We're looking for a highly organised, strategic right-hand person to the CEO. This position supports the CEO to effectively achieve his strategic objectives by orchestrating the CEO's program on a strategic level, which includes driving strategic business planning as we continue to grow our African presence. From day one, as a Chief of Staff you will immediately impact our productivity, streamlining strategic initiatives, overseeing program management and communicating objectives between key departments and stakeholders. This will allow the CEO to focus on providing the desired strategic leadership and guidance to the company.
We are building one of the biggest startup portfolios in the continent and as the Chief of Staff, you need to work with the CEO to clearly define the required business outcomes, develop a plan and a roadmap on how to operationalise the plan to achieve these outcomes. The incumbent will play a critical role in developing a framework and processes to support the CEO to drive performance and success through his team. You'll bring both a creative and agile approach to the work, bolstered by strong coordination, project management
and strategy implementation knowledge required to successfully deliver large scale projects.
Responsibilities include
Assist CEO in managing and building his team through tracking operational performance in liaison with the COOPreparation of reports and presentations with the ability to source relevant information from the SeniorLeadership team and put it together in a concise way for the CEO.Researches, prioritises, and follows up on incoming issues and concerns addressed to the CEO, including those of a sensitive and/or confidential nature. Determines appropriate course of action, referral, or response.Provides a bridge for communication between the CEO and internal departments thus demonstrating leadership to maintain credibility, trust and support with staff at various levelsWorks closely and effectively with the CEO to keep him well informed of upcoming commitments and responsibilities, following up appropriately. Acts as a 'barometer', having a sense of issues taking place in the environment and keeping the CEO updated.Assessing risk when business decisions are madeSuccessfully completes critical aspects of deliverables with a hands-on approach, including drafting correspondence and other tasks that facilitate the CEO's ability to effectively lead the company.Collecting insights from teams to build an operational plan that takes into account the scale we need to reach in the continent.Work with our talent and finance team to include budgets, talent needs and/or estimates into a project plan.Continuous monitoring of project plans against agreed milestones and ensuring actions are executed timeously.Determining key performance indicators and how to measure team performancePlanning, coordinating and leading meetings and workshopsLeverage various processes already in place to identify gaps and inform how this can scale with the new business plan.Maintaining strong relationships with head of departments/leads through regular interactions and identifying interventions that can help to improve the process and efficiency in delivery.Ability to build systems and tools to enable speed of delivery e.g. driving effective collaboration through setting up CRM etc…From time to time, you may be required to assist the Chief Executive's schedule, scheduling meetings and planning travel.
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