Chief of Staff

Chief of Staff

STATUS:
Full-time, year-round, exempt

Reports to:

Executive Director

Working

Location:

Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Regular on-site presence is required

Compensation: $80,000-$90,000 annually, commensurate with experience

Benefits: BSC offers a competitive benefits package, including health insurance and paid time off.

Schedule:

This position requires flexibility during the producing season, including occasional evening and weekend work

Barrington Stage Company (BSC) is an award-winning, not-for-profit professional theatre company in the Berkshires with a three-fold mission: to produce top-notch, compelling work; to develop new plays and musical; and to engage our community with vibrant, inclusive educational outreach programs. BSC operates multiple venues in downtown Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and brings together artists, staff, audiences, donors, and community partners in a dynamic seasonal producing environment.

BSC is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, or age. We strongly encourage candidates of color, and/or from diverse backgrounds/underrepresented groups to apply.

BSC seeks a strategic, highly organized, and collaborative Chief of Staff to serve as a principal partner to the Executive Director and a connective leader across the organization. This position translates institutional priorities into coordinated plans, strengthens communication and accountability among departments, anticipates operational risks, and ensures that important decisions move through to completion.

The Chief of Staff also leads BSC's core general management functions, including production budgeting, artist and creative-team contracting, union and contractual compliance, payment schedules, and coordination among artistic, production, company management, and finance. The successful candidate will combine sound judgment and discretion with a producer's practicality: able to see the whole organization, ask the right questions, build trust, and move complex work forward without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.

• Serve as a trusted thought partner and right hand to the Executive Director on organizational management, planning, problem-solving, and follow-through.
• Translate institutional priorities into clear workplans, owners, deadlines, dependencies, and decision points.
• Prepare the Executive Director for key internal meetings and decisions by gathering information, identifying open questions, and presenting concise recommendations.
• Represent the Executive Director in selected internal meetings and advance agreed-upon decisions with appropriate authority.
• Design and manage a practical cross-department operating rhythm, including senior staff agendas, production and institutional calendars, decision logs, and follow-up systems.
• Ensure that artistic, production, finance, marketing, development, company management, education, audience services, and facilities share timely information needed to do their work.
• Clarify ownership when responsibilities cross departments; identify gaps, overlaps, and conflicting assumptions before they affect artists, audiences, donors, vendors, or staff.
• Facilitate productive resolution of interdepartmental issues while reinforcing direct communication and shared accountability.
• Support implementation of strategic-plan priorities and other organization-wide initiatives assigned by the Executive Director.
• In partnership with the Artistic Director, Director of Production, Finance, and other leaders, develop, maintain, and monitor…