Chief of Staff

MoveOn

Chief of Staff at MoveOn.org overseeing organizational leadership and internal communications. Driving performance and collaboration to maximize the organization's impact.

Posted 4/22/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $209,731 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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
Organize convenings of and communications among senior leadership, cross-organizational bodies, and staff to ensure strong internal coordination and alignment
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

Requirements

What you’ll need

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
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

Benefits

Comp & perks

Strong medical, dental, and vision benefits, free to employees and children of employees
Employer-paid premiums for life insurance
Four weeks accrued paid vacation time per year
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
Monthly home office subsidy
Internet and phone subsidy of $2,100 annually
Health and wellness subsidy of $900 annually

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Hard Skills & Tools

project managementchange managementorganizational developmentstrategic planningperformance managementinternal communicationsystems thinkingequity practicesteam buildingadvocacy

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationintegrityemotional intelligenceconsultative decision-makingorganizational skillsdetail-orientedcamaraderieengagementlistening