Executive Director - Columbus, IN

American Red Cross • Columbus, IN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The American Red Cross is seeking a professional, innovative, and enthusiastic Executive Director for its Southeast Indiana Chapter, based in Columbus, Indiana. This role serves as the primary community-facing leader and facilitator for the American Red Cross at the chapter level. The Executive Director, in partnership with functional supervisors, convenes, aligns, and empowers cross-functional teams and external partners to deliver core services, deploy secondary services where needed most, and strengthen community resilience. This position represents the organization publicly, leads collaborative chapter planning with and alongside the community, and stewards strategic relationships to achieve regional program, revenue, volunteer recruitment & engagement, blood collection, and community engagement goals. The Southeast Chapter serves over 1.1 million people in 25 counties.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum 5 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
• Ability to work on a team.
• May travel and participate in meetings and conferences throughout territory, state, and Red Cross system.

Nice To Haves

• Established connections within the community.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary community-facing leader and facilitator for the American Red Cross at the chapter level.
• Convene, align, and empower cross-functional teams and external partners to deliver core services, deploy secondary services where needed most, and strengthen community resilience.
• Represent the organization publicly.
• Lead collaborative chapter planning with and alongside the community.
• Steward strategic relationships to achieve regional program, revenue, volunteer recruitment & engagement, blood collection, and community engagement goals.
• Maximize presence, connectivity, and recognition of Red Cross contributions in the community.
• Span organizational boundaries and bridge silos for coordinated community response.
• Ensure upward, downward, and outward connectivity—coordinating stewardship across Programs, Communications, and Fundraising.
• Participate as a member of the Regional Leadership Team to support achievement of regional goals.
• Lead the chapter planning process and drive progress toward plan objectives.
• Convene and align cross-functional teams and external stakeholders across sectors (government, nonprofit, business, faith) to co-create chapter plans with shared outcomes, roles, and accountability.
• Use data and community voice to prioritize where secondary services are deployed to close gaps, strengthen resilience, and improve equity of access to Red Cross services.
• Lead the chapter in supporting the achievement of the region’s revenue targets.
• Meet the assigned individual fundraising target which includes meeting the annual chapter board members’ give and get campaign goals.
• Maintain assigned donor accounts as defined by the Regional Executive and CDO.
• Actively participate in influencing fundraising in conjunction with the Chief Development Officer.
• In partnership with the CDO, recruit, develop, and support philanthropy committee members who have philanthropic influence in the community and will actively play a leadership role in fundraising.
• Manage a portfolio of strategic relationships: local elected officials, key community leaders & stakeholders.
• Serve as a member of the Elected Officials Liaison Network.
• Support disaster responses locally, regionally, and nationally consistent with ConOps.
• Develop, support, and ensure the success of the Chapter Board of Directors in support of the Red Cross mission.
• Manage and ensure the board meets published board guidance for membership.
• Develop, lead, and manage a cadre of community volunteer leaders who serve as the face of the Red Cross in assigned territories.
• Support mission capacity building by developing and stewarding key community partnerships and support recruitment of volunteers.
• Serve as a partner team member to Communications and Fundraising teams to align messaging, stewardship, and campaign execution.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental Vision plans
• Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
• PTO: Starting at 15 days a year; based on FLSA status and tenure
• Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays
• 401K with up to 6% match
• Paid Family Leave
• Employee Assistance
• Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term
• Service Awards and recognition

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive