The Chief of Staff directly impacts the organization's culture and productivity by coordinating and streamlining strategic and cross-departmental initiatives, serving as a member of and guiding the activities of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), and overseeing internal communication.
Requirements
- Experience: Extensive progressive experience in values-driven project management or similar roles.
- Collaboration and Influence: Proven ability to work effectively across departments and influence senior leaders without direct authority.
- Interpersonal Skills: Highly developed emotional intelligence with the ability to build trust, credibility, and sound working relationships across roles, identities, and functions.
- Strategy Development and Implementation: Demonstrated experience translating organizational priorities into actionable plans and driving execution across multiple teams.
- Problem-Solving and Judgment: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to break down complex issues, assess risks, evaluate data, and develop practical, well-reasoned recommendations.
- Facilitation: Able to design thoughtful processes and agendas for meetings, retreats, and other events.
- Executive-Level Communication: Exceptional written, presentation, and verbal communication skills that can be applied across organizational levels.
- Organization and Prioritization: Strong organizational, time management, and prioritization skills.
- Mission Alignment: Dedicated to THL's mission and values, with prior professional or volunteer experience contributing to animal protection, food system reform, or related social impact efforts preferred.
Benefits
- Unlimited paid time off
- The last Friday of every month off as a THL 'Public Holiday' called 'Mend Your Heart Friday'
- Enhanced sick pay
- Generous bereavement leave
- Generous personal emergency leave
- Sabbatical leave
- Enhanced parental leave
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Retirement contributions
- Internet allowance
