Chief of Staff

Who We Are:

Raben is a public policy strategic communications and organizational consulting firm. Our talented and passionate team champions diversity equity and justice as core values that ignite our mission for impactful change in corporate nonprofit government and foundation changemakers work to solve real-world problems and inspire lasting changes through our four service offerings: strategic communications government affairs issue campaigns and culture strategy & organizational design.

We have been fueled by insightful strategy creative tactics and plain old hustle for over 20 years. We are people of color women immigrants disabled and LGBTQ. Spend time with us and you will quickly learn we value smarts creativity and audaciousness in just about all we do and a sense of humor is a contractual must. Learn more at .

Raben is growing. Were creating a Chief of Staff role to help us grow on our own terms: aligned accountable and true to our values.

At Raben we believe the way a firm operates internally should reflect the change it fights for externally. As a national public affairs and strategic communications firm our work is mission-driven and high-stakes. This new role exists to help us scale that growth with discipline coherence and care as a newly established seat on our Senior Leadership Team and a true strategic partner to the President.

Our values

We hire and lead by five values: Compassion Integrity Strategy Equity and Humor. This role is in many ways their steward.

Why this role why now

Raben is entering a period of deliberate growth. This role exists to make that growth sustainable by aligning our strategy people culture and execution. You will own the internal leadership and development work that lets the President focus outward on vision relationships and impact. You are not asked to be our deepest expert in public affairs. You are asked to make our leaders more effective our systems stronger and our culture more durable as we scale. This position is located in our DC office and follows a hybrid schedule with at least two days per week in office.

What youll lead

• Organizational Culture: executive leadership for culture equity-centered practice transformation leadership development staff well-being and accountability practices
• Senior Leadership Team effectiveness: facilitating decision-making clarifying roles strengthening collaboration and helping leaders navigate complexity and conflict
• Strategy and alignment: leading firmwide strategic planning translating it into measurable priorities and driving cross-functional initiatives from idea to outcome while removing barriers along the way
• Strategic partnership with the President: acting as trusted advisor anticipating risks and opportunities and ensuring follow-through on what matters most

Who you are

• A trusted leader who moves fluidly between strategy people leadership skilled facilitation and operational discipline
• Someone with strong emotional intelligence and political acumen who is for everyone winning resists taking sides between factions and can transform conflict rather than avoid it
• A systems thinker who understands how culture leadership operations and strategy interconnect and who can recognize when a systemic issue is showing up in the work rather than an isolated problem
• An equity-centered practitioner who turns values into real policies behaviors and decisions and who can navigate complexity as it shows up at the personal interpersonal organizational and systemic levels

Strong candidates may come from Chief of Staff Chief Equity Officer organizational development people & culture strategy and operations internal consulting or transformation executive coaching or senior leadership in mission-driven organizations.

Salary and benefits

The salary range for this role is $180000 to $220000 per year commensurate with experience. Beyond a high degree of autonomy in your work Raben colleagues enjoy a benefits suite that includes:

• Health dental and vision insurance
• Unlimited PTO
• A rich professional development curriculum
• 3% 401(k) match
• Yearly employer FSA contribution
• Company-issued laptop and cell phone
• And more

Application Instructions:

To apply please submit an application resume via our online job portal. If you need accommodation during the recruitment process please email your needs to

Raben finds it quite natural to be an Equal Opportunity Employer aspiring to live the values of equity in everything we do.