Chief of Staff

• The Chief of Staff will partner closely with the Founders to drive organizational execution, streamline systems, and oversee cross-functional initiatives in a rapidly growing organization
• The role requires a strategic, structured, and execution-oriented leader with proven experience supporting or leading similar operational and strategic functions in a scaling environment

Roles & Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic thought partner to the Founders, ensuring organizational priorities are clearly defined, communicated, and executed across all teams
• Leverage prior experience in organizational buildingstrategy, process design, systems rollout, and cross-team coordinationin a growing or fast-scaling enterprise
• Build and implement systems for project management, decision tracking, internal communication, and information flow to drive efficiency across the organization
• Lead and monitor the execution of high-priority initiatives across operations, fundraising, HR, technology, and communications
• Represent the FoundersOffice in external meetings with donors, advisors, partners, and senior stakeholders, ensuring diligent follow-through on decisions
• Implement enterprise tools (CRMs, project management platforms, knowledge repositories) and guide teams in adoption, usage, and maintenance
• Support fundraising through proposal development, narrative building, data consolidation, and coordinated donor engagement
• Manage leadership-team processes including annual planning, OKRs, progress reviews, and bottleneck resolution
• Strengthen organization-wide communication by ensuring clarity, alignment, and timely updates across all levels
• Lead special strategic projects requiring cross-department collaboration, structured problem-solving, and high execution ownership
• Identify organizational gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities, and independently design and drive solutions without waiting for direction

Requirements

• 6-10 years of experience leading cross-functional projects, systems-building, or strategic execution in a growing organization (social enterprise, startup, consulting, climate/sustainability sector preferred)
• Strong project management and operational leadership skills with the ability to bring structure, order, and follow-through in unstructured environments
• Highly proactive gets-things-donemindset with the ability to anticipate needs, push initiatives forward, and work independently
• Excellent communication, writing, and presentation skills
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and collaborate across diverse teams
• Strong analytical and organizational capability, with fluency in implementing digital systems (CRMs, project management tools, knowledge management systems)
• Entrepreneurial, collaborative, mission-driven, and deeply committed to climate action and rural development
• Fluency in English and Hindi is required
• Benefits Salary Band Commensurate with experience"