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About the Role

Spark seeks a Chief of Staff to partner with the CEO to scale a proven village-led model through national government partnerships and multi-country growth. This role blends strategic insight, project management, and communication excellence to increase organizational and executive effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage multi-year strategic planning and review cycles, as well as annual planning and reviews.
• Establish operating practices that keep strategic priorities moving.
• Identify and communicate bottlenecks and opportunities to advance work with greater quality and speed.
• Support the CEO on strategic initiatives, serving as thought partner, project manager, and implementer.
• Drive ad hoc projects from initiation to close as needed by the Leadership Team.
• Oversee the Office of the CEO, partnering closely with the operations and fundraising teams.
• Ensure CEO priorities progress internally.
• Own preparation for Board of Directors meetings: decks, notes, and follow-ups.
• Drive engagement with key external stakeholders through improving ad hoc communications.
• Draft high-level communications, including donor updates, strategic announcements, and stakeholder correspondence.
• Deliver internal and external communications on behalf of the CEO and Leadership Team.
• Keep teams informed about organizational priorities and progress.
• Ensure important decisions, priorities, and next steps are communicated clearly across the organization.
• Build and steward channels for discussion and alignment-building for strategic work.
• Act as a barometer for alignment: identify where strategy is unclear, contested, or unevenly understood, and close those gaps proactively.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant experience, including supporting a CEO or senior leadership in a global, mission-driven organization
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with sound judgment and discretion
• Strategic thinking paired with a strong bias toward action and results
• Comfort working independently while anticipating needs and proactively solving problems
• Self-driven and highly professional, with an entrepreneurial spirit
• A genuine interest in community-driven development
• Proven ability to support cross-time zone collaboration
• All Spark staff are expected to respect and uphold the safeguarding procedures and principles to minimize harm to stakeholders, program participants, and the environment.

Skills

• Strategic Planning
• Project Management
• Communication
• Cross-functional Initiative Management
• Board Engagement
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Written Communication
• Verbal Communication
• Problem Solving
• Team Alignment

Location

• New York City
• Remote (US)

Work Type

• Full time

Experience Level

• 5+ years of relevant experience

Salary/Compensations

• $80,000 – $90,000

Benefits

• 100% employer-paid health insurance premiums for employees
• 50% health insurance coverage for dependents
• 401(k) plan with a 3% employer contribution
• Generous paid leave
• Professional development stipend

About the Company

• Spark believes that families in every village and neighborhood should have the right to community, purpose, and progress.
• We have worked in 800+ villages across 6 countries and pioneered a community-driven development model in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Our model combines facilitated community meetings with a small, discretionary grant to catalyze local action and institution building.
• We partner with governments and NGOs to scale the model on rural communities' own terms.

Equal Opportunity

• Spark Microgrants provides equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals.
• Employment decisions at Spark are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities.
• Spark does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by the law.
• Spark will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in undue hardship to daily operations.