Special Projects for the CEO · Retail
Director · Chief of Staff · Remote · Ontario only
- Company
- Omnichannel retailer · 5,000+ employeesCL-50583 · based in Germantown
- Where
- Remote · Ontario only
- Format
- Task bundle
- Time needed
- 10–30 h a month
- Start
- Starts within 7 days
- Level
- Director · 10-15 years
- When you work
- Weekday evenings
The company is already looking at 3 profiles for this task. It is still open: new profiles are added to the shortlist until the company decides.
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About this task
This omnichannel retailer (5,000+ employees) is looking for a director Chief of Staff for a monthly bundle of recurring tasks, 10–30 h a month. Takes on a bounded problem and owns the answer.
The company wants one reliable owner for a list of small jobs instead of five different people. It is a retailer with stores and an online channel, and the team works to a weekly trading rhythm.
The work is fully remote, but the company can only contract people who live in Ontario, so this one is for residents there. Most people do this on weekday evenings; replies inside the working day are not expected.
What you deliver
- Own a 6-week project to review sales hiring plans and recommend changes.
- A running log of open questions, reviewed at the start of each week
- The monthly list of items completed, each with a link to the result
- A month-end summary with hours used against the cap
What a month looks like
- Week 1: intake call and a list of what is due this month
- Weeks 2 and 3: items completed in short sessions
- Week 4: month-end summary and the list for next month
Duration: 12 weeks, with a monthly hours cap. Accepted on the company's written OK. If something is missed, you fix it in the same week at no extra charge to either side.
Tools
Who fits
- 10-15 years of hands-on work as a Chief of Staff, or the equivalent mix of roles
- Comfortable working in Notion and Excel
- Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate
Nice to have
- Experience in a similar industry
- Comfortable explaining numbers or decisions to a non-specialist reader
Not included
- Work outside the scope written in the brief; extra items are quoted separately
- Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so
- Managing other contractors or employees
How you get paid
- The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice.
- Deftridge pays you in CAD after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement.
- You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs.
- You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge.
What happens after you say you're interested
- Within one working dayA recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want.
- You agree the rateYou and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead.
- With your written OKThe company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days.
- StartYou sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above.
What the company sees about you
First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details.
- Experience
- 10-15 years in operations & assistance
- Tools
- Notion, Excel
- Offers
- 20 hours a month, weekday evenings
- Rate
- CA$144 an hour, agreed with the recruiter
How this rate compares
The midpoint of this range, CA$144 an hour, is above the median director Chief of Staff rate in Ontario (CA$140). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market.
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Questions about pay and privacy
The rules are the same for every task. Pricing explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; How it works covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job.
CL-50583 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead.