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Goodwill Houston · 1 day ago

Chief of Staff (CoS)

Greater Houston

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

10+ years exp

Goodwill Houston is seeking a Chief of Staff (CoS) to assist the CEO in setting the long-term vision and enterprise strategy. The CoS will manage the President’s office and ensure alignment and execution of strategic goals across the organization.

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Responsibilities

Leads the integrated strategic planning process, aligning financials, risk, projects, people, and enterprise change initiatives with organizational strategy and accountability

Partners with leadership to ensure alignment, engagement at all levels, and streamlines executive reporting to focus on strategic goals and outcomes

Optimizes portfolio performance through continuous improvement, resource allocation, and regular reporting to the Board of Directors (BoD). Ensures decision making roles are clear and all interested parties are informed as to outcomes and course corrections

Community Engagement: At the CEO’s request, will represent the organization in affinity groups inside and outside of Goodwill Houston to stretch leadership visibility of the organization and provide leadership presence within the community

Project and Change Management: In partnership with Executive Leadership Team members, will establish enterprise project priority and timing, articulate Goodwill Houston vision for organizational changes. This can include

Review the use of organizational time, talent, and financial resources to support projects and improvement initiatives

Oversee communication management of Goodwill Houston’s BoD, ensuring strong governance practices are outlined to maximize CEO effectiveness. This includes preparing for engagements, capturing minutes, and tracking action items with the Executive Leadership Team

Qualification

Strategic PlanningOrganizational DynamicsProject ManagementGoodwill Industry ExperienceInfluence SkillsConsensus BuildingEffective CommunicationCollaboration SkillsFacilitation SkillsRelationship BuildingNegotiation Skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree required

Minimum of 10 years' experience in the Goodwill Industry working in Missions and/or Operations

Strong strategic mindset: ability to partner with high level enterprise leadership to create an enterprise vision and set short and long terms direction for the President's Office

Complex organizational savvy and agility; understands and can successfully work within organizational dynamics and amongst competing interests

Ability to introduce new processes and concepts clearly and successfully to leadership in a rapidly growing and changing environment

Effective communication, collaboration, and facilitation skills, including but not limited to relationship building, negotiation, influence, and consensus building