Job Description

We here at the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) are experiencing exciting growth and have created a brand-new Chief of Staff role. As our Executive Director’s advisor and proxy, you’ll play a key part in aligning our vision and expectations for staff relations, operations, and goals to support NACE’s mission, while keeping track of all projects to ensure effectiveness and efficiency.

NACE believes in a world that is inclusive and where equal opportunities and equitable outcomes exist for all. We are committed to developing and supporting a robustly diverse, equitable, and inclusive community, where all members create and feel a sense of belonging. Through our collective deliberate efforts, we are bridging college to work and driving towards equitable employment outcomes for all, and in this vital leadership role it will be your mission to continue to support and drive this.

This role is fully remote as NACE is a virtual organization. As such, you’ll have the ability to work from almost anywhere, though preference will be given to those in the eastern or central time zones.

What you’ll do

You’ll be a leader who enjoys sharing the big picture around the why’s and what’s, but also enjoys getting into the details of the how’s and when’s. Day to day, you’ll:

• Attend meetings with and on behalf of Executive Director, bringing their vision to projects & initiatives and ensure Executive Director’s viewpoint and NACE’s full interests are being leveraged in the review, writing and editing of contracts, documents, reports, webpages, articles, and other communications
• Assist Executive Director in prioritizing workload and take responsibilities off Executive Director’s to-do list that can be accomplished without their direct involvement, including the review and preparation of talking points, speeches, emails, presentations, and other communication materials for use by and on behalf of the Executive Director
• Consult with the Executive Director on effective organizational structures and team needs and desires
• Collaborate with internal staff and partners to implement, prioritize, and leverage important initiatives, ideas, and revenue generation, clarifying communication and creating new pathways to ensure efficient workflows across projects involving multiple departments & staff. When needed, intervene and set strategies for resolving member and partner challenges
• Serve as project manager for one-time or just-in-time initiatives, urgent/timely communications, change management initiatives, and for partner follow-through
• Work with Executive Director to implement and participate in effective Board relations strategies, and with the Executive Assistant to plan effective Board communications, meetings, materials, reports, and dashboards
• Research, track, and document potential partners, competitors, and opportunities for NACE to raise its profile or to have its voice exposed to new or important audiences; projects, programs, & issues that should be explored; and progress/milestones that need to occur
• Participate in the evaluation of our programs, products, and services, determining ROI, future viability and potential alterations along with defining new high-impact approaches to our offerings
• Lead the planning, organizing and implementation of staff retreats, leadership meetings and other assigned convenings

What you need to thrive in this role

• Bachelor’s degree with equivalent experience required
• 5+ years of experience in a senior role within an association, higher education, or similar non-profit
• Exceptional project management skills, including documenting, tracking, refining existing systems and implementing new processes with the ability to successfully navigate within varying degrees of ambiguity in a fast-paced environment
• Successfully demonstrated experience leading change management efforts, including transparent leadership, influencing others, collaboration, and team building
• Superior listening skills, intuition, verbal and written communication capabilities, and understanding of effective transparent leadership.
• Experience coordinating and collaborating with peers across an organization from conception through implementation including programming, marketing, finance, administration, and communications.
• Demonstrated experience regularly innovating and looking at old problems with a new lens.
• Kind, easy to get along with, highly adaptable, and a good sense of humor.
• Ability to travel about 15% of the time for board meetings, NACE retreat, and our annual conference as needed.

About us

The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) values robust and substantive learning experiences for the profession and NACE members.  We are committed to making a difference in the lives of the members we serve and the populations that are directly impacted by our members’ work.  Our members are responsible for the career development of college students on their campuses and the hiring of the next generation of the workforce. It is critically important to the future of the profession that our members understand and engage in leading practices effectively; and we are dedicated to supporting the education and professional development interests and needs of our members.

What we offer you

NACE employees receive a competitive salary and enjoy a work environment that values collaboration, innovation, and excellence. Additionally, employees receive an extremely robust benefits package, including:

• Competitive salary in the range of $110,000 – $125,000/year
• Generous paid time off and vacation time
• Paid holidays –these include MLK Jr. Day, Juneteenth, and the week between Christmas and New Year’s for 2023
• 401(k) plan
• Generous medical, dental, and vision plan (no premium for employee-only coverage and extremely reasonable rates for family coverage)
• Company provided short-term and long-term disability
• Company provided life insurance equal to two times annual salary

Our hiring management partner is myHR Partner. myHR Partner is not a staffing service or recruiter. All resumes/applications will be reviewed for this position and only for our organization.

Thank you for considering us as a potential employer!

As the voice of professionals focused on the development and employment of the college-educated, it is critical for NACE to be explicit in the expression of our collective drive toward these ideals. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to that by ensuring that our place can be anyone’s place and we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

How to Apply

Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Salaries: 100,000 and above.

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