Chief of Staff

Description

• Support the Executive Director in setting organizational vision, strategy, and priorities; and manage the organization to achieve the organization’s mission
• Lead the organization’s strategic and annual planning process
• Oversee the day-to-day operations of the Executive Department, including providing high-level support to the Executive Director and ensuring their portfolios and special projects are carried out successfully
• Lead the Senior Management Team in driving performance, accountability, and excellence across the organization, ensuring that people, budget, processes, and programs are working in sync with one another
• Work with the Senior Management Team to ensure strong collaboration among departments, teams, and staff to drive our program and maximize our impact
• Create a clear and consistent strategy for internal communications across all channels that promotes employee understanding, collaboration, engagement, and alignment with organizational priorities
• Refine and maintain transparent internal communication processes, systems, and norms to ensure that staff have the information they need
• Organize convenings of and communications among senior leadership, cross-organizational bodies, and staff to ensure strong internal coordination and alignment
• Support the achievement of our mission by monitoring and reporting the organization’s priorities and its progress toward goals
• Support organizational learning by ensuring consistent debrief session implementation and follow-up to learn from our work and the movement
• Work with the Managing Director of People and Chief Operating officer on organizational development interventions, including change management, culture-building, organizational and team building, and other interventions to engage staff
• Create and support spaces and practices within the organization that improve collaboration, and move through roadblocks to achieve objectives
• Serve as a thought partner and sounding board to the Executive Director, other senior leaders, and a resource for all staff to voice ideas, suggestions, and/or concerns
• Oversee the planning and implementation of in-person gatherings
• Act as a surrogate for the ED both internally and externally as needed with key external stakeholders (e.g. partners, the press, donors, etc)
• Partner closely with the Executive Director and the Executive Assistant to the ED to ensure that the ED’s time and priorities are aligned