Strategic Operations Consultant

The Hired Guns; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 68,880 - 110,208; Part time

Job summary

The Hired Guns is seeking a part-time Strategic Operations Consultant for a national philanthropic foundation in New York. This role involves partnering with the Chief of Staff during a critical transformation phase.

Applicants should possess project management experience, strong PowerPoint skills, and ability to navigate ambiguity. This opportunity offers a front-row seat to an organization redefining its future with an ambitious strategic direction.

Qualifications

• Ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• Experience in consulting, philanthropy, nonprofits, or education is a plus.
• Proven ability to build executive-level presentations.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Chief of Staff on organizational planning.
• Shape board presentations and executive materials.
• Navigate changing priorities while maintaining momentum.

Skills

Project management

PowerPoint skills

Discretion and judgment

Attention to detail

Job description

Strategic Operations Consultant Wanted at National Impact Philanthropy

Part‑time contract role (15–25 hours per week, 6–9 month duration), pay range $50–80 per hour

Are You the Missing Piece?

Ever been the person who turns a half‑baked idea, twelve meeting notes, three competing priorities, and one executive’s vision into an actual plan that moves? Do you openly enjoy bringing order to chaos? Can you build a deck with great graphics that gets a board aligned, keeps leadership informed, and tells a compelling story without 47 bullet points?

If you answered yes to all the above, please keep reading.

A nationally recognized philanthropic foundation with a major education/arts focus is in the middle of a major transformation. New leadership. New strategic direction. New priorities. Lots of moving pieces.

As a result, they’re looking for a Strategic Operations Consultant to partner directly with the Chief of Staff during a critical period of organizational planning and change. This isn’t an executive assistant role. Nobody is looking for a professional calendar wrangler. They’re looking for a strategic operator. Someone who can bridge the gap between vision and execution.

One day, you might be helping shape a board presentation. Next, you’re organizing a cross‑functional initiative that’s touching half the organization. Then you’ll probably find yourself turning a verbal brain dump into a polished deck by Friday morning. If ambiguity makes you break out in hives, this probably isn’t your gig. If you’re energized by building the plane while it’s flying, continue reading.

What’s it going to take to score an interview?

• Drive projects without needing constant supervision
• Manage multiple workstreams simultaneously
• Build executive‑ready presentations with great graphics that actually tell a story … PowerPoint skills are a must
• Create executive‑level materials, visual narratives, briefing documents, and board‑ready presentations. We’ll want to see examples.
• Navigate changing priorities without losing momentum
• Operate with discretion, judgment, and attention to detail
• Work comfortably with senior leaders
• Bonus points if you’ve worked in consulting, philanthropy, nonprofits, education, public‑sector organizations, research‑driven institutions, or mission‑focused organizations navigating change.

You should take this meeting because …

How often do you get a front‑row seat to an organization reinventing itself? This foundation is redefining its future. New leadership has established an ambitious North Star, and the organization is actively reshaping how its work, partnerships, and investments come together to create impact. You’ll work directly alongside a Chief of Staff who needs a trusted thought partner and execution engine. You’ll help build the connective tissue between leadership conversations, strategic planning, board communications, and organizational execution. It’s part consultant. Part operator. Part storyteller. And because this engagement is intentionally designed as a pilot, there’s real opportunity to help shape what success looks like as the work evolves.

This job and company are represented by The Hired Guns, a digital talent agency.

The Hired Guns does not and will not discriminate in considering and referring candidates for employment, or in its treatment or advancement of its employees, and will not tolerate harassment, on the basis of race, color, religion, gender (including gender identity and expression), sexual orientation, place of origin, years on this Earth, disability, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.