ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION

Founded in 1991, Living Cities is a collaborative of prominent foundations and financial institutions.  We foster transformational relationships across sectors and connect leaders, stakeholders, and policy influencers committed to closing racial income and wealth gaps in America’s cities.  We partner with cross-sector leaders in cities across the country to imagine and create an America in which all people are economically secure, building wealth, and living abundant, dignified, and connected lives.  Our staff, investments, convenings, and networks support efforts that operationalize racial equity and inclusion in local government, create inclusive narratives, bring communities together to strategically address systemic racial inequities and build wealth among BIPOC communities through specific tactical pathways, i.e., entrepreneurship, homeownership, and access to capital. 

POSITION SUMMARY

Living Cities is currently seeking a Chief of Staff to report directly to the CEO and work collaboratively with Executive team members and departmental leaders to determine and prioritize business strategies to ensure alignment and effective communication across the organization. This role will provide analysis, context, and clear problem statements to the CEO for decisions and direction. This role acts on behalf of the CEO and help maintain partnerships with stakeholders, clients, and staff members.

A successful candidate will be self-motivated, decisive, and resourceful. The Chief of Staff must possess a strong understanding of Living Cities business strategy, priorities and practices, and knowledge of Living Cities programs, and policies, coupled with exceptional communication skills and a customer-focused mindset. The role requires being results-oriented, attuned to nuance, adaptive to change, and able to deal with complexity and ambiguity while representing the organization and executive office with the highest level of professionalism and integrity. Working effectively with the CEO in this role requires engaging in creative problem-solving and solutioning, sharing feedback and failures transparently to preserve a high degree of trust, and maintaining a focus on continuous improvement.

A FEW ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Oversee the Office of the CEO 

• May provide support to the CEO’s executive assistant and other staff members where deem appropriate.
• To provide consultation and support as needed to staff while preparing talking points, speeches and briefing memos and oversee development of background materials by others.
• Partner with CEO to enhance and build  public profile and deepen engagement with partners and high-level audiences.
• Supervise a team of staff and serve as an alternate team leader for other teams.

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Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

Nonprofit HR is committed to fostering and maintaining a work environment where diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are fully integrated into everything we do for the benefit of our employees and the clients that we serve. To fully realize our goal, we prioritize our understanding of the complexities of DEI within our workforce to inform our approach to talent management. We believe that this guides how we do our work, advise our clients to operationalize DEI and position our content and educational opportunities to help strengthen the talent management capacity of the social impact sector. See the full statement.