Executive Business Partner to the CEO

This job was posted by https://www.kansasworks.com : For more information, please see: https://www.kansasworks.com/jobs/13679529 Join a Mission That Changes Lives. At Heartspring, we believe every child deserves the opportunity to reach their full potential. For more than 90 years, we've served children and families through innovative education, residential, outpatient, behavioral health, and healthcare services. As Heartspring continues to grow its reach and impact, we're looking for an exceptional Executive Business Partner to the CEO who can help translate vision into action. This is not a traditional executive assistant role. We're looking for an experienced strategic partner who can operate as an extension of the CEOsomeone who can see around corners, connect information across the organization, determine what requires executive attention, prepare the CEO to make informed decisions, and ensure priorities don't lose momentum after the meeting ends. - Position: Executive Business Partner to the CEO - Education: Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred - Experience: 10+ years of professional experience supporting senior executives, organizational leaders, elected officials, or other high-profile stakeholders - Travel: Ability to coordinate and support executive travel, conferences, community engagements, and external events as needed The Role The Executive Business Partner to the CEO serves as a trusted advisor, strategic thought partner, and operational extension of Heartspring's President & CEO. You'll sit at the intersection of strategy, executive operations, organizational intelligence, relationships, and execution. You'll help ensure the CEO's time and attention are focused where they can create the greatest organizational impact. That means understanding Heartspring's strategic priorities, synthesizing information from across the organization and external environment, evaluating competing opportunities, anticipating what's coming next, and turning executive direction into coordinated action. Success in this role isn't measured by how busy the CEO's calendar is. It's measured by whether the CEO is informed, prepared, strategically focused, connected to the right people, and able to move the organization's most important priorities forward. What You'll Do Maximize CEO Effectiveness - Serve as a trusted advisor and operational extension of the CEO - Understand the CEO's priorities, commitments, relationships, and strategic objectives - Evaluate competing demands and recommend where executive time and attention will create the greatest impact - Anticipate emerging needs, opportunities, risks, and decisions before they require executive action - Manage and optimize the CEO's calendar around organizational prioritiesnot simply meeting requests - Prepare the CEO for meetings, decisions, events, travel, presentations, and external engagements - Manage executive communications, correspondence, inbox priorities, requests, and follow-up Turn Strategy Into Execution - Translate CEO priorities and strategic direction into clear actions, ownership, timelines, and accountability - Maintain systems for tracking executive commitments, decisions, delegated responsibilities, deadlines, and follow-up - Coordinate cross-functional initiatives requiring CEO involvement - Identify barriers, competing priorities, and risks that could prevent strategic initiatives from moving forward - Provide the CEO with clear visibility into progress, concerns, milestones, and decisions requiring escalation - Ensure commitments made in meetings become actions that are completed Connect the Executive Leadership Team - Help facilitate effective Executive Leadership Team and Operational L adership Team operating rhythms - Develop and coordinate agendas around the issues that require discussion, debate, decisions, or executive awareness - Ensure leaders arrive prepared with the information necessary to make decisions - Capture key decisions, commitments, ownership, and next steps - Track follow-through and provide visibility into progress and barriers - Facilitate communication and coordination across departments when priorities intersect Become an Executive Intelligence Partner You'll develop a deep understanding of Heartspring and the environment in which we operate, including: - Pediatric neurodevelopment - Special education - Behavioral health - Residential treatment - Healthcare and clinical services - Disability advocacy - Nonprofit leadership - Healthcare and education policy - Community partnerships and funding Prepare the CEO to Lead Externally Identify conferences, boards,