Executive Director | Kansas City, MO

ADP, Inc.; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 86,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Arthritis Foundation is seeking an Executive Director for the Kansas City market. This remote-friendly leadership role partners with community volunteers to plan and drive revenue generation, special events, and mission outreach in the assigned market.

You will recruit and manage a high-impact volunteer board, cultivate major donors and corporate partners, and ensure annual goals are met while maintaining fiscal accountability and stakeholder trust.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and/or a minimum of 5 years of non-profit experience directing staff and partnering with volunteers.
• Bachelor’s degree and/or a minimum of 5 years of nonprofit or related experience directing staff and partnering with volunteers.
• Proficiency in applying sales and relationship building techniques to a nonprofit setting.
• Ability to relate and leverage the Arthritis Foundation’s mission into effective, sustained relationships and successful projects.
• Experience managing portfolio of revenue generation activities including events fundraising, major gifts, corporate and foundation support.
• Awareness of financial performance including planning, budgeting and forecasting.
• Balance and calm amidst complexity and competing demands.

Responsibilities

• Lead staff and volunteers to execute annual plan to address arthritis community needs, including revenue generation and awareness.
• Develop annual and long-term plans with volunteers and staff for fundraising and outreach.
• Implement annual plan with events, sponsorships, and community outreach.
• Recruit right volunteers for leadership roles and grow a diverse pipeline.
• Cultivate relationships with major donors, corporate partners, healthcare providers and other key constituents.
• Build leadership boards and market leadership with ownership and excellence.

Skills

Non-profit leadership

Volunteer management

Fundraising

Donor relations

Leadership

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

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Regular Full Time Kansas City, MO, US

Job Title

Executive Director

Classification

Grade 9 SS A | Salary from $95,000.00/yr

Department

Community Engagement

FLSA Status

Exempt | Full Time

Region Vice President

Location Remote working from Kansas City, MO

POSITION SUMMARY(Basic purpose or primary function of job)

Executive Directors (ED) are responsible for partnering closely with community volunteer leaders to build and execute an annual plan of work that addresses the unique needs of the arthritis community in their assigned market(s) including revenue generation, special event fundraising, mission outreach and awareness activities. EDs recruit, develop and manage an effective volunteer leadership board and committees to achieve goals from the annual plan and manage high-impact relationships within the market.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES (Principal responsibilities or job duties)

• Serve as Arthritis Foundation lead staff (in their assigned markets) to build empowered communities to directly deliver and expand outreach and increase awareness of Foundation’s programs and services.
• Develops annual and long-term planning with volunteers and staff, ensuring sound plans are established for revenue generation, special event fundraising, mission outreach and awareness.
• Directly implement and execute annual plan which includes planning events, raising funds, soliciting sponsors and coordinating outreach.
• Recruit the “right” volunteers for key leadership roles while also growing a diverse and engaged volunteer pipeline that fosters volunteer recruitment, recognition, training, and leadership development.
• Cultivates, stewards and advances relationships with major donors, corporate partners, healthcare providers and other key constituents within the market.
• Creates a culture of philanthropy by building dynamic, impactful Leadership Boards and committees. Manages and develop a high-performing market; creates an environment of ownership, excellence and tenacity where volunteers and staff are committed to achieve market goals.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree and/or a minimum of 5 (five) years of non-profit or related experience directing staff and partnering with volunteers.
• Distinguished track record of volunteer stewardship, formulation of high-impact partnerships and consistency in exceeding established goals.
• Proficiency in applying sales and relationship building techniques to a non-profit setting.
• Ability to relate and leverage the Arthritis Foundation’s mission into effective, sustained relationships and successful projects.
• Experience managing portfolio of revenue generation activities including direct execution special event fundraising, major gift solicitation, corporate and foundation support.
• Awareness,understandingandaccountabilityfor financialperformanceincluding planning, budgetingandforecasting.
• Balanceandcalmamidstcomplexity,competingdemandsandexpectations.
• Tactfulnesswiththeabilitytoanticipate reactionsandrespond welltochallenges.
• Promptindecision-making,includingmanagingperformance andaddressingdifficultsituations.
• Ableandwillingtoinfluence powerfulpersonalities, and professionallyand candidlycommunicatepointsof viewtoauthority.
• Modelsandbuildscoalitionsthroughcollaboration,diversityandteamwork.
• Ability to translate marketing and branding initiatives at the community level.
• Skilled communicator, effectively sharing and receiving key messages and content through multiple mediums as befits a remote colleague and leader.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND TIME ALLOCATIONS

Revenue generation, event and program delivery

60%

Volunteer and Partnership development and management