Graduate Inventory Operations Assistant

Graduate Inventory Operations Assistant

£28,000 

Location: London (office-based, ~4 days per week)

native Graduate Scheme: Build Something That Matters

native has been building for 10 years. We're still very much a startup: fast-moving, ambitious, and building with intent. We're creating the infrastructure that connects students, Students’ Unions, universities, and advertisers through a joined-up marketplace.

Our goal is to increase student engagement while enabling Students’ Unions to secure sustainable funding. For advertisers, we offer meaningful, measurable routes to student audiences. The more aligned these incentives are, the more defensible and scalable our business becomes.

We’re looking for graduates who want to step straight into meaningful work, learn quickly, and grow fast.

What we’re looking for

We value clarity of thought, good judgement under pressure, and the ability to create structure where none exists.

You might be right for this if:

• You think in first principles, not borrowed answers – solving problems from the ground up
• You move fast without being messy – you know when speed matters, and when precision does
• You thrive in ambiguity – you’re comfortable making decisions when there isn’t a map
• You do the work – not for applause, but because it matters to you that things are done well
• You’ve got range – you’re not just smart on paper; you’ve done things that demanded resilience, judgement, or initiative

We are open to a wide range of degree backgrounds, but we look for intellectual sharpness and structured thinking. That often shows up in disciplines like engineering, maths, philosophy, languages (whether classical or modern), or history - but not always. If your academic path is less typical, help us understand how your thinking has been shaped and why it stands up.

What you’ll be working on

Inventory Operations Assistant - You’ll join the Central Operations team, which sits at the heart of how native runs. This function keeps our internal systems sharp and scalable, ensuring every campaign gets delivered on time, every resource is used wisely, and every stakeholder has what they need. If you like building structure, spotting patterns, and fixing the small things before they become big problems, this is the role.

In your first six months, you’ll be involved in:

• Supporting our Inventory Operations team as they complete SU inventory audits.
• Spotting patterns in availability, delivery issues, or bottlenecks and flagging them early
• Ensuring our inventory data is clean, accurate, and actionable across tools and teams
• Building processes that help native scale, without chaos
• Working with the Director of Strategic Operations to streamline campaign workflows, asset coordination, and vendor management

This role will require a high degree of attention to detail, comfort with systems and process, and an instinct for spotting inefficiency and doing something about it.

Progression

This is a six-month engagement, paid at the London Living Wage. If you perform well, the expectation is that you’ll move into a promoted, permanent role at the end of that period. We treat this as a proving ground for long-term hires, not an internship.

During your interview process, you’ll be encouraged to speak to people at native who walked this path before you. 

Location and ways of working

You’ll be based in our London office, working in person at least four days a week, with one optional day remote. We believe in high-bandwidth collaboration and fast decision-making, so most of the work happens face-to-face.

How to apply

We don’t want a cover letter. Instead, send us something that shows how you think. That might be:

• A trade-off you’ve had to make and how you decided
• A problem you tackled without much guidance
• A system or process you’d redesign and how you’d go about it
• A time you had to choose what not to do, and why

Also please do include a recent CV, or a link to your LinkedIn profile / equivalent. 

And If you’re reading this and thinking, I really want to do this, but I probably won’t get picked - apply anyway. We care far more about how you think and how you show up than whether you tick every imagined box. Don’t rule yourself out.

We’re hiring on a rolling basis. If this sounds like the kind of challenge you’re ready for, get in touch.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are actively creating an equitable environment for everyone at native to thrive.

Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we are making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at native. At native, we embrace diversity in all of its forms and foster an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us.