Executive Director

Ummahjobs; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

Job summary

Ummahjobs is seeking a mission-driven Executive Director for MAS Greater Los Angeles. This role requires proven leadership in nonprofit management and a commitment to the organization's mission. The Executive Director will oversee operations, lead fundraising initiatives, and engage with community stakeholders. Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of management experience. The position offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including healthcare and paid time off.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of management experience in nonprofit organizations.
• Strong understanding of MAS mission and vision.
• Experience in fiscal management and working with a Board of Directors.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operations to ensure organizational success.
• Lead and develop the management team across all departments.
• Coordinate annual budget reviews and fundraising activities.

Skills

Leadership

Fundraising

Strategic Planning

Communications

Management Experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

# Executive DirectorMuslim American Society Full TimeLos AngelesMid LevelMid-LevelUS$90,000 – US$150,000Share:## Job Description**MAS Greater Los Angeles (GLA) seeks a mission-driven and experienced nonprofit leader skilled in successfully executing strategic plans and empowering high performing staff. Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Executive Director (ED) will have overall strategic and operational responsibility for MAS GLA’s staff, programs, expansion, and execution of its mission. She or he will initially develop deep knowledge of the field, members, core programs, operations, and business plans.**---**Leadership & Management:**● Provide leadership and management guidance to ensure that the mission, vision, core values, and overall strategy with goals and objectives and direction of MAS GLA is implemented and aligned across the organization.● Oversee day to day operations of the organization and ensure overall successful long-term operations.● Ensure ongoing local programmatic excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality of finance and administration, fundraising, communications, and systems; recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve the strategic goals.● Actively engage and energize members, volunteers, board members, committees, partnering organizations, and funders.● Attend Board meetings and provide reports and updates on staff as well as all current work, financial health of GLA, project timelines, and project and organizational progress.● Lead, coach, develop, and retain management team (all departments/committees).● Ensure effective systems to track scaling progress, and regularly evaluate program components, so as to measure successes that can be effectively communicated to the board, members, funders, and other constituents.● Effectively represent the organization and promote a positive organizational image to ensure adequate community representation (i.e. at Shura Council meetings, or chapter wide events such as MAS LA Convention or MAS Summit).**Fundraising & Communications:**● Coordinate and lead annual, quarterly and monthly budget review.● Provide fundraising leadership and ensure the funds are available to execute the budget.● Responsible for creating the conditions for fundraising success (vision, materials, pitch, call-time, training, technology, etc.).● Expand revenue generating and fundraising activities to support existing program operations and regional expansion. ● Prepare accurate and timely analyses that capture and communicate fundraising results, variances and performance trends.● Deepen and refine all aspects of communications—from web presence to external relations with the goal of creating a stronger brand.● Improve and build stronger communications with the membership base.● Use external presence and relationships to garner new opportunities.● Demonstrate competence in reading, creating, and understanding financial documents, including budgets, cash flow, income statements, balance statements, and statements of functional expenses.**Planning & New Business:** ● Design the expansion and complete the strategic business planning process for the program expansion into new GLA markets.● Begin to build partnerships in new GLA markets, establishing relationships with the funders and members and political and community leaders at each expansion site.● Be an external local and national presence that publishes and communicates program results with an emphasis on the successes of the local program as a model for regional and national replication.---**Salary and Benefits**:$90,000 – $150,000 annually, based on experience/skills. Benefits include paid time off, and healthcare (medical, dental, vision).---**Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)**The ED will be thoroughly committed to MAS Greater LA’s mission. All candidates should have proven leadership, coaching, and relationship management experience. Specific requirements include:● A MAS Member & Understands MAS Mission & Vision.● Bachelor degree, with at least 5 years of management experience; track record of effectively leading and scaling a performance- and outcomes-based organization and staff; ability to point to specific examples of having developed and operationalized strategies that have taken an organization to the next stage of growth.● Unwavering commitment to quality programs and data-driven program evaluation.● Excellence in organizational management with the ability to coach staff, manage, and develop high-performance teams, engage members, set and achieve strategic objectives, and fundraise.● Past success working with a Board of Directors with the ability to cultivate existing board member relationships.● Strong marketing, public relations, and fundraising experience with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders (Members, Board, Departments / Committees, Volunteers, and Community).● Strong written and verbal communication skills; a persuasive and passionate communicator with excellent interpersonal and multidisciplinary project skills.● Action-oriented, entrepreneurial, adaptable, and innovative approach to business planning.● Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people● Passion, idealism, integrity, positive attitude, mission-driven, approachable, and self-directed● Proven abilities and experience in fiscal management and preparing and securing Board approval of all chapter related budgets.● This position will require some evenings and weekends, as well as travel throughout the Greater LA region.---**How to Apply**:Please email the following to [e-mail]:1. Cover Letter 2. Resume 3. Three References