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Job description
At EnergyUnited, we're looking for a highly organized, strategic, and trusted professional to serve as our new Chief of Staff. This is a unique opportunity to work directly with the CEO, Board of Directors, and Executive Leadership Team to help drive organizational effectiveness and strategic execution. The successful candidate will be a trusted advisor, skilled coordinator, and proactive problem-solver who thrives in a fast-paced environment and can confidently manage competing priorities while maintaining the highest level of professionalism and confidentiality.
What You'll Do
As Chief of Staff, you will play a critical role in supporting the CEO and ensuring priorities move forward across the organization. Key responsibilities include:
Serve as a strategic partner and primary support resource to the CEO.
Manage and prioritize the CEO's calendar, meetings, travel, and commitments.
Coordinate executive briefings, presentations, talking points, and meeting materials.
Provide professional support to the Board of Directors, including meeting coordination, travel arrangements, onboarding, education opportunities, and administrative support.
Facilitate communication and coordination among the Executive Leadership Team.
Track key decisions, action items, and strategic initiatives to ensure organizational follow-through.
Coordinate special projects and cross-functional initiatives involving multiple departments.
Anticipate needs, identify emerging issues, and help ensure executive priorities remain on track.
Handle highly sensitive and confidential information with sound judgment and discretion.
What Success Looks Like
The successful candidate will become a trusted and highly effective partner to the CEO, Board of Directors, and Executive Leadership Team. You will help bring clarity to competing priorities, foster collaboration across departments, and ensure important commitments are executed effectively.
What We're Looking For
Successful candidates will possess:
Exceptional judgment, integrity, and professionalism.
Proven ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
Outstanding organizational and time-management skills.
Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
Experience managing complex executive schedules and priorities.
Ability to influence and achieve results without formal authority.
Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
Experience coordinating activities involving multiple departments and stakeholders.
Ability to synthesize information and proactively anticipate organizational needs.
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office and executive scheduling tools.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Communications, Organizational Leadership, Public Administration, or a related field.
Chief of Staff experience or experience in a comparable role supporting a CEO, President, or senior executive with strategic, organizational, and executive coordination responsibilities is strongly preferred.Experience managing executive calendars and complex organizational priorities.
Experience coordinating board governance activities, executive travel, conferences, and special events.
Experience working with confidential executive, personnel, or governance matters.
Experience leading or coordinating cross-functional projects and organizational initiatives.
Electric utility or electric cooperative experience is preferred.
Work Arrangement
This position is classified as Hybrid, allowing work to be performed both from an EnergyUnited office location and from home. In-person attendance for meetings, training, and other business purposes is required.
Residency Requirement
Employees in this position must reside within one of the nineteen counties served by EnergyUnited or within a 40-mile road radius of an EnergyUnited office.
Why This Opportunity?
This role offers a rare opportunity to work side-by-side with EnergyUnited's executive leadership team, gain broad exposure across the organization, support Board governance, and contribute directly to strategic initiatives that impact our members, employees, and communities.
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Worksite address
statesville, NC, 28625, US
Who can apply
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