Office Manager
Kickstart is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in pre-seed, seed, and occasional Series A companies across Utah, Colorado, and the wider Mountain West. It backs founders building companies across sectors including AI, B2B SaaS, fintech, healthtech, marketplaces, consumer technology, and frontier technology.
About Kickstart
Founded in 2008, Kickstart is a seed-stage venture capital firm headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, with an office in Denver, Colorado. The firm leads pre-seed and seed rounds, typically invests $500K to $4M initially, takes board seats when it leads, and is actively deploying its sixth $175M fund. Kickstart manages more than $500M across its funds and supports portfolio founders through mentorship, operating advisors, events, curated resources, customer introductions, follow-on fundraising, and hiring assistance. Its clients are primarily early-stage founders and startups based in the Mountain West, with a focus on building enduring companies across generalist technology sectors.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will provide afternoon in-office coverage for the Raleigh workplace. You will coordinate maintenance, furniture, technology, food service, cleaning, catering, events, shipping, employee support requests, workplace projects, and gym access while keeping office spaces organized and ready for use.
Requirements
- 1+ year of experience in a professional office setting, ideally in support, administrative, or workplace experience
- Ability to work in the office five days per week on the stated part-time schedule
- Strong verbal and written customer-service communication
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
- Proficiency with G-Suite, Office 365, or similar tools
- Ability to lift 25–50 lbs frequently
Responsibilities
- Coordinate office maintenance and maintain cleanliness and organization
- Assist with furniture assembly, maintenance scheduling, and floor-plan documentation
- Perform meeting-room and floor sweeps
- Partner with IT to troubleshoot in-office technology
- Stock and clean the kitchen and restock food and supplies
- Maintain coffee service, clean refrigerators, and clean the ice machine monthly
- Assist with catering and lunch cleanup
- Coordinate events, furniture moving, and chair setup
- Coordinate company-wide events and culture initiatives
- Ship and receive packages
- Monitor the office Slack channel and workplace-related Zendesk tickets
- Assist with workplace projects and coordinate employee gym access