Executive Director Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in human services, social services, business, or equivalent.
• Ten or more years of executive management experience in multi-site operations, preferably with a YMCA or other nonprofit agency.
• Proven experience securing large-scale capital development donations for multi-year building projects or facility renovations.
• Proven track record of directly building, monitoring, and scaling operational budgets or revenue portfolios of $8 million or more.
• Proven track record of managing, stewarding, and developing a fundraising portfolio of $1 million or more.
• Experience in management and development of volunteer involvement.
• Ability to recruit top community leaders.
• Ability to direct total operations through volunteer development, staff supervision, budget development and monitoring, marketing and public relations, and program development.
• Physical, visual, and auditory ability to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations.

Nice To Haves

• YMCA Multi-Team or Center Leader certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Align staff and volunteer work with the Center and Association’s Center for Community Well-Being strategy framework.
• Develop and implement an annual operating plan with goals, timelines, and expected results.
• Manage the facility and program activities, ensuring daily operations and special programs run smoothly.
• Establish management tracking methods and identify and correct areas of underperformance.
• Represent and promote the YMCA in the local community and build relationships with organizations, businesses, government entities, and community agencies.
• Direct Center financial development, fundraising, donor acquisition and stewardship, special events, planned giving, capital gifts, and major donor cultivation.
• Develop and support long-range capital development plans and build the Center endowment.
• Oversee staff recruitment, hiring, training, supervision, evaluation, and professional development.
• Develop, manage, and monitor the Center operating budget and long- and short-term budgets; ensure budget targets are met or exceeded and maintain appropriate cash balances, reserves, net assets, and fixed assets.
• Lead Center strategic planning and develop the annual operating plan.
• Develop and direct relationship-based member engagement strategies.
• Serve as staff officer to the Center Board of Managers; support board development, committee leadership, strategic-plan monitoring, and board performance evaluation.
• Foster innovation in member-focused programs that support the YMCA mission, goals, and strategies.
• Ensure the safety and maintenance of facilities, grounds, and equipment.
• Direct Center marketing and communications to effectively communicate benefits to the community.
• Participate in YMCA management and support organization-wide objectives.
• Attend required staff meetings and trainings; uphold YMCA safety, supervision, mandated reporting, and risk-management policies.
• Model YMCA Core Values and the Six Pillars of Character, and develop competencies in mission advancement, collaboration, operational effectiveness, and personal growth.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.