Job Title: Executive Director
Status: Exempt
Date: June 2024
Immediate Supervisor: Board of Directors, Executive Committee
Position Experience/Requirements:
· Post-secondary degree in business or related field and/or five years of related experience.
· Experience working in the nonprofit sector (United Way experience is desirable)
· Experience in or across multiple sectors, including nonprofit, public and corporate.
· Experience in fundraising and building revenue support.
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
· In-Person Job
Basic Job Summary:
The Executive Director is the true leader of the organization. The expectation is that he/she will champion the fundraising campaign and establish the vision for community impact that is achieved through the efforts of a team of high-performing leaders, staff and volunteers. The Executive Director is appointed and employed by the Board of Directors for the United Way of West Central Minnesota, within the framework of the organization’s by-laws and policies. The Executive Director has the authority to take necessary action to coordinate and direct the day to day operations of the organization, to develop and implement new United Way initiatives.
The Executive Director must possess a high level of broad business, management skills, and be effective at generating resources and financial support for the organization. The Executive Director must be dedicated to sharing and measuring goals for the common good – creating, resourcing, scaling and leveraging the brand of the United Way. The Executive Director is the Steward of the United Way and understanding his/her role to grow and protecting the reputation of United Way. She/he is responsible for building trust in the United Way and its relevance in the community. He/she values networking and strives to leverage United Way’s breadth of community presence, relationship and strategy.
Responsibilities:
Fundraising (50% of time)
- Year-Round Campaigning - Engage in ongoing campaigning efforts throughout the year to ensure reaching budget goals to support the community.
- Plan the annual United Way campaign, setting annual goal jointly with Board of Directors.
- Nurture ongoing connections; cultivate relationships with current and potential donors, corporations and foundations. Keep donors informed of progress and significant accomplishments.
- Manage and coordinate day-to-day support operations of the annual campaign including volunteer recruitment and training, scheduling, promotion, preparation of materials, solicitation and presentations as well as donor acknowledgment.
- Use sound procedures, in accordance with the principles of United Way to ensure efficient solicitation, collection and record keeping, including campaign pledge and payment.
- Prepare grant proposals for operating funds, endowment funds, capacity expansion or community impact proposal.
Community Impact / Public Relations (25% of time)
- Position the United Way as a leader and a partner on the community improvement ventures to advance the mission of United Way in west central Minnesota and expand the role of the United Way in addressing and solving community issues.
· Develop and implement the overall marketing plan to convey the United Way messaging, goals and mission to business leaders, government officials and our communities.
- Providing services such as needs assessment, information, reference service and collaboration on special projects that direct the community towards desired outcome.
- Build and nurture relationship with government officials, business leaders, local non-profit agencies and other community leaders. Create partnerships that will maximize resources with these organizations.
- Promote public understanding and support of education, basic needs and health programs by representing the United Way in community activities.
- Ensure that a sound Community Impact allocation process is followed.
- Oversee Community Impact process by announcing fund availability, distributing applications, and coordinating volunteer review of applications.
- Provide technical assistance to agencies’ staff and volunteers, and United Way volunteers regarding allocation processes and operations.
- Monitor evaluation of agencies’ activities to ensure that United Way of West Central Minnesota funds are used as intended.
- Measure results of United Way’s community investments and report impact to the community.
Operations (15% of time)
- Manage financial affairs including: development and monitoring of the operating budget; oversight of financial control policies; oversee maintenance of financial records; preparation of audit; timely payment and filing of payroll and other taxes and reports; and payments to member agencies and vendors.
- Supervise all office operations including: staff hiring, training, supervision, and development; maintaining written job descriptions for each staff and board position, as well as managing time, space, equipment, and technological resources.
- Maintain organizational compliance with United Way Worldwide, United Ways of Minnesota, State Employees Combined Appeal Campaign and Combined Federal Campaign.
Board Leadership and Development (10% of time)
· Provide leadership to the volunteer Board of Directors in achieving its goals through productive relationship management, knowledgeable guidance of matters of essential nonprofit policies, the development of strategic direction and the distribution of ethical, informative, and responsible information.
· Guide the Board of Directors in matters of by-law interpretation, policy and procedure formulation and implementation, acquisition and retention of high quality volunteer leadership on the Board of Directors and develop both short-term and long-term strategic goal setting.
· Inform the Board of Directors on the advancement of the United Way’s mission and progress towards its organizational goals, the development of trends in the direction and management of local non-profit agencies, modification of United Way Worldwide standards and policies and other trends in the national nonprofit sector.
· Understand and comply with the By-laws and Policies of the United Way of West Central Minnesota.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: Up to $80,000.00 per year
Experience:
- Fundraising: 5 years (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Willmar, MN 56201 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Willmar, MN 56201: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person