Prevail Fund
Chief of Staff
Global · Posted Aug 26, 2026
About the role
Chief of Staff Prevail Fund's Education Fund ($1.2B target, 27.5 million children) is early evidence that focused, long-term capital behind a proven intervention can change outcomes at scale. Over the next few years we're building toward five to seven major funds across several sectors. We’re scaling fast, and this means we will transform how we operate internally. We're looking for a Chief of Staff to work with our Co-Founder David Hylden https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-hylden-5a0772a/ to make that happen. If you're excited by big-bet philanthropy, and you love improving internal operations to make entire organizations more effective, we'd love to hear from you. Note - this role is open to anyone between UTC -6 (US Central time) and UTC +3 (East Africa time). We’re not always able to sponsor work authorization - please state in your application if you need it. About Prevail Fund Prevail is a new foundation dedicated to pursuing bold goals. We set a social change goal, find philanthropists who have a similar vision, raise a pooled fund, and then make grants. Rather than choosing a general issue area (e.g. education), each pooled fund chooses a simple, targeted goal. For example, our first fund aims to improve foundational education for over 27.5 million Grade 1-3 children, across 11 national governments in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Prevail provides patient capital to implementers – primarily in the form of grants that grow over time as our partner organizations scale. In addition to funding, Prevail also offers on-the-ground support that helps orgs to scale, such as strategic planning, systems, recruitment, and talent development services. Our roots are in the field. Our Co-Founding Board members have a track record of scaling social enterprises that together employ more than 15,000 staff and manage annual budgets exceeding $500M. In our first three years, we have: - Provided $55M in funding to date, to support 27 partners across Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, growing very quickly - Helped partners to strengthen foundational learning outcomes for over 3 million children - Hired 35+ mission-driven team members - Executed dozens of in-field projects to help support key functions for our implementing partners You can find a bit more information about Prevail Fund and what to expect from our recruitment process here https://www.canva.com/design/DAGetQfrr9U/JDu6A0CR7Y_-xZ9CvYAnww/view?utm_content=DAGetQfrr9U&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h57b65ef349. About the Role Prevail Fund is moving from early-stage startup to a rapidly scaling organization. Today we're 35 people with one fund disbursing roughly $50M a year, and we'll kick off several more funds in the near term. We're fully remote across four continents, with distinct teams across programs, portfolio, fundraising and internal functions. We've got a solid foundation for today, and we want an incredible Chief of Staff to build the operation we need at this scale. You'll build a world-class internal operation that's 6-12 months ahead of the curve. Multiple funds and global teams running smoothly. Planning that's strong, with vision, strategy and goals aligned. Good decisions made quickly, clearly owned and well communicated. Best-in-class tools and an AI-native team. And since our partners hit the same problems, what you build here can strengthen many organizations rather than one. You'll work with David and our leadership team to build your own prioritised roadmap for operational improvements. We expect this to include some of the following initially, and you'll expand your impact over time. - Goals, planning and performance: We're a goal-driven philanthropy, and you'll make sure we deliver against our goals. You'll run the OKR process so goals cascade to teams and individuals, build the KPI dashboards that show how we're tracking, and keep pulling us back to what's blocking our top priorities. You
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