Chief of Staff

The Clean Air Fund is looking to recruit a Chief of Staff to join the team in London. This is an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly growing organisation whose mission is to use philanthropic grants to catalyse a reduction in air pollution.

The Chief of Staff will be a key partner to the CEO, driving strategic alignment across the organization while enhancing executive decision-making. This role combines strategic thinking, governance leadership, and effective project and stakeholder management to enable the Clean Air Fund to achieve its mission of improving global air quality. The CEO depends on the Chief of Staff to function effectively. The post holder needs to be at the heart of the organisation, with a finger on the pulse of issues and able to present our ambition and initiatives with precision and aplomb.

To be successful in this role you will have the following skills and experience:

• Great written communication – including speeches, briefings, presentations, articles, social media
• Strategic and analytical – able to analyse complex information including political, scientific and financial
• Problem-solving in a fast-paced environment. Able to see what pressures the CEO faces and to find ways to lessen them, and to make informed judgements on prioritisation and delivery.
• Able to switch between the big picture and the details of a pressing issue; between influencing senior stakeholders and following up to ensure actions are being done.
• Relationship Management. Ability to establish, build and develop complex and strategic relationships, often with senior stakeholders. Cultivates relationships over the long term.
• Trustworthy and able to act with a high degree of discretion, diplomacy and professionalism.
• Results focused and supremely organized, great attention to detail and thorough.
• Strategic thinker. A generalist. Able to quickly synthesise and analyse information on a wide range of external and internal matters.
• Proactive, takes initiative. Predicts the needs of the CEO; doesn’t wait to be asked. Neither gung-ho nor too cautious; knows when to take a decision and when to check in. Able to successfully work autonomously and with an instinctive pragmatic and problem-solving approach.
• Strong interpersonal skills; the ability to easily build trust and rapport with colleagues and stakeholders, to operate seamlessly across Clean Air Fund and influence others to achieve outcomes.
• Demonstrable alignment with CAF’s mission, values and goals.

For more information on this role, as well as the full person specification please see the job description.

• Type of employment - Permanent
• Interviews will be taking place in January 2025.
• We facilitate home working for up to 50%.

As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, returning parents, carers or any other aspect which makes them unique. We particularly welcome applicants from under-represented groups to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps we can take to ensure that the recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable. We are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of our employees from all forms of harm.