Apolitical promises you:
Impact: Advance one of the most important missions out there - helping governments be a powerful force for good all over the world.
An Exceptional Team: Be surrounded by talented, caring colleagues and inspiring managers who help you up your game.
Clarity: We will build a culture of giving and receiving honest feedback across the company. You will know how you are doing, as will we.
Growth: Get autonomy and responsibility, which we support through a culture of aspirational, ongoing learning.
Flexibility: We trust you to manage your own time and energy, and give you the freedom to optimise around it.
Regard for wellbeing: We are thoughtful about, and supportive of, your wellness, especially in current circumstances.
Compensation: We pay you market standard compensation for your role. You will also own a stake in the company’s success, with stock options after your first year.
You promise your colleagues and company:
Exceptional Performance: You strive to embody Apolitical’s Leadership Principles - first and foremost to navigate by our mission.
Well intentioned candour: You default to giving and receiving thoughtful, rounded feedback to all the people you work with, knowing that this is how we grow.
Ownership of your learning and career: You’ll reflect on yourself, know where you’re going, so we can help you chart a course.
Resilience: You will cultivate flexibility, patience and perspective for the times when things move fast - and you’ll remember that great endeavours take persistence.
Leadership Principles
Apolitical is an ambitious company with a difficult mission which requires highly able, self-motivated and driven people. Outstanding colleagues is also one of the key things that makes Apolitical an inspiring place to work. These Leadership Principles characterise what makes a great team member no matter which role they are in. But this is not about being a cookie cutter company: we celebrate the fact that individuals and leaders, while embodying these principles, will have different approaches and ways of working.
A consequence of this high standard is that not everyone is going to flourish here. As a first option we will try and move you to something else within the company. If we think there’s a systemic mis-alignment we will move you on. This should never be a surprise, as we are cultivating a fast, free-flowing and candid feedback culture which allows people to know exactly how they are doing.
These principles supersede the previous company wide company framework, operating principles, and complement function- and role-specific progression frameworks provided in teams.
Navigate by the mission: We embrace the urgency and ambition of building 21st-century governments by setting bold strategies and goals, making necessary tradeoffs, and continuously reassessing our priorities to align our work with what truly matters.
Deliver impact: We are obsessed with delivering maximum impact for our mission, users, customers, and shareholders, by pursuing transformative improvement, rapid iteration and focusing on the outcomes of our work above all else.
Think deeply and critically: We prioritise data and evidence, seeking diverse perspectives and continuous improvement of our problem-solving skills to achieve excellence in our decision-making.
Act like pioneers: We confidently embrace change and complexity, navigating uncertain environments with a bias for action and innovation.
Operate as owners: We embrace accountability and ownership of our domains by applying exceptional risk management, engaging diverse stakeholders, thinking beyond the scope of our roles and balancing short-term wins with long-term impact to deliver meaningful outcomes for the business.
Seek mastery through learning: We challenge ourselves to continuously improve our skills and ways of working through practice, experimentation, reflection and learning so we can better meet our goals and deliver impact on our mission.
Elevate the team: We promote a culture of kindness, inclusivity and trust, so we can be supportive and candid with one another, empowering us to achieve our mission through impactful collaboration.