Website CEGIS
Position
Chief of Staff, Centre for Effective Governance of Indian States
Position Summary
The Chief of Staff is responsible for CEGIS’s performance, its strategy and strategy-execution. It is responsible to ensure that CEGIS works towards its mission in the most effective way possible, and has the right capabilities, resources and networks to achieve it.
The person will have complete visibility of the organization and its capabilities, and will be working with the leadership on strategy/ strategy-execution, key projects and partnerships. This role provides an excellent orientation of how strategic foundations operate to solve complex issues.
The role requires a person to develop a deep understanding of CEGIS’s objectives and workstreams, while ensuring implementation of key targets (a good combination of thinking and doing).
The Chief of Staff will report to the leadership of CEGIS.
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Co-developing the strategic plan/framework for the organization, and the associated operating plan. This includes refining the organization’s targets, teams resourcing and budget on a continuous basis
- Managing key organizational processes for executing CEGIS’s strategy (this includes strategic reviews on a monthly and quarterly basis, board meetings, Investment committees, etc.)
- Researching on key external practices and contextualizing them for CEGIS. The role is critical for bringing an outside-in perspective to CEGIS’s leadership.
- Solving key strategic questions for the organization and helping the senior leadership build and develop CEGIS’s work areas.
- Creating and maintaining cross collaboration and integration between horizontals (such as Finance, HR) and verticals (project-specific teams) to enable leadership success
- Supporting the leadership team around building and deepening strategic partnerships with other foundations/ partners, supporters and friends of CEGIS
- Supporting fundraising and donor management; building and managing consistent engagement with current and potential donors
Required Qualifications, Skills and Abilities
- Bachelor’s or Master’s from a top-tier institution is required
- 2-5 years of work experience (Program Manager) with some managerial responsibilities and a track record of high achievement
- Extremely high analytical, synthesis and problem solving abilities. The role requires synthesizing complex information from multiple sources and developing an informed perspective
- Good research, writing skills and communication skills. Ability to create high quality outputs in a short period of time
- Great project management skills, including ability to manage multiple projects in a crunched time frame
- Strong in Microsoft Office – Excel, PowerPoint and Word
Desired Qualities
- Deep intellectual curiosity, entrepreneurial spirit and ‘can-do’ attitude
- Operating style suited to working in a small-organization setting, where teamwork and resourcefulness are highly valued
- Hard working and interested in building an exceptional, high-performing organization
- Maturity to be part of, and handle tough organizational decisions
- Ability to take ownership of their professional development needs
- Have a growth mindset – eager to learn and constantly develop. Uses feedback as a tool for self-improvement
Compensation
Remuneration will be competitive with Indian philanthropy pay scales and will depend upon the candidate’s experience levels.
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