Chief of Staff

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : $125-$140K

Opportunity 180 Introduction :

In a sentence : Opportunity 180 is seeking to ensure every kid in Nevada graduates from high school college and career-ready, prepared to live the life they dream.

The organization is entering Year 4 of its ambitious 10-year goal to ensure 100,000 more students have access to a high-quality education in their neighborhood, including investing in the great ideas and new learning environments of more than 650 current and future education leaders and bringing $100M into the market to create the conditions for great schools to thrive.

The current landscape : In Nevada, despite a nearly 82% statewide graduation rate, less than 1 in 5 high school students is on grade level in math and less than half are on grade level in English Language Arts.

Opportunity 180 seeks to partner with the broader community to lead both practice-based and policy-centered solutions to the State’s persistent educational challenges, and to do so by unifying around a common vision for success based on evidence and data.

This requires a coordinated effort to align around a single North Star and deploy sustainable strategies to ensure efforts to meet the educational needs of kids can launch and thrive.

To meet these ambitious goals and build the conditions needed to strengthen and amplify our work, we are seeking a Chief of Staff who can ensure the team is aligned on goals, mission, and work, and support strategic initiatives and drive strategic process.

For more information, visit Opportunity180.org.

Role Snapshot :

IMPLEMENT the strategic infrastructure to support and multiply organizational impact across each of the key areas of work that align to the organization’s 10-year goals.

This is primarily an internal operational role but may require some engagement in fundraising and external relations.

PARTNER with a mission-driven, diverse team to serve as primary liaison between the organization’s leadership and the broader team to execute the organization's strategic vision.

DRIVE the implementation of key strategic practices, processes, and systems to reach our goals.

The role breakdown :

50% strategy execution, 25% team culture, 15% team development,

10% general administration and board support

The Chief of Staff at Opportunity 180 will serve as an integral member of the organization’s senior leadership team, with the specific objectives to :

• Serve as the lead implementer of the organization’s strategic processes
• Increase alignment and integration of the team’s work to increase impact and achieve short and long-term goals
• Assist and communicate with senior leaders in decision-making, program management, and initiative implementation
• Improve current organizational processes and coordinate organizational procedures for optimized impact toward our short and long-term goals
• Oversee implementation of the organization’s annual planning and performance management systems

Essential Functions and Responsibilities :

• Serve as liaison between staff, senior leaders, and CEO regarding company climate, employee well-being, annual plan progress, project updates, and proposals.
• Structure, plan and facilitate Team meetings including Senior Leadership Team meetings, Weekly Team Meetings, and other team interactions aligned to areas of strategic focus.
• Operationalize the core tenets of organizational culture and ensure Opportunity 180 can continue to live its values and operating principles (even / overs) aligned to its long-term goals
• Guide the team in asserting their ownership and engagement in driving team culture
• Operationalize, in partnership organizational committee, annual planning and progress monitoring, including supporting approaches for developing and implementing work plans, trend analysis on specific objectives, project management, and monitoring.
• Provide consultation and make recommendations that will improve teamwork and organizational alignment.
• Facilitate and continuously improve upon the organization’s annual planning, progress monitoring, and process codification to ensure O180 is continuously improving and on track to achieve its goals
• Work with the CEO and senior leaders on special projects and partnering with the team on all hands activities as needed and directed.
• Lead the use of the organization’s ROI tool which is annually measuring and reporting the organization’s overall impact aligned to its key performance measure from the 10-year strategic framework.
• Identify and occasionally provide team professional learning opportunities to ensure the team continues to grow in their roles to drive impact
• Assist the Director of Operations with new hires by overseeing the new team member onboarding process as well as the annual team performance management approach aligned to the organization’s values.
• Stand-in for the CEO or other senior leaders in external meetings and gatherings as needed.
• Oversee the alignment of the organization’s sub-teams with one another, including intersection of the organization’s C3 and C4 activities

What you offer :

• Confident leader who is able to reflect on themself and is committed to the work of O180
• Comfort with and / or experience with creating visual models for team leadership in a dynamic small entity (including taking initiative, accountability and ownership)
• Situational awareness and ability to consider varied perspectives and interests aligned to the greater intention of the organization
• Experience listening, synthesizing, and distilling complex and sometimes ambiguous information
• Strong affinity for diplomacy and creating opportunities for alignment and consensus
• Experience leading the implementation of organizational long and short-range plans
• Strong project management skills with attention to detail and the ability to drive to completion
• Strong background in data analysis and analytics
• Ability and willingness to own high-priority tasks and projects with minimal guidance
• Strong judgment and ability to manage confidential information with tact and integrity
• Commitment to leadership and the development of team members
• Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to convey potentially divisive information
• Strong ability to build relationships and manage processes and results without direct authority

Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required to perform this job.

• Previous demonstrable experience leading the implementation of Org-wide strategy and leading organizational and team culture initiatives
• Ability to manage up to leadership team and serving as an intermediary between senior leadership and broader team
• Previous experience leading the professional development of mid- to senior-level managers inside a fast-paced, dynamic organization
• 10+ years in a business or executive management role or similar leadership role
• Excellent communicator in written and verbal forms
• Extremely versatile, dedicated to efficient productivity
• Experience planning and leading strategic initiatives

Preferred Qualification

• Experience with data analysis and familiarity with systems such as Google Sheets, AirTable
• Experience with budget management
• Consulting experience with a focus on operations management
• Proven success in a project management role
• Nimble business mind with a focus on developing creative solutions
• Strong project reporting skills, with a focus on interdepartmental communication

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations : A current Nevada State-issued Driver’s License and current automobile insurance coverage, including automobile registration.

Compensation & Benefits :

• The salary range for this position is $125K-$140K
• We offer excellent benefits, including a 401K plan, 100% coverage of medical and dental insurance with 50% coverage for dependents, opportunities for local and national personal and professional development, generous PTO, and relocation if needed
• A flexible work culture where we work from the office at least 2 days a week and from home the remainder of the week with the exception of in-person team meetings and programming.

Physical Demands :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel;

reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; on occasion, climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to lift, up to 25 pounds.

The vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment :

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to excessive heat, and wet and / or humid outside conditions.

The noise level in the environment is moderate and at times, high.

Note : This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee in this position.

Scheduled hours may change based on business needs. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently.

Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others.

The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an at-will relationship.

The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug-free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.