Chief of Staff

MoveOn.org

13h•Remote

About The Position

MoveOn is a people-powered force for progress, bringing millions together to take action to create a country with a place of honor and dignity for everyone. For more than a generation, MoveOn has been a bulwark against the radical right, channeling millions of voices to end wars, protect democracy, and advance justice for all, building political power for progressive change. It is the largest multi-issue digital first political campaigning organization in the country, driving rapid-response campaigns at scale on key issues and building sustainable campaigns over time. The Chief of Staff reports to the Executive Director and is a key member of the Senior Management Team, acting as a force multiplier to grow MoveOn’s impact by enabling excellence at the highest levels of the organization and across its entire operation. The staff is ambitious, caring, and driven by a profound sense of equity and fairness, believing in the power of the grassroots for building a better country. Standout candidates will lead with clarity, compassion, vision, and operational excellence, being high impact, low ego, curious, outcomes-oriented, and driven to unite people for impactful work.

Requirements

At least 10 years of professional experience, including in an advocacy, campaigning, and/or electoral context.
A proven track record of setting, supporting, and leading teams or an organization in achieving priorities, and at least 2 years of experience as an executive in similar organizations.
Deep understanding of and commitment to organizational equity, experience managing to implement equitable practices and culture, and demonstrated track record of success in this area.
Strong systems thinking skills - someone who has a strong grasp of how to align people, budget, processes, and programs.
Strong internal communication skills that drive organizational-wide understanding, engagement, and alignment.
Acts with high integrity, professionalism, low ego, and camaraderie.
Significant experience working across an organization to achieve complex goals.
Deep commitment to MoveOn’s vision, mission, values, and goals.
Strong people, project, and change management experience.
Inclusive, consultative decision-maker with demonstrated commitment to listening to team members and changing course when needed based on feedback.
Has a substantial and nuanced understanding of power as it relates to the United States political process and systems, as well as the progressive movement.
Is an organized systems thinker who brings an organizational architecture lens.
Detail-oriented -- ability to get into the minutiae of the work to problem solve.
A relational manager with high emotional intelligence and experience in being emotionally supportive to staff during stressful or difficult periods.
Willingness to travel within the United States.

Responsibilities

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, including ways of providing feedback to leadership, to get their work done.
Organize convenings of and communications among senior leadership, cross-organizational bodies, and staff to ensure strong internal coordination and alignment. Surface questions and concerns, when necessary, and ensure the right makeup of cross-organizational bodies, with an eye toward equity and accessibility.
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.
Manage other special projects assigned by the Executive Director.

Benefits

Competitive Pay
Excellent Benefits
Monthly home office subsidy
Internet and phone subsidy of $2,100 annually
Health and wellness subsidy of $900 annually
Strong medical, dental, and vision benefits, which are free to employees and children of employees (spouses or domestic partners can be added at a subsidized rate)
Employer-paid premiums for life insurance
Four weeks accrued paid vacation time per year, prorated for the period that you work
18 weeks of paid parental leave (birth, adoption, foster care placement of a child)
10 days accrued paid sick time prorated for the period that you work
Paid family medical leave
8 staff holidays and 6 floating holidays
5% contribution to your 401(k) after six months of employment
$1000 in professional development budget each year for each staff member