Kirby Bates Associates, a national healthcare leadership firm, seeks an Interim Executive Chief of Staff in the Midwest. This role manages executive priorities, protects leadership time, prepares key meetings, coordinates cross-functional work, tracks decisions, interprets KPIs, supports communications, and drives follow-through on operational initiatives.
The ideal candidate offers sound judgment, discretion, emotional intelligence, executive presence, strong communication, data fluency, and the ability to create structure and momentum in a fast-paced nonprofit healthcare setting.
Requirements:
- 5+ years in roles supporting senior executives, such as Executive Business Partner, Executive Assistant to a senior executive, Executive Operations Partner, Operations Coordinator, or similar leadership support role, with proven success in complex, fast-paced environments.
- Bachelor’s degree required, master’s degree in business, healthcare administration, public administration, organizational leadership, data analytics, or a related field preferred.
- Experience in nonprofit, healthcare, behavioral health, or human services required.
- Preferred experience directly supporting an executive-level leader, ideally a COO, CEO, President, Senior Vice President, or comparable senior executive with broad organizational scope.
- Experience supporting multiple senior leaders, coordinating leadership team routines, and managing confidential executive priorities across departments.
- Demonstrated experience organizing, interpreting, and communicating operational metrics, KPIs, dashboards, reports, or performance trends to support leadership decision-making.
Leaders receive a competitive package including housing, transportation, and regular travel home.
Pay is $700–$800 per day ($182,000–$208,000 annually), based on experience, expertise, and education.
Kirby Bates Associates is an EEO/AA Employer. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or