellular agriculture) I did a bunch of volunteering for GFI, ProVeg, and an internship for <a href="http://www.effektiv-spenden.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.effektiv-spenden.org</a> Day in the life Last year, I started as the Office Manager of the Oxford EA office, Trajan House. Trajan House currently accommodates the Centre for Effective Altruism, the Future of Humanity Institute, the Global Priorities Institute, the Forethought Foundation, the Centre for the Governance of AI, the Global Challenges Project, Our World in Data, and a number of people working at other EA organisations (such as Rethink Priorities, HLI, LEEP, and OpenPhil). At the moment, around 80 EA professionals work at Trajan House, and this number is growing. If you want to get a better sense of Trajan House (including some photos) you can see the office guide here. Until very recently, the office team consisted of me (as the office manager), and employees of Oxford University working in the reception area and in facilities management. One month ago two office assistants joined my team, so we now have two additional FTEs helping to run the office. As described above, I’m now transitioning out of the office manager role, but the below outlines my week in the position. How I spent my time: 40% - Expanding, changing and optimising the office set-up (including thinking about how we can further expand and improve the services we provide) 20% - Developing the culture and community aspects of the office (e.g. by planning events) 20% - Processing direct requests like “Can I get a MacBook charger, please?”, “Do we have spare copies of The Precipice?” 10% - managing the Office Assistants and liaising with the Facilities Management team 5% - Processing requests of individuals or organisations for office space For a more tangible sense of what I did, here are some specific things I did in the last couple of months: Changing the acoustics (the “soundscape”) of our cafeteria (getting different quotes done, thinking about the interior design of the space, liaising with the contractors implementing it) Finding a new caterer (researching different companies, work-trialling them, negotiating a contract in cooperation with our lawyers, having regular check-ins to ensure quality and improve their s...

The Working Artist project is our attempt to answer questions and confront challenges that artists face on a daily basis. We are taking the time to get to know artist from every field with the intent of debunking the myths, and shedding light on the realities of the artist at work.The Working Artist Project interviews Jonathan Michel Jonathan Michel contact information: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.m.michel?fref=tsLink to Intro Music: https://itun.es/us/J_78H or http://www.cdbaby.com/m/cd/christophermcbridePhoto of woman dancing by: Diomargy Nuñez (Vesta Walker)Visual Art by: Jennifer Murrayhttp://www.Jennifernicolemurray.comDarrianDouglas.com

The Working Artist project is our attempt to answer questions and confront challenges that artists face on a daily basis. We are taking the time to get to know artist from every field with the intent of debunking the myths, and shedding light on the realities of the artist at work.The Working Artist Project interviews Jonathan Michel Jonathan Michel contact information: Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.m.michel?fref=ts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.m.michel?fref=ts</a>Link to Intro Music: <a href="https://itun.es/us/J_78H" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://itun.es/us/J_78H</a> or <a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/m/cd/christophermcbride" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.cdbaby.com/m/cd/christophermcbride</a> Photo of woman dancing by: Diomargy Nuñez (Vesta Walker)Visual Art by: Jennifer Murray<a href="http://www.Jennifernicolemurray.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.Jennifernicolemurray.com</a> <a href="http://DarrianDouglas.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DarrianDouglas.com</a>

Jonathan Michel Talks:  The importance of mentorship and cultural diversity in the music industry.