Job Description: NPO CEO [Chief Everything Officer]

Mission-Critical/Scrappy/Entry-Level

Salary: Competitive... for 1994. All our Salaries are mission-aligned - Since our mission is to fight poverty, we thought it would be authentic if you experienced it firsthand.

We offer a variety of Life-Enhancing perks:

• Title Inflation: In the event that we cannot afford annual salary increases, we will inflate your title Global Senior Vice President of Hope and Photocopiers.

• The Opportunity to Build Your Portfolio: You are doing the work of three senior consultants for the price of one very tired intern.

• Psychic Income: The warm, fuzzy feeling you get when you help a puppy or helping others [ which unfortunately cannot be exchanged for a loaf of bread at the grocery store.]

Benefits:

• Unlimited "Flexible" Schedule: You can work from anywhere at any time, especially 11:00 PM on a Sunday. You are welcome to work from your hospital bed as long as the grant is submitted by midnight.

• Health & Wellness: You will attend our mandatory 7:00 AM Monday wellness seminars while managing 12 KPA's and the functions of 5 other job titles.

• Vibrant Office Culture: A "flat hierarchy" where you are equally responsible for the mission and the overflowing trash can.

• Limitless opportunity for Self and Skills Development: One minute you’ll be drafting a grant, and the next you’ll be troubleshooting the 2008 printer or explaining to the Board why we can't buy a private jet.

  
  

The Role

We are looking for a dynamic, mission-driven rockstar to join our lean team. As a NPO CEO Chief Everything Officer, you will be expected to build the plane while flying it, often while also serving as the flight attendant and the runway technician. We don’t just want someone who can move the needle; we want someone who can find the needle in a haystack of siloed data and then use that needle to sew together a holistic solution for R0.

Key Responsibilities of NPO CEO [Chief Everything Officer]

• Operationalize Synergy: You will circle back on all low-hanging fruit to ensure our Theory of Change is strategically aligned with our R140 bank balance.

• Donor Stewardship: You will engage with high-capacity individuals and convince them that their R250 donation is the cornerstone of our global impact.

• Strategic Visionary & Furniture Mover: You are responsible for designing a 5-year impact strategy while simultaneously figuring out how to fit 40 folding chairs into a Honda Civic

• Grant Writing Alchemist: You will weaponize a thesaurus to turn "we are out of money" into a "scalable, innovative pilot program for systemic transformation".

• Be Scrappy: You will do more with less—specifically, you will do everything with nothing.

• Donor Whisperer: You must be able to listen to a donor’s 45-minute story about their cat in hopes of securing a R100 "unrestricted" gift.

• HR & Emotional Support Animal: You will manage "growth opportunities" (extra work without pay) and handle "growing pains" (when everyone cries in the bathroom at once).

• IT Department (Level 1): You are the only person in the building who knows that "turning it off and on again" fixes the 15-year-old Xerox machine.

  
  

Qualifications

• Experience: 10+ years in leadership, 5 years in IT, and 3 years in janitorial services (all required for this entry-level role).

• Advanced Degree in "Making it Work": Must be able to create a black-tie gala atmosphere using only dollar-store streamers and a "can-do" attitude.

• Multi-Hyphenate Fluency: Must speak "Board-ese," "Grant-speak," and "Landlord-Negotiation" fluently.

• Professional Pivot-er: Able to change the organization's entire mission statement in 24 hours because a Board member saw a trending TikTok.

• Vision: Ability to see "potential" where others see a "total lack of infrastructure."

Why Join Us?

Location: A desk we found on the curb (and your kitchen table). We are Located in a Historic' building.[There is one working electrical outlet for the whole office and the walls are 30% asbestos]. Our Minimalist aesthetic working space [We have three card tables and a folding chair] offers a co-working environment [We share a kitchen with a tech startup that steals our milk.]

We offer a fast-paced environment where burnout is just a sign that you’re passionate. We don’t have benefits, but we do have a "culture of gratitude" and a Slack channel dedicated to pictures of coworkers' pets.

Application Requirements and Process.

Please submit a 10 page letter of intent and your CV. Applications without your own personal theory of change will not be considered. Please also complete and submit the following writing samples with your application:

• Please submit a 500-word essay making "we forgot to pay the domain host" sound like a "strategic digital detox for community mindfulness."

• Write a 300-word press release explaining why our "Annual Gala Under the Stars" is being moved to a "Virtual Experience" due to a sudden lack of venue insurance . Make a massive logistical failure sound like a deliberate, forward-thinking strategy? [ i.e. Pivoting for safety," "innovative digital engagement," and "maximizing accessibility."]