Chief of Staff – Contest Every Race

About

Movement Labs is an incubator and consulting firm focused on using technology and experimentation to combat fascism and build progressive power. The organization partners to increase Democratic competitiveness in local elections through innovative political experiments, such as randomized control trials that identify scalable methods for voter registration, mobilization, and persuasion.

Movement Labs specializes in training volunteers and developing new technological strategies to achieve tangible outcomes in elections, voter engagement, and progressive communication techniques. They offer services like texting for campaigns and support candidates, campaign managers, and organizations in optimizing growth and communications strategies.

Description

• Track internal and external deadlines across CER’s programs and projects, ensuring deadlines set by ED and ML senior leadership are clearly communicated to Directors and that Directors have what they need to hit their goals. Surface risks or delays to the Executive Director as they arise, and decide when to escalate.
• Ensure key organizational information and decisions are documented and kept up to date at the appropriate cadence, requiring strong communication skills and coordination with CER leadership and deputy directors
• Build and improve processes, implement project management tools to optimize tracking and reporting
• Ensure relevant stakeholders, from Directors to the most junior team members, have access to the information and timelines they need, when they need it, synthesizing organization-relevant updates and pushing them down through the team as appropriate
• Represent the views of the Executive Director when needed
• Own CER’s operating cadence: quarterly planning, team retreats, all-hands meetings, and performance reviews
• Support alignment and communication with CEO, leadership team and potential board members
• Track organizational priorities and blockers in systems like Asana, ensuring the team is moving against them and surfacing risks early
• Manage the ED’s strategic to-do list and ensure it reflects current priorities
• Partner with the Development team to follow up on and execute action items after donor calls and meetings, ensuring nothing falls through the cracks
• Work between the Executive Director and the Development team to turn program ideas into final, polished proposals ready to ship to donors and funders
• Track open commitments and action items from the ED’s meetings and calls; surface what needs attention and resolve what doesn’t

Requirements

• 5-7 years of work experience, with 4+ years of relevant experience working directly with leadership in political campaigns, organizing, nonprofit operations, or government
• Proven track record supporting senior leaders or managing organizational operations
• Operational instincts: you can hold a lot of context, anticipate what’s needed, and act without being asked
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; can write clearly and concisely in someone else’s voice
• Strong relationship skills and lateral leadership, ease to influence and coordinate peers