Business Operations Associate (Junior) in Lincoln

Sixty Learn is a young two-person startup building AI-powered learning technology — already working with global organisations like the House of Commons, Network Rail, Nestlé, and Nationwide. Now we’re hiring our first team member. You won’t be joining a department. You’ll be joining the business.

One day you might be sorting invoicing or building a cash flow view. The next, creating a sales pack, testing a product feature, or setting up a client pilot. It’s fast, varied, and sometimes messy — but you’ll see how a startup actually works, not just one small part of it.

A bit more about us: We specialise in learning around ‘soft’ and ‘people’ skills — the things education doesn’t traditionally teach you. Our areas of focus are early careers and frontline training — where our mobile tech thrives. We have 3 core platforms, supported by people services — we help our clients with content creation & live events to support the uptake of our software.

What you’ll get:

• You’ll work directly with the founders every day — no layers, no middle management.
• Real ownership — you won’t just “help out”, you’ll own things that matter from day one.
• Full business exposure — finance, sales, product, marketing, operations, you’ll get hands-on experience across all of it.
• A steep learning curve — this role will stretch you. We’ll support you, but we won’t spoon-feed you.

What you’ll do:

The honest answer: whatever the business needs. But realistically, it breaks down to:

• Operations & client work: Managing supplier and client onboarding, including data and cyber requirements; Building sales packs and supporting client bids and proposals; Building and maintaining our CRM.
• Finance: Running core financial processes — invoicing, cash flow tracking and forecasting. You don't need an accounting background; you need to be comfortable with numbers and willing to learn the tools.
• Marketing & events: Creating LinkedIn content and supporting marketing campaigns; Helping plan and deliver events and webinars.
• Product & delivery: Supporting project delivery — creating training content, templates, helping turn round client work; Supporting product development, testing, feeding in ideas, flagging what's not working.
• Internal: Building internal workflows and systems using AI tools (we build AI products; we also use them everywhere internally).

The individual who’ll thrive in this role:

• You take ownership. You figure things out. You don't wait to be told what to do.
• Experience owning and delivering something — we care less about what it was than what you genuinely delivered.
• Comfortable applying Gen-AI tools to real work — we're an AI company, so genuine fluency matters.
• Strong organisation and attention to detail.
• Comfortable with complex problems and a fast learner.
• Strong written and verbal communication — you’re clear, concise, engaging.
• Comfortable with numbers and basic data analysis — finance is part of the role.
• Entrepreneurial spirit — you want to build things and make a difference to the world, not just coast.
• Practical experience with Excel, Gen-AI, and workflow tools — applied to real tasks, not just coursework.

Details: £30-35k starting salary — dependent on experience. Stamford, Lincolnshire — our office location. Hybrid working — 3 days minimum in office per week following induction. Immediate start available. 50:50 board — we’re proud to say our board is 50% female managed.