KIPP NYC Chief of Staff

Company Description

About KIPP NYC:

Founded in 1995,  KIPP NYC Public Schools is a non-profit network of 18 free, public charter schools located in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Manhattan. We partner with families and communities to create joyful, academically excellent schools where every child grows up free to create the future they want for themselves and their communities.

From our first middle school, KIPP Academy in the Bronx, to today’s network of eight elementary schools, nine middle schools, and one high school, KIPP NYC provides students with engaging academics, arts, athletics, and social–emotional learning that prepare them for college, career, and beyond.

Our commitment doesn’t end at graduation. Through KIPP Forward, we continue to support our alumni as they navigate college, career, and life, helping them define success on their own terms and pursue the paths that align with their goals and sense of purpose.

Together, we serve more than 9,400 students, support 4,700 alumni, and employ over 1,100 dedicated team members who bring passion, expertise, and commitment to our mission every day.

Job Description

Position Overview:

KIPP NYC’s Chief of Staff is a senior executive and system-level leader, focused on enabling the entire executive team to perform at its highest level. Rather than a role centered on proximity to the CEO, the Chief Staff serves our kids, families, and stakeholders by providing critical leverage to the Senior Leadership Team on mission critical strategic and special projects.

Responsible for expanding leadership capacity, driving organizational alignment, and ensuring operational excellence across the organization, the Chief of Staff sits at the intersection of strategy, execution, organizational culture, and human dynamics, helping to translate vision and priorities into systems, processes, and behaviors that move the organization forward. They provide thought partnership and candid counsel to the CEO and Senior Leadership Team, manage relationships across complex stakeholder groups, and help the organization operate with clarity, discipline, and shared purpose.

Reporting Structure & Location

The Chief of Staff reports to the CEO of KIPP NYC and serves as a member of the Senior Leadership Team. The Chief of Staff will also launch and lead the “Executive Office,” a high-performing team of strategic operators responsible for driving organization-wide strategy, alignment, and special projects, that enable the CEO and Senior Leadership Team to operate at scale and ensure that priorities are executed with clarity and purpose. This is an in-person role based in NYC, with the flexibility to work from home two days per week.

Specific responsibilities include:

Systems Design and Leadership

• Architect the next phase of organizational capacity by leading an “Executive Office” that scales leadership bandwidth and ensures seamless cross-functional alignment
• Drive communication and collaboration systems that elevate focus on the most critical priorities, including building dashboards, performance tracking tools, and planning leadership team retreats
• Deliver best-in-class board governance and leadership materials that advance strategic discussions and reflect organizational excellence

Process Design and Project Management

• Translate complexity into clarity, turning vast amounts of data, competing priorities, and nuanced stakeholder needs into clear action plans and decision-ready materials
• Design high-functioning operational rhythms, and reinforce high-performance leader behaviors, including calendar management, board preparation, senior team execution and trust-building
• Lead a small team of strategic operators (project managers/special projects staff, executive assistant) who provide leverage to the CEO and Senior Leadership Team to deliver impact across the organization

People Leadership

• Operate as a senior leader in your own right, building relationships of trust with the Senior Leadership Team, the board, and staff across the organization
• Be a culture-bearer: articulate and reinforce the organization’s values, improve workplace norms, and model accountability and respect
• Coach and develop staff at all levels, from junior administrative support to C-suite peers, to perform at their best and collaborate effectively
• Provide the CEO and Senior Leadership Team with honest, constructive feedback and serve as a trusted confidante who can both challenge and support in pursuit of organizational goals
• Be a “people-solver” and a “problem-solver”

*How to Apply: KIPP NYC has engaged