Chief of Staff

Who We Are:

The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) seeks to protect, preserve, and enhance Massachusetts’ environmental resources and create a clean energy future for all residents. Through the stewardship of open spaces, the protection of environmental resources, and the advancement of clean energy, EEA works tirelessly to make Massachusetts a wonderful place to live, work, and raise a family.   Our commitment to environmental justice ensures that every resident, regardless of background or location, can live in a safe, clean environment and shares equally in the benefits of the clean energy transition.

Who We Are as an Employer:

At EEA, we create meaningful, inclusive opportunities that empower our employees to make a real difference in shaping the environmental future of Massachusetts. We foster a workplace culture where diversity is valued, innovation is encouraged, and collaboration thrives. Our employees play a vital role in advancing sustainability, environmental justice, and clean energy solutions, ensuring a positive and lasting impact on Massachusetts and its residents.

Description:

MDAR: The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources mission is to cultivate a robust and equitable agricultural economy, promote a safe and resilient food system, and preserve a healthy environment for Massachusetts farmers, animals, and consumers.

The Chief of Staff reports directly to the Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR), providing leadership and high-level oversight of agency activities and staff.  MDAR’s mission is to cultivate a robust and equitable agricultural economy, promote a safe and resilient food system, and preserve a healthy environment for Massachusetts farmers, animals, and consumers.  The Chief of Staff’s functions contribute to the success of the agency mission by providing support to the Commissioner’s office, agency managers and staff, ensuring continuity of department operations and operational efficiencies, and through fostering team communications and coordination.   

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Advises and supports the Commissioner in the development, planning and execution of strategic goals and priorities, and the business in front of the agency. Provides input, coordination, tracking, and work products to bolster the success of initiatives. Steers alignment of key goals across the organization.
• Provides leadership, decision-making and execution of work products on a variety of operational, administrative, policy, strategic planning, budgetary, programmatic, and personnel matters.
• Effectively oversee, support and ensure effective management of the department’s daily operations.  Make recommendations, provide guidance, support and input or decisions to agency managers and staff to enhance overall team effectiveness and efficiency, and to address time sensitive matters.  Coordinates across agency teams to achieve key objectives, responds and tracks requests from oversight agencies and external stakeholders.  Develop, provide input and/or implement new policies and procedures with a focus on operations and administrative functions in conjunction with the department’s Chief Fiscal Officers, as needed.
• Boards and Commissions: Interfaces with the MDAR Commissioner and the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) to execute, submit, and track packages for proposed ca