Chief of Staff

Title: Chief of Staff

Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer

Location: Flexible, though a preference for India or Kenya to overlap with the CEO

Salary: Commensurate with experience

Position: Full-time

Posted on: 3 May 2024

Application deadline: 31 May 2024, 6 pm EST (applications may be reviewed as they are submitted)

PxD is looking for a dynamic, motivated, and organized person to join a high-performing, flexible and non-hierarchical team as a Chief of Staff to the CEO, Niriksha Shetty.

This role will give you a broad range of experiences in various aspects of PxD's work including program, strategy, fundraising, communications and outreach, administration, amongst others. Working closely with the CEO, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to support organizational objectives.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will be:

Extremely organized: You will be managing lots of tasks and relationships. You will need to be organized to stay on top of them.

A proactive problem solver: You will need to notice when things need to be fixed, and then fix them, pulling in different teams at PxD as needed.

Personable and great with communication: You'll need to be clear and professional whilst communicating with various stakeholders around the world, both verbally and in writing.

Excited by work that demands speed, accuracy, and attention to detail.

Willing to travel domestically and internationally.

We welcome candidates with a background in economics, international development, public policy, or a closely related field, and experience in the following domains:

Proven professional experience in a program, innovation or research role.

Demonstrated experience drawing insights from data and scientific literature.

Demonstrated experience multitasking with attention to detail, organization, time management skills, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively.

Strong communication skills with excellent writing and presentation skills; demonstrated experience contributing to written material (fundraising proposals, reports, blogs).

Proactively able to identify improvements to projects; show initiative in providing improvement ideas to the team.

Excellent organizational skills, detail-oriented, and ability to work under time pressure and solve problems creatively.

Ability to effectively work with partners including government officers, research partners, and field partners.

Strong understanding of economics, econometrics, and familiarity with randomized evaluations.

Interest in operational management and business development.

Responsibilities (including but not limited to):

The role will grow as you develop, but you will start out by focusing on the following key responsibilities:

Work closely with the CEO and senior leadership group members to develop and execute strategic initiatives to advance the organization's mission and goals,and to resolve any strategic inconsistencies.

Provide direct support to the CEO, including serving as a thought partner and assisting with schedules, briefing materials, and communication with internal and external stakeholders.

Represent PxD in partner meetings, conferences, and events, fostering relationships and exploring collaboration opportunities with external partners

Support fundraising efforts including proposal writing, prospecting, strategic, donor relationship management, communications and drive these forward with the CEO.

Support PxD's institutional knowledge management and internal learning efforts.

Work alongside the CEO and Leadership Team to establish programmatic oversight and monitoring tools, and facilitate program planning meetings.

How to apply

To apply, please visit the PxD website and use the online application form to submit a CV, cover letter, and brief responses to the screening questions. The job position may be reviewed on a rolling basis until the application deadline of 31 May 2024, 6 pm EST.

PxD is committed to building an inclusive and diverse organization. We don't make decisions based on gender, gender identity, class, ethnicity, sexual orientation or any other personal characteristics that are unrelated to the role. We understand that everyone has different lifestyles and we accommodate flexible working to make sure you are as productive and happy as you can be.

We will use any personal data you provide for recruitment purposes only.

About PxD

PxD is a rapidly scaling global non-profit that harnesses the power of technology, data science, and behavioral economics to provide targeted information to farmers in low- and middle-income countries. Providing the right information to the right people, in the right way and at the right time, increases incomes, protects the environment, and improves well-being. We are evidence-based: we test our interventions with randomized controlled trials to prove our impact and cost-effectiveness, to simultaneously learn from and improve our service, and to demonstrate our value to funders and partners. There are few programs in international development that are as demonstrably cost-effective as ours. We currently work in seven countries in Africa, and Asia, and are expanding as more governments and organizations look for innovative ways to use new technologies to empower people across low and middle-income countries.

Full time