CEI Chief of Staff
- Employer
- Center for Economic Inclusion
- Location
- Minnesota, United States
- Salary
- $155,000.00 - $175,000.00
- Closing date
- Aug 21, 2021
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Position: Chief of Staff
Reports to: Founder & Chief Executive Officer
June 2021
OPPORTUNITY PROFILE
ABOUT THE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC INCLUSION
The Center for Economic Inclusion is the nation's
first organization dedicated exclusively to advancing inclusive
growth to achieve regional shared prosperity. The
Center was created in 2017 to strengthen the Minneapolis-St.
Paul region’s leadership, civic infrastructure, and
collective capacity to disrupt systems and influence market
forces to catalyze shared prosperity and an inclusive
economy. Our work has grown to meet the needs of
businesses and agencies across the country committed
to closing racial employment, income, and wealth gaps
by dismantling institutional racism, and fueling
inclusive and equitable regional economic growth. We are
committed to these four objectives in relentless
pursuit of an economy that works for everyone:
§ Create broad, measurable shared accountability for
creating an inclusive and equitable economy
among decision & policy makers
§ Equip public and private sector employers and
policy makers with solutions to disrupt and
dismantle systemic racism and institutionalize
equitable policies for scale.
§ Partner to enable the regional and place-based
infrastructure of racial and economic opportunity
§ Foster operational excellence and a
high-performance culture.
HOW WE WORK
At the Center, we take pride in bringing our values
to life and “walking the talk.” We are a diverse team in
many ways, and we believe our diversity of thought
makes us stronger and our work more innovative and
responsive to the communities we serve. We strive to
maintain a collaborative work environment that also
stimulates individual autonomy and accountability for
performance goals and excellence. We invest in great
talent, and nurture it and we believe in the power of
career pathways within the Center. We look for these
values in the talented individuals who join our team,
and we strive to cultivate an environment that harnesses
the collective power of these values, traits, and the
expertise that each team member brings in pursuit of our
mission.
§ Anti-Racism
§ Inclusivity
§ Shared Power, Shared Leadership, and Shared
Accountability
§ High -performance & High-engagement
§ Self-motivation
§ Nimble Action
§ Collaboration
§ Adaptive learning
Position: Chief of Staff
Reports to: Founder & Chief Executive Officer
June 2021
POSITION SUMMARY
The Chief of Staff will become the trusted advisor
and thought partner for the Founder and CEO. This leader will be
responsible for fully embracing the Center’s integrated leadership
culture, and values of shared leadership, shared power, and shared
accountability to make time, information, and decision processes
more effective for the CEO and thereby, the organization. The Chief
of Staff is an experienced leader, knowledge, and relationship
manager and highly skilled at discerning information to accelerate
decision making up, down and across the organization.
The Chief of Staff will have close working
relationships with the four Vice Presidents who lead Finance &
Operations, Impact & Accountability, External Affairs, and
Systems Innovation, growing to carry the CEO’s voice in the
organization, partnering to bring cohesion, congruency, and
consistent application of the organizations vision, standards,
strategy, and tools throughout the organization.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Goalkeeper
• Strategic collaboration with the CEO:
Brainstorming, design and facilitated execution of new
initiatives
• Provide status updates, briefings and reports to
the CEO and senior leadership team; Maintain
an environment that cultivates free flowing
information for active decision making
• Proactively identify and mitigate challenge and
barriers
• Develop, manage, and guide senior leaders in
managing enterprise-wide dashboards, scorecards,
and performance management systems to ensure constant
pulse on key performance indicators
• Manage and triage workflow of the Founder and
CEO
• Develop and manage scorecard, dashboard, and
performance management system
Operator
• Conduct research to aid in analysis and decision
making for the CEO
• Optimize day-to-day senior leadership team
operations, decision making and information flow
• Partner with the Executive Assistant to the CEO to
prioritize demands on the CEO’s calendar
and delegate requests to other members of the
leadership team
Implementer
• Create, review, or edit key deliverables on behalf
of the CEO including scopes of work, reports,
presentations, and contracts
• Monitor the CEOs priorities internally and with
external stakeholders
• Ensure accountability between teams, committees,
and enterprises
• Drive business priorities from start to finish
• Execute special projects or initiatives on behalf
of the CEO or the Center
Integrator
• Partner with the CEO and senior leadership team to
establish annual actionable work plans and to support the
implementation of the plans with alignment to the Center’s
strategic priorities, values, and operational protocols
• Facilitate Traction L10 meetings; create measurable
and metrics and provide guidance for
operationalizing Traction and performance management
systems
• Communicate performance results in ways that
inspire high performance and high engagement
• Facilitate the creation of effective
inter-department dependencies and collaboration for improved
performance management, alignment, and engagement
Proxy
• As assigned, act on behalf of the CEO for
accelerated decision-making impact, and results.
• Prevent bottle necking and promote decision making
when the CEO is not available or has delegated authority and
decision making.
• Drafts internal and external correspondence on
behalf of the CEO
• Collaborate with the CEO’s executive assistant to
ensure a highly productive, efficient and results oriented
environment
Advisor
• Serve as a strategic thought partner, sounding
board and confidante to the CEO
• Remain educated and reliable to offer relevant
insight on organizational strategy and decision making
• Advise senior leaders on best practices for data
informed decision making
Organizational Culture, Management and
Coordination
• Partner with the Director of Organizational
Effectiveness to cultivate a culture that embodies the
values of the Center in meaningful and measurable
ways
• Demonstrate a commitment to racial equity,
inclusion and belonging
• Partner with Vice Presidents to align and develop
annual department budgets, work plans and
strategies, and interim reports
• Lead and collaborate with team members and
consultants and foster an environment that aligns
with the Center’s values and performance
imperatives
• Contribute to the creation and stewardship of
organizational culture and ethos, both internally and externally.
Promote a culture of high performance and continuous improvement
that values learning and a commitment to quality
• Develop and submit timely, substantive internal and
external reports, including financial, operating and program
reporting
• Contribute to the creation and stewardship of
organizational culture and ethos, both internally and
externally.
• Facilitate activities to foster the development of
a culture of high performance and continuous
improvement that values learning and a commitment to
quality
QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS &
COMPETENCIES
• Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the
mission of the Center for Economic
Inclusion
• Advanced experience institutionalizing racial
equity in workforce development, economic
development, transportation, housing, or a related
field
• Proven results as an operational leader,
integrator, or similar role
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in demonstrated
progressive experience in the nonprofit, public or corporate
sector
• Highly skilled trust builder
• Adept at moving seamlessly from the strategic to
the tactical and guiding others to do so as well
• Advanced analytical and critical thinking skills.
Uses data in assessing, analyzing, maintaining, and disseminating
data and information. Substantial statistical skills and a
demonstrated understanding of how statistical data are used in
policy advocacy
• Exceptional writing, public speaking, and
presentation skills, including experience presenting
complex subject matter to non-expert audiences and
high-level decision makers in a strengths-based and positive
manner.
• EOS / Traction experience valued
• Excellent project management skills; Keen attention
to detail
The Center for Economic Inclusion is an Equal
Opportunity employer. We offer an
inclusive, engaging, dynamic, and rewarding
workplace; a competitive total compensation
package; and an opportunity to contribute to one of
the most meaningful issues of our
regions’ future.
Compensation: The salary range for this position is
$155,000-$175,000 and is complemented
by a full suite of benefits including health, dental,
vision, life, STD, and LTD insurance; mobile
phone, wellness, and transportation benefits; paid
time off and retirement savings match. A
salary commensurate with experience will be offered
to complement these to the successful
candidate’s experience.
To apply for this job, submit a cover letter, resume
and 3 professional references to
jobs@centerforeconomicinclusion.org by August 6,
2021. The subject line should state “Chief of
Staff”. Incomplete applications will not be
considered. No calls please. Candidates whose
profiles align with our need will be contacted.
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