Chief of Staff

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Number of Positions: 1

Reporting to the Senior Vice President and Executive Director, the Chief of Staff oversees the activities of the Executive Office, assists the Executive Director with strategic priorities, and prioritize and monitor tasks related to the execution and implementation of a broad agenda. The Chief of Staff serves as a trusted senior advisor to the Executive Director and acts in their place, as appropriate, including representing their in high level meetings and discussions.

They will provide oversight on time sensitive issues and initiatives that include cross-functional, organizational, partnership and community dimensions. They are also responsible for building and sustaining an effective support structure for the site’s senior leadership team. The Chief of Staff oversees a wide range of site functions to advance the site’s agenda and the mission of City Year.

Mission of Position:
The Chief of Staff oversees the activities of the People and Operations department and is a member of the Senior Leadership Team to advance the implementation of City Year 3.0 strategic plan and local site vision. The COS will assist the Executive Director with strategic priorities and prioritize and monitor tasks related to the execution and implementation of a broad agenda.

They approach the work with a cross-functional (department, organization, and community) mindset and will assume primary responsibility for select projects and initiatives as directed. The COS is a member of the site’s senior leadership team and serves as a trusted senior advisor to the Executive Director. When directed, the COS will serve in the Executive Director’s place by representing them in high level meetings and discussions.

They will provide oversight on time sensitive issues and initiatives that include cross-functional, organizational, and community dimensions. They are also responsible for building and sustaining an effective support structure for the site’s senior leadership team.

• Work extensively with colleagues across the local and national organization as well as external partners and consultants to develop and implement strategic initiatives that advance City Year Detroit’s long- and short-term plans to achieve long-term impact and site advancement.
• Coordinate with the appropriate City Year Headquarters departments to ensure work in Detroit reflects the latest best practices from the organization.
• Collaborate with ED and site leadership to support the development of strategies to achieve and operationalize operating goals and priorities.
• Conduct effective project management to ensure all aspects of an effort are moving forward successfully, and there is tight coordination with other organizational initiatives and activities as needed.
• Work on behalf of Executive Director for critical staff position searches.
• Develop and oversee the creation of high-impact deliverables (such as the Annual Impact report) that reflect strong analysis and a deep understanding of the interests of various stakeholder groups (e.g. board members, senior executives, staff members, etc.)

• Build strong relationships with, and earn the trust of, key internal and external stakeholders at all levels.

Partner Relations

• Work with the Executive Director and other senior leaders to build and maintain relationships with state and local civic leaders, department of education leaders, the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce and other business and government relations entities.
• Partner with Executive Director and Leadership Team to determine how the Chief of Staff can support managing key strategic relationships with key stakeholders and/or key initiatives.

Strategic Communications, Marketing & Recruitment

• Oversees the implementation of a comprehensive marketing and communications strategy for the site, requiring a wide…