This is a rare opportunity to help shape the next phase of a fast-growing global organisation working on some of the most urgent issues of our time, working at the CEO’s side with a unique vantage point across our country teams, strategy and network of funders and partners worldwide.
The Chief of Staff is a new role, created as More in Common transitions from its founding phase, when the organisation was led by its co-founders, to sole CEO leadership. It incorporates a senior adviser role, in which the Chief of Staff will be the principal aide, advisor and coordinator to the global CEO Tim Dixon, ensuring priorities advance, decisions move efficiently and commitments are executed. The Chief of Staff will also act as organisational glue: working closely with More in Common’s team of country leaders and directors, ensuring alignment between country executive directors, the global team and the CEO around More in Common’s strategy, programmes and operations, and helping spot and resolve problems before they escalate.
ABOUT MORE IN COMMON
More in Common is a nonprofit dedicated to understanding the dynamics of polarisation, and identifying solutions that can strengthen social cohesion and confidence in democracy. We help leaders navigate the dynamics of polarisation more effectively, find common ground and bring people together to address shared challenges. More in Common’s work is frequently featured in media and used by leaders in government, nonprofits, philanthropy, education, the arts and business.
We have a country-led model, with work deeply rooted in national contexts and led by country directors in each of our seven countries, with a total headcount approaching 100. Our teams generate research insights, translate them into thought leadership, and disseminate and implement them across a wide ecosystem of partners and stakeholders. We hold relationships with leaders in many sectors of society, across politics, media, business, civil society, philanthropy, culture and faith, and from national leaders to local community groups. Recent work has produced fresh insights into public attitudes on immigration, online safety, nature and the energy transition, Ukraine, and democracy.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategy
- Strategic counsel: Trusted thought partner to the global CEO Tim Dixon on strategy and major decisions, drawing on visibility across the whole organisation and ensuring alignment within its country-led model.
- CEO communications: Shapes the CEO’s internal and external communications, and absorbs the coordination, communication, and follow-through work that would otherwise pull the CEO away from key public-facing responsibilities.
Organisational coordination
- CEO workflow: Manages the CEO’s priorities, time and decision pipeline with the Senior Executive Coordinator, so the right issues get attention and decisions don’t stall.
- Team alignment and delivery: Keeps global and country teams aligned on shared priorities, facilitates decision-making across the organisation, and leads special projects requiring senior-level attention.
Leadership
- Country ED support: Liaises with country Executive Directors on the CEO’s behalf, identifying where teams need more support and providing assistance in crises.
- Talent and succession: Supports leadership succession planning and mentors emerging leaders across country teams.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
We are looking for a candidate with:
- Commitment to More in Common’s mission and values.
- Experience working closely with, or in direct support of, a senior executive, founder or CEO.
- Exceptional organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, stakeholders and time-sensitive decisions simultaneously.
- Sound judgement and discretion, including experience handling sensitive or confidential matters.
- Comfortable operating with incomplete information, and confident making calls on when to resolve issues independently versus escalate.
- The ability to lead through influence rather than authority, working effectively with peers and country teams who have their own mandates and priorities.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to synthesise complex information for diverse audiences.
- Inter-disciplinary interests and experience, such as having worked in different sectors (business, government, nonprofit), countries and roles.
- Fluency in English and at least one of French, German, Spanish, Polish or Portuguese languages.
- At least six years’ working experience in such fields as public opinion research, public policy, political science, and international relations.
For full details of the role and to apply, visit the More in Common website.
