# Role Description: Operational Lead - **Title** - Operational Lead - **Aim** - Monitor operations in alignment with the team's objectives - Maintain awareness of the team's desired future direction - Track tasks, assigned responsibilities, and upcoming decisions - **Pay** - N/A - **Time Budget** - 2 hr / week - **Budget** - N/A - **Tasks / Activities / Responsibilities** ([Related](https://partneringresources.com/wp-content/uploads/3-Jobs-of-the-Change-Leader.pdf)) - **Accountability**: Hold team members accountable for their commitments by checking in on their progress and offering support as needed. - **Clarity**: Ensure clarity by helping team members define their roles, seek external assistance when necessary, and support any conflicts between colleagues. - **Attention and alignment**: Periodically evaluate the team's progress, identify any issues or obstacles, and initiate conversations to realign the team's efforts with its goals. - **Forward motion**: Encourage innovation by soliciting proposals, facilitating brainstorming, and empowering team members to take on new projects. - **Experience** (required skills) - Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, emphasizing active listening and empathy - Proficiency in conflict transformation and promoting a collaborative work environment - Aptitude for strategic thinking and balancing big-picture perspectives with individual needs - Ability to prioritize tasks, delegate responsibilities, and ensure commitment follow-through - Comfort working with diverse groups and fostering an inclusive atmosphere - Knowledge of the relevant domain, as applicable to the team's goals and objectives - **Authority, Limits on authority** - Cannot unilaterally make decisions or overrule team consensus - Must respect the autonomy and input of all team members - Participates in policy discussions as an equal, not wielding greater influence than other team members - **Hand-offs with other roles and teams** - **Reporting to the team / team lead** (what/how often) - Offer ad-hoc updates and insights on behalf of the team when necessary to address urgent issues or concerns - **What measurements/feedback do we ask the role to track?** - Gather and analyze feedback from team members regarding team dynamics, effectiveness, and areas for improvement - **Role held by individual or pair?** - Individual - **How to create redundancy/succession plan/substitutes?** - N/A - **Minimum/maximum terms** - N/A - **Term** (next review date) - Establish as part of the selection process