Chief of Staff

The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) is a national nonprofit organization working to prevent sexual abuse and exploitation mass scale by eliminating institutional behaviors & cultural norms that enable it. Through advocacy, education, research, communications, and strategic partnerships, NCOSE works to advance policies, practices, and cultural change that protect human dignity and promote healthier communities.

Position Overview

The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) is seeking a highly capable, organized, and discerning Chief of Staff to the President to help ensure effective leadership, strong internal coordination, and consistent execution of organizational priorities.

Working in close partnership with the President, who works remotely, the Chief of Staff will serve as the President's primary on-site representative and operational partner. This individual will maintain a clear understanding of day-to-day activity in the Washington, DC office, identify emerging needs and concerns, facilitate communication across departments, and ensure that decisions and priorities translate into action.

The Chief of Staff will serve as the President's eyes and ears in the office—developing trusted relationships with staff, understanding the organization's operational realities, identifying opportunities for improvement, and communicating candidly and objectively with the President. The role requires someone who can move comfortably between high-level organizational priorities and practical, hands-on problem-solving.

This is an opportunity for an emerging professional to work closely with organizational leadership, gain broad exposure to nonprofit management

and executive decision-making, and contribute meaningfully to an organization working to prevent sexual exploitation.

Key Responsibilities

1. Executive Partnership and Support

• Serve as the President's primary on-site partner, helping maintain visibility into organizational activities, staff needs, operational challenges, and emerging opportunities.

• Maintain regular communication with the President, providing timely, accurate, and objective updates on matters requiring awareness, attention, or action.

• Prepare meeting agendas, briefing materials, summaries, recommendations, and follow-up items to support effective executive decision-making.

• Track commitments, decisions, and priorities established by the President and ensure appropriate follow-through.

• Identify issues requiring the President's attention and distinguish between matters that can be resolved independently, coordinated with department leaders, or escalated for executive direction.

• Attend meetings as the President's representative when requested, communicate the President's direction accurately, and report back on outcomes and follow-up needs.

2. On-Site Operations and Office Management

• Serve as the primary operational lead for the Washington, DC office, ensuring that the physical workplace is organized, functional, professional, and adequately equipped.

• Oversee day-to-day office logistics, including facilities, supplies, equipment, vendors, maintenance, workspace needs, and coordination with building management.

• Identify and resolve operational issues that interfere with employees' ability to work effectively.

• Coordinate office access, visitor arrangements, meeting spaces, technology needs, and other workplace logistics.

• Develop and maintain practical office procedures, checklists, and systems that promote consistency, efficiency, security, and accountability.

• Coordinate with Human Resources, Finance, IT, and other relevant personnel on office-related needs and organizational processes.

3. Organizational Coordination and Accountability

• Develop a working understanding of NCOSE's departments, organizational priorities, and major initiatives across its policy, legal, corporate advocacy, parent center, communications, and related functions.

• Build effective working relationships with department leaders and staff to understand their activities, dependencies, challenges, and resource needs.

• Help identify gaps in communication, coordination, accountability, or execution and work with the appropriate leaders to address them.

• Track key organizational initiatives, milestones, deadlines, and decisions, bringing delays, competing priorities, or unresolved issues to the President's attention.

• Facilitate cross-departmental communication and coordination when projects or decisions involve multiple teams.

• Encourage a culture of professionalism, responsiveness, transparency, and responsible stewardship of organizational resources.

4. Special Projects and Executive Initiatives

• Lead or coordinate special projects assigned by the President, from initial planning through implementation and evaluation.

• Conduct research, analyze information, and prepare concise written recommendations to support organizational decisions.

• Assist with the development and implementation of organizational plans, internal processes, and management initiatives.

• Support organizational change initiatives by coordinating communication, implementation steps, and follow-up.

5. Meetings, Leadership Communication, and Follow-Through

• Coordinate logistics and preparation for staff meetings, leadership meetings, and other internal gatherings as assigned.

• Help ensure meetings have clear objectives, appropriate preparation, documented decisions, and actionable next steps.

• Track action items and follow up with responsible individuals to promote timely completion.

• Help communicate leadership decisions and organizational updates clearly and consistently.

6. Continuous Improvement and Organizational Effectiveness

• Assess existing office and organizational processes to identify unnecessary complexity, inefficiency, duplication, or gaps in accountability.

• Recommend practical improvements that strengthen organizational effectiveness without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.

• Support responsible use of organizational time, funding, equipment, and other resources.

• Maintain a solutions-oriented approach, balancing attention to detail with the ability to prioritize broader organizational needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex information into concise, actionable summaries.

• Sound judgment, discretion, emotional intelligence, and the ability to handle confidential information appropriately.

• Demonstrated initiative and the ability to identify needs, anticipate problems, and follow through without constant supervision.

• Comfort working in a fast-paced, mission-driven nonprofit environment where priorities may shift and resources may be limited.

• Willingness and ability to work primarily in person at NCOSE's Washington, DC office.

• Proficiency with standard workplace technology, document management, spreadsheets, and project management tools.

• Ability to communicate candidly and professionally, including raising concerns and delivering difficult information constructively.

• Ability to build trust and effective working relationships with individuals at all levels of an organization.

• Strong attention to detail and demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and projects simultaneously.

• Exceptional organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (JD), particularly for candidates interested in nonprofit leadership, public policy, law, or advocacy.

• Experience in nonprofit operations, executive support, project management, public policy, legal research, or organizational administration.

• Strong research, writing, and analytical skills.

• Experience coordinating projects across multiple teams or functions.

• Familiarity with organizat