Chief of Staff

Craig Hospital • Englewood, CO

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Chief of Staff helps the President and CEO and executive team work more effectively by strengthening preparation, decision-making, coordination, and follow-through. The role serves as a trusted advisor to the President and CEO and coordinates work across executive leaders without directing them or taking over their responsibilities. Working closely with the Executive Assistant, the Chief of Staff focuses on substantive issues and decisions rather than calendar, logistics, and administrative support.

The role supports CEO decision-making by maintaining a forward-looking view of decisions, meetings, commitments, and emerging issues; preparing concise briefings; offering candid perspective; and identifying matters requiring clarification, escalation, or communication. It also improves executive team effectiveness by shaping meeting agendas and materials, tracking shared commitments, and surfacing cross-functional barriers while keeping accountability with the responsible executives.

The Chief of Staff supports Board governance through coordination of calendars, agendas, substantive materials, leadership preparation, Board and committee meetings, and major gatherings such as the annual retreat. The role tracks Board questions and follow-up. At the President and CEO’s direction, the Chief of Staff may also coordinate a small number of defined, time-limited special assignments without assuming subject-matter authority or ongoing ownership. Other related duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience.
• At least seven years of progressively responsible experience supporting senior executive leadership, Board governance, executive operations, or similarly complex senior-level work.
• Demonstrated experience working directly with a President and CEO or comparably senior executive.
• Experience coordinating sensitive or multi-executive matters and influencing senior leaders without formal authority.
• Direct experience with Board governance, executive or Board-level materials, and senior-level meeting preparation.
• Exceptional writing, synthesis, facilitation, and verbal communication skills, including the ability to turn complex issues into concise choices and recommendations.
• Strong judgment, discretion, and emotional maturity.
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and sensitive information reliably.

Nice To Haves

• Healthcare or mission-driven nonprofit experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a forward-looking view of decisions, meetings, commitments, and emerging issues requiring the President and CEO’s attention.
• Develop concise briefings that clarify context, options, tradeoffs, risks, recommendations, and required decisions or actions.
• Provide candid perspective, help test assumptions, anticipate implications, and distinguish urgent matters from important ones.
• Identify issues requiring clarification, escalation, or communication and bring them forward early.
• Shape agendas and preparation for President and CEO-led executive and senior leadership meetings to focus discussion on outcomes, decisions, and next steps.
• Work with executive leaders to ensure meeting materials are concise, timely, and structured for effective discussion and decision-making.
• Capture decisions, ownership, timing, and dependencies and maintain visibility into shared commitments.
• Surface cross-functional barriers and unresolved questions requiring collective discussion or President and CEO attention, while preserving the accountable executive’s responsibility.
• Coordinate the Board and committee governance calendar, agenda development, substantive materials, and leadership preparation.
• Prepare the President and CEO for Board and committee meetings, Board leadership conversations, retreats, and governance discussions.
• Lead planning and development of major Board gatherings, including the annual retreat, in partnership with the President and CEO, Executive Assistant, and relevant leaders.
• Work with executive and senior leaders to ensure Board materials are concise, accurate, timely, and appropriate for Board-level discussion.
• Track Board questions, commitments, and follow-up to ensure responses are assigned, clear, and timely.
• For CEO-directed special assignments, confirm purpose, scope, participants, timing, expected outcome, and the leader accountable for decisions.
• Organize meetings, information, and follow-up for special assignments; update the President and CEO on progress and raise questions or barriers requiring their decision or intervention.
• Conclude the coordination role when a special assignment is complete or transition it to the appropriate executive or department.

Benefits

• Medical insurance with two comprehensive plans and a CIGNA provider network.
• Dental insurance through Delta Dental.
• Vision insurance through EyeMed.
• Health Care and Dependent Care Spending Accounts.
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance paid for by Craig Hospital for benefit-eligible employees.
• Generous time-off benefits.
• 403(b) retirement plan with a matching contribution, eligible upon hire.
• Tuition assistance.
• Employee Assistance Programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior