Operations Administrator, FocalPoint
£28-32k
Positioning solutions for GNSS-dependent devices
Be an early applicant
Positioning solutions for GNSS-dependent devices
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
£28-32k
21-100 employees
Company mission
FocalPoint's mission is to improve every positioning solution on the planet by using revolutionary technologies to transform the capability of all GNSS systems worldwide.
Role
Who you are
- You are a team player. We are highly collaborative and communicative; working together to improve and keep the cogs turning
- You are a confident communicator, able to communicate with a variety of people across the business
- You are a master of lists, logs, and spreadsheets. You enjoy creating order out of chaos
- You don't wait for a leak to be reported or a deadline to be missed; you anticipate risks and implement systems to prevent them
- You are comfortable in a fast-paced environment where responsibilities can shift. You are happy to roll up your sleeves to pack a shipping crate one hour and build a performance spreadsheet the next
- You have 2-4 years of experience in an administrative role with transferable skills; administration, operations, facilities (Essential)
- Experience with managing external vendors. (Desirable)
- Process Implementation (Desirable)
- As we are in a period of commercialisation, if you have worked at a start up in this phase before or a commercial environment we would love to hear from you. (Desirable)
- UK Driving License (Desirable)
What the job involves
- Reporting to the Operations Manager, you are joining a lean, high-impact Operations department that serves as the functional backbone of the business
- While your daily tasks will range from physical facility management, trialling coordination and high-level business reporting, you are a critical part of a department that values efficiency, delivery frameworks, and continuous improvement
- You will have the opportunity to have impact from day one. We are a highly collaborative and communicative team. We want to hear your ideas! Join us to help shape the foundation of business operations
- Onsite Ownership of Cambridge: Act as the primary point of contact for the Cambridge office, managing the daily "rhythm" (deliveries, room management, meeting preparations)
- Sustenance: Organise and manage catering and in-office lunches offered to employees
- Maintenance & Repairs: Coordinate reactive and proactive maintenance with external contractors
- Safety: Ensure the site remains 100% Health & Safety compliant
- Security: Manage hub access protocols and alarm training for onsite staff to protect our physical and intellectual property
- Purchasing & Invoice Approvals: Manage purchasing across the business
- Stock Control: Management of our facilities and employee stock (ordering, tracking, shipping)
- Logistics & Shipping: Execute the packing and global shipping of hardware, navigating complex customs, duties, and international compliance
- Fleet Management: Where required, to ensure processes and guidance are followed to hire vehicles for trialling and other requirements
- Key Commercial Processes: Maintain, monitor and support execution of key cross-functional deliverables
- Trialling Coordination: Gather requirements for trials, both in the UK and Internationally, in order to understand what is needed, by when
- Meeting Preparation: Ensuring the teams across the business have prepared for their regular meetings in advance and support any logistics as required
- Data Collection & Reports: support data collection and reporting generation
Application process
- We usually respond within a week
Our take
FocalPoint was founded in 2015 with the intention of revolutionising GPS and GNSS by improving their accuracy. The credibility and experience of the company's team lends FocalPoint a clear edge; it consists of alumni of the UK aerospace industry, The European Space Agency, Cambridge, Oxford, UCL and Imperial College.
FocalPoint identified that satellite positioning is impeded by reflected, obscured and weak satellite signals, especially in built-up environments. This causes positioning and timing errors on GNSS-dependent devices, despite more and more day-to-day technologies using GNSS systems, such as ride-hailing apps. As such, FocalPoint's solutions have a near-limitless spectrum of applications. Its tech offers increased mapping accuracy on wearables mobiles and autonomous drones, positioning it well within other high growth markets.
The appointment of GPS expert Scott Pomerantz will undoubtedly drive the company forward towards global success as he brings 30 years of experience in positioning and semiconductors. His company Global Locate won the race to bring GPS to the mass consumer smartphone market, supplying the first GPS chips to companies including Apple and Samsung before being acquired by Broadcom for $250m in 2007.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Sep 2022
$20.4m
SERIES C
Mar 2021
$8.2m
SERIES B
Total funding: $34.5m
Company benefits
- Professional memberships & career development
- 25 days annual leave and bank holidays on top. Our Cambridge, Bristol and US hubs are closed over Christmas break
- 3x extra days holiday up to a maximum of 10 additional days, each year after 3 years
- Share Scheme
- Monthly staff socials
- Hybrid working approach
- 8% matched pension contribution
- Vitality Healthcare (also includes mental health cover, employee assistance programme, dental, hearing and optical cover, and more)
Company HQ
Central Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Leadership
Ramsey Faragher
(President, CTO & Executive Director)Attained a PhD in Radio Positioning Systems from Cambridge. Worked as a Principal Scientist for BAE Systems, and as a Senior Research Associate at Cambridge. Founded FocalPoint in 2015.
Salary benchmarks
We don't have enough data yet to provide salary benchmarks for this role.
Submit your salary to help other candidates with crowdsourced salary estimates.
Share this job