Responsibilities

Build and strengthen core critical relationships – ensure our CEO and other Leadership Team Members (comprising a four-person leadership team) engages with our most strategic partners and opportunities. You will partner with Leadership to also engage directly with anyone from top journalists to major donors and will be able to represent Ashoka at various engagements.
Provide general leadership – when new opportunities emerge or programs need interim support, you will take leadership to rapidly organize resources to address any gaps. This leadership will help us always move forward even in times of transition.
Provide leadership to Ashoka’s Executive Office – set strategic direction, provide team management, and oversee the search and selection of key roles.
Manage weekly Executive Team meetings – develop engaging agendas that address top priorities and spark collective conversation and problem-solving. Help everyone learn and deepen their understanding of our ever-evolving strategy.
Oversee Board meetings – partner with our Global Leadership and Ashoka’s Board to execute generative biannual gatherings that bring “aha moments” to Ashoka, helping us all better see the whole and bringing new focus to necessary areas.

Requirements

Experience in entrepreneurial/intrapreneurial and operational leadership in complex, global environments
Experience in planning and leading strategic initiatives with organization-wide impact
Proven ability to lead through empathic discernment, management, and exceptional communication skills
Demonstrated skills in managing operations, deliverables and performance in a fluid, open, and agile environment
A canny ability to get teams aligned, speaking the same language, and helping each other to succeed
Social sector experience
Entrepreneurship/Intrapreneurship: Demonstrates a track record of taking initiative and ownership (e.g., founding an organization or company, starting a movement, re-shaping the work of an existing organization), bringing new ideas to life and building a team to achieve meaningful impact.
Understanding and Belief in the Vision of an Everyone a Changemaker: Understands and believes the Everyone a Changemaker vision at a gut level. Has a broad and inquisitive intellect and thinking pattern that connects the dots between historical trends and current social context.
Emotional and Social Intelligence: Ability to work efficiently and respectfully in teams. Understands how individual, groups, and societies work and engage effectively in savvy, subtle, honest ways.
Ethical Fiber: Has exceptionally strong ethical behavior; is self-reflective and has strong empathy skills.
Self-Definition: Assumes that changing the world in big ways and at least on a continental scale is what they will do in life. Naturally operates at this level and has developed appropriate skills and ways of thinking

Work Arrangement

On-site — Arlington, VA

The Opportunity

We imagine these priorities as core parts of this role – and we invite whoever takes on this opportunity to help evolve this role by leveraging their unique skills and bringing their new ideas to life.

The Candidate

We imagine a strong candidate for this role as having the following characteristics and experience:

Additional Information

This role will require in-office presence in our Global Headquarters located in Arlington, VA (off Rosslyn metro stop).