Executive Director

American Red Cross • Camarillo, CA

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The Executive Director, Pacific Coast Chapter (Los Angeles Region) position is based in Camarillo, CA. Joining The American Red Cross is an opportunity to become a vital part of the world’s largest humanitarian network. This role offers the chance to grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better. The organization provides mentors to empower growth along a purposeful career path and aligns your life’s work with an ongoing mission that's bigger than all of us. The role offers competitive compensation and benefits and a community that respects individuals both professionally and personally. The American Red Cross is seeking a professional, innovative, and enthusiastic Executive Director for its Pacific Coast Chapter, serving Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo Counties. This position is primarily external-facing with very little operational responsibility. Established community connections are a significant advantage for the successful candidate. The Chapter Executive Director (ED) acts as the primary community-facing leader and facilitator for the American Red Cross at the chapter level. As a facilitative meta-leader, the ED, 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. The ED 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. This role is not eligible for relocation assistance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum 7 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
• Ability to work on a team.
• Requires travel and participation in meetings and conferences throughout chapter jurisdiction, region (Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo Counties), state, and Red Cross system.
• Combination of candidate’s education and general experience satisfies requirements so long as the total years equate to description’s minimum education and general experience years combined.
• Physical requirements are those present in normal office environment conditions.
• Operational flexibility is required to meet sudden and unpredictable needs.
• Ability to use a personal computer, applicable software, and office equipment for sustained periods of time.
• May include sitting for long periods of time, driving a vehicle, and working under challenging conditions.

Nice To Haves

• Management or volunteer management experience is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Community Leadership & Representation: Serve as the primary community-facing leader of the American Red Cross, maximizing presence, connectivity, and recognition of Red Cross contributions in the community. Span organizational boundaries and bridge silos for coordinated community response (“unity of effort”). Ensure upward, downward, and outward connectivity—coordinating stewardship across Programs, Communications, and Fundraising.
• Chapter Planning & Regional Framework: Participate as a member of the Regional Leadership Team to support achievement of regional program, revenue, volunteer recruitment & engagement, blood collection, and community engagement 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.
• Revenue & Fundraising: Lead the chapter in supporting the achievement of the region’s revenue targets – Meet the assigned individual fundraising target which includes, Meet the annual chapter board members’ give and get campaign goals, Maintain assigned donor accounts as defined by the Regional Executive and CDO. Actively participating 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.
• Strategic Relationships & Elected Officials: Manage a portfolio of strategic relationships: local elected officials, key community leaders & stakeholders. Specific outcomes are defined with RE. Serve as a member of the Elected Officials Liaison Network. Support disaster responses locally, regionally, and nationally.
• Board Governance & Development: 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.
• Volunteer Leadership: 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.
• Team Member Partnerships: 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 type of job and tenure
• Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays
• 401K with 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