Chief of Staff — Remote Ops Leader for Humane Agriculture

Fairer Fields; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with employer contributions

13 paid holidays

Flexible vacation

Job summary

Fairer Fields seeks a Chief of Staff to help scale humane agriculture programs. They will partner with the CEO on hiring, events, and internal systems to accelerate impact and stand up new functions as we grow.

This is a generalist, execution-focused role with ownership of multiple core projects, from recruiting and events to expanding our operating model, while maintaining strong writing and autonomy.

Qualifications

• A strong interest in the more neglected corners of animal welfare.
• A track record of owning things end to end.
• High agency and genuine ambition.
• Comfort with a scope that isn’t fully defined, and that will change.
• Strong writing ability demonstrated in prior roles.
• Experience producing events, or clear evidence you could.
• Willingness to tell us we’re wrong and push back constructively.
• Comfort managing a junior colleague well.

Responsibilities

• Own hiring end-to-end: writing role descriptions, sourcing, screening, and running the pipeline with other staff.
• Lead events: oversee 4–6 academic workshops, one 50-person conference, and two staff retreats annually.
• Scale operating model: ensure scalable processes and onboarding to culture as headcount grows.
• Partner with CEO on bottlenecks, administrative improvements, and internal systems.
• Over time, manage an executive assistant and build a small operations function.
• Report directly to the CEO and act as a thought partner on strategy with executional focus.

Skills

Own end-to-end projects

Strong writing

High agency

Ambiguity tolerance

Event production

Speak up culture

People management

Interest in animal welfare

Job description

Fairer Fields seeks a Chief of Staff to help scale humane agriculture programs. They will partner with the CEO on hiring, events, and internal systems to accelerate impact and stand up new functions as we grow.

This is a generalist, execution-focused role with ownership of multiple core projects, from recruiting and events to expanding our operating model, while maintaining strong writing and autonomy.