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Operations and mission support jobs

The roles a nonprofit cannot run without: executive assistant to the executive director, chief of staff, board liaison, operations and program management. Most executive job boards skip them. This one does not.

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Common questions

What is an operations and mission support role in a nonprofit?

It is the layer that keeps the organization running: the executive assistant to the executive director, the chief of staff, the board liaison, the operations and program managers. These roles carry governance, scheduling and compliance work that the mission depends on, and most executive job boards never list them.

What do nonprofit operations and mission support jobs pay?

Few of the openings here state a figure today. We publish pay when the organization gives it to us and we do not estimate.

Is an executive assistant to an executive director a career role or clerical work?

It is a career role. The person in it manages board governance, confidential stakeholder communication and the executive's decision flow. Of the 20,100 postings in our archive, 1,391 are executive assistant roles, which is why they now have a tier of their own.

How many operations and mission support jobs are open right now?

There are 5 open on this page today. The page stays when a role closes.

Are these roles remote?

Of the 5 open now, 0 are remote, 0 are hybrid and 5 are on-site.

Why do some of these roles also appear on GRC Careers?

2 of the 5 openings here name board governance, regulatory reporting or policy administration in the description, which is governance work whatever the title says. Those cross-post to grccareers.org. The rest do not, because the cross-post is earned by the work described, not by the job title.

Will an algorithm screen me out?

No. ExecSearches does not run resumes through automated screening and nobody is rejected by software. A person reviews every posting before it goes live.