Office Manager

**About Dioxycle**

Dioxycle is pioneering breakthrough carbon utilization technologies that convert industrial emissions into sustainable chemicals with unprecedented energy and cost efficiency, starting with ethylene, the world's most used petrochemical. By displacing fossil fuels for the production of key chemicals, Dioxycle has the potential to ultimately reduce over **800 million tons of CO2 per year**, representing 1-2% of the world's emissions. Our team is innovating across chemical, mechanical and system engineering to turn carbon transformation into an economically feasible, industrial reality by developing a completely novel technological approach. Having completed our medium-scale Proof-of-Concept, we are now working towards our first-of-its-kind industrial-scale electrolyzer and are assembling key partnerships for future commercial roll-out.We are supported by world-class funders including Lowercarbon Capital, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Gigascale Capital and Collaborative Fund and have raised $37m to date. We operate from two centers in Paris and California (so whether you are passionate about outdoors or good food/art scenes, we have a location for you to join)

**Your Mission**

Dioxycle is seeking a dedicated and passionate **Office Manager** to join our team and play a crucial role in supporting our mission of abating CO2 emissions by turning them into products we use everyday. As our Office Manager at Dioxycle, you will play a key role in fostering a thriving and productive work environment by ensuring the smooth day-to-day operations of our workplace, as well as supporting the development and implementation of new initiatives and projects. Your role will directly impact the successful industrialisation and commercialisation of our technology by ensuring that our team members are motivated, equipped for their missions and well-supported.In this capacity, your responsibilities will center around:
**Office Operations**:

- Manage daily office operations, including managing supplies, receiving deliveries, welcoming guests and ensuring general upkeep;
- Liaise, negotiate and manage relationships with suppliers, vendors and contractors;
- Contribution to general facilities management (large industrial site including an electrochemical lab, electronics & mechanical workshop, etc), eg. tracking building maintenance requirements;
- Actively promote our safety culture and contribute to improving health & safety rules & other HSE projects;
**Employee Experience**:

- Coordinate all onboarding & offboarding processes;
- Act as main point of contact for employees regarding office matters, benefits, and general inquiries;
- Assist foreign Dioxyclers with settling in France (this sometimes involves helping them call French administration/banks/etc);
- Organize team-building activities (once per month in Paris and in San Francisco), lunches/breakfasts and celebrations;
- Develop and oversee celebration programs that celebrate achievements, work anniversaries, and significant contributions;
- Act as a central communication hub (this could include doing a fun weekly newsletter)

**HR, Learning & Development & Talent Acquisition**:

- Support Head of People on diverse missions & projects;
- Support Head of People to find well-suited training programs, incredible coaches & speakers, organize lunch & learn and other workshop sessions;
- Support Head of People to source talent pools and coordinate onsite interviews (if you have an appetence for recruitment, you could also own some junior-level recruitments of interns/apprentices etc).

We seek an Office Manager who is dedicated to advancing our mission and possesses the skills and qualities outlined below.
- **Communication**: Effective verbal and written communication to interact with employees, management, and stakeholders. Proficiency in communication using various communication supports and channels.
- **Positive**:You bring sunshine and good mood wherever you are and you tend to look on the bright side
- **Empathy**: Understanding and relating to employees' needs, concerns, and feelings.
- **Detail-oriented**:You are extremely detail-oriented/thorough and don't drop the ball
- **Resourceful**: You treat Dioxycle's money as your own and find creative ways to get to great outcomes for Dioxycle
- **Adaptability**: Flexibility in responding to changing organizational dynamics especially in the context of fast-changing environment.
- **English** is our daily work language. Speaking French is required for this role too.
- Sense of design for the creation of appealing communication supports is a plus.
- Strong numerical skills and aptitude for Excel is also a plus.
- Extra bonus points if you have a background in chemistry

Mindset we are looking for
- Commitment to the mission and ambition
- Innovative spirit
- Determination to deliver on the mission you own, whatever it takes
- Irreproachable work ethic
- Anticipation capabilities
- Radical open-mindedn