Job Description
Chief of Staff

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR

We look for big thinkers. We are looking for people who can drive positive change and support our growth ambition. In practice this means:

• You have strong Management experience
• You have prior experience in a Chief of Staff role
• You have experience of working in a regulated environment
• Your experience is in business management and/or as an executive assistant in a corporate setting
• You have a proven record of Process improvement experience and awareness
• You bring a Change management understanding and experience of leading change initiatives
• You have relevant industry experience preferable, i.e., previous track record in a similar industry
• You possess a Degree level qualification, with a Masters Degree desirable

Languages: English required, French not essential, but may be beneficial
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Competencies/Skills you bring:

• Strong leadership, management, and interpersonal skills
• Excellent communicator in written and verbal form with a strong focus on interdepartmental communication
• Strong relationship building skills
• Confident decision maker and able to challenge where required
• Ability to organise and direct teams in multiple departments
• Strategic planning and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise important tasks over others
• Ability to analyse and compile a large amount of data and come up with conclusive results
• Ability to motivate
• Experience planning and leading strategic initiatives
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, highly independent environment and juggle multiple ongoing projects, responsibilities, and relationships

• Comfortable holding team members accountable to project deadlines and identifying areas in need of supportRisk aware with experience of compliance activities within a regulatory business

Behaviours you demonstrate:

• High level of Integrity
• Analytically minded with a methodical approach to problem solving and continuous improvement
• Results driven
• Can build trust and respect at all levels
• Vision – creative
• Gravitas to breed confidence internally

• Committed, motivated, enthusiastic, driven individual with a positive “can do” attitude.Adaptable and resilient

• Facilitating and overseeing meetings
• Dealing with all internal and external queries directed toward the CEO
• Representing the CEO at meetings and functions they cannot attend themselves
• Assisting executives with their tasks, including decision-making, project management and others as required
• Collaborating with and advising the CEO
• Acting as a liaison between executives and other relevant parties
• Assisting human resources with the hiring of new employees and overseeing their onboarding process
• Improving the company’s ongoing processes and organising procedures to ensure optimal efficiency and productivity
• Gathering departmental reports and compiling them into an appropriate format for presentationMeeting with the company’s board of directors for business updates and requesting monthly or quarterly meetings with relevant other management personnel/teams