Chief of Staff
About The Position
Raben is a public policy, strategic communications, and organizational consulting firm that champions diversity, equity, and justice. We are seeking a Chief of Staff to support our deliberate growth, ensuring it is sustainable, aligned, accountable, and true to our values. This new role will be a key member of the Senior Leadership Team and a strategic partner to the President, focusing on internal leadership and development to allow the President to concentrate on external vision, relationships, and impact. The Chief of Staff will be responsible for making leaders more effective, strengthening systems, and ensuring a durable culture as the firm scales. This position is located in our DC office and follows a hybrid schedule with at least two days per week in office.
Requirements
- A trusted leader who moves fluidly between strategy, people leadership, skilled facilitation, and operational discipline
- Strong emotional intelligence and political acumen who is for everyone winning, resists taking sides between factions, and can transform conflict rather than avoid it
- A systems thinker who understands how culture, leadership, operations, and strategy interconnect, and who can recognize when a systemic issue is showing up in the work rather than an isolated problem
- An equity-centered practitioner who turns values into real policies, behaviors, and decisions, and who can navigate complexity as it shows up at the personal, interpersonal, organizational, and systemic levels
Nice To Haves
- Candidates may come from Chief of Staff, Chief Equity Officer, organizational development, people & culture, strategy and operations, internal consulting or transformation, executive coaching, or senior leadership in mission-driven organizations.
Responsibilities
- Organizational Culture: executive leadership for culture, equity-centered practice, transformation, leadership development, staff well-being, and accountability practices
- Senior Leadership Team effectiveness: facilitating decision-making, clarifying roles, strengthening collaboration, and helping leaders navigate complexity and conflict
- Strategy and alignment: leading firmwide strategic planning, translating it into measurable priorities, and driving cross-functional initiatives from idea to outcome while removing barriers along the way
- Strategic partnership with the President: acting as trusted advisor, anticipating risks and opportunities, and ensuring follow-through on what matters most
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Unlimited PTO
- A rich professional development curriculum
- 3% 401(k) match
- Yearly employer FSA contribution
- Company-issued laptop and cell phone
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
