Chief of Staff

About the Position

Just Fix is seeking a full-time Chief of Staff to serve as a strategic partner to the Executive Director and help lead the organization’s core operations. This role combines strategic thinking with hands‑on execution to ensure the organization operates effectively while advancing its mission and organizational priorities.

Reporting directly to the Executive Director, the Chief of Staff will oversee organizational functions spanning human resources, finance, communications, and cross‑functional operations and contribute significantly to fundraising. They will partner closely with staff, consultants, funders, government agencies, and community organizations to strengthen Just Fix's organizational effectiveness and support its continued growth.

The ideal candidate is an agile, systems‑minded nonprofit professional who thrives in a  wearer of many hats  environment, enjoys solving complex organizational challenges, and is equally energized by high‑level strategic planning and detail‑oriented administrative execution.

Just Fix’s staff is represented by a union under a collective bargaining agreement. This position is part of the organization’s leadership team and is exempt from the bargaining unit.

• Serve as a strategic thought partner to the Executive Director on organizational priorities and key decisions.
• Direct internal planning and execution across operational domains (e.g., overseeing benefits selection while forecasting budget implications).
• Lead coordination with Just Fix's Board of Directors in partnership with the Executive Director, including meeting preparation, drafting governance documentation, and supporting board action items.

• Lead employee lifecycle operations, including onboarding, benefits administration, compensation updates, leave administration, and performance management.
• Oversee recruitment and hiring of new staff and contractors.
• Manage monthly payroll updates, compensation adjustments, and union dues processing (via Justworks PEO).
• Serve as the primary management liaison for day-to‑day implementation of the collective bargaining agreement with unionized staff, including coordinating communications with union representatives on personnel and operational matters.
• Partner with the Board and Executive Director to lead labor‑management meetings, bargaining preparation, and implementation of negotiated agreements, as needed.
• Ensure HR policies, practices, and organizational procedures remain consistent with the collective bargaining agreement and applicable employment laws.
• Foster a healthy, inclusive, and high‑performing organizational culture through thoughtful people practices and effective internal communication.

• Lead audit preparation in partnership with the organization's accountant and auditor.
• Conduct and present monthly reviews of revenue, expenses, cash flow, and financial performance with the Executive Director.
• Reconcile monthly bank and credit card statements and maintain clean financial tracking systems.
• Lead annual budgeting, revenue projections, and long‑term financial planning.

• Lead contract management, reporting and compliance for government grants.
• Support strategy and relationship management for City, State, and institutional funding opportunities.
• Lead the drafting and assembly of grant proposals, reports, briefing materials, and fundraising collateral.
• Maintain systems to track funding opportunities, proposal deadlines, reporting requirements, and funder relationships.
• Partner with the Executive Director on funder communications, cultivation, and stewardship.
• Design and facilitate collaborative planning and working sessions with…