Director Ejecutivo

• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Employee discounts

Founded in 1978, the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to honoring Alabama’s jazz legacy and preserving the stories, music, and cultural contributions of the artists, educators, and community leaders who helped shape the art form. Through programming, exhibits, education, community engagement, and stewardship of the historic Carver Theatre for the Performing Arts - home to WAJH 91.1, the organization celebrates Alabama’s role in jazz history while inspiring future generations of musicians, audiences, and cultural leaders.

To preserve, promote, and celebrate Alabama’s jazz heritage by honoring its artists, sharing their stories, and sustaining programs that educate, engage, and inspire the community.

The Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame envisions a vibrant future in which Alabama’s jazz legacy is nationally recognized, actively preserved, and continually used to inspire creativity, cultural pride, education, and community connection.

• Artistic excellence and cultural authenticity
• Stewardship of Alabama’s jazz heritage, relationships, and resources
• Education, access, and community engagement
• Diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect for all people
• Collaboration across artists, educators, civic partners, and cultural institutions

Located in Birmingham, Alabama, the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame serves a region with deep musical, civil rights, educational, and cultural roots. The organization is positioned to deepen local pride, strengthen cultural tourism, expand arts education, and connect Alabama’s jazz legacy to audiences across the state and beyond.

The Executive Director provides strategic, operational, financial, and fundraising leadership for the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in partnership with the Board of Directors. This role oversees organizational operations, advances the mission, builds community and donor relationships, manages administrative and financial functions, and supports high-quality programming, exhibits, education initiatives, and public engagement. This full-time, exempt leadership position is based in Birmingham, Alabama, with regular on-site presence expected, including evenings and weekends for events, broadcasts, and donor functions.

The Executive Director reports to the Board of Directors through the Board Chair and directly supervises a staff of three: the Radio Station Director, the Marketing Director, and the Administrative Assistant. The organization’s annual operating budget is approximately $350,000 to $500,000.

• Advocate for the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame’s mission, vision, and values.
• Lead implementation of strategic priorities in partnership with the Board of Directors.
• Evaluate community needs and opportunities to expand the organization’s impact.
• Build partnerships with artists, educators, civic leaders, funders, and cultural organizations.
• Monitor progress toward organizational goals and recommend adjustments as needed.

• Serve as the organization’s lead fundraiser, responsible for raising approximately $500,000 in contributed revenue annually; the organization does not currently have dedicated development staff.
• Cultivate, solicit, and steward individual donors, foundations, corporate sponsors, and public funders.
• Lead grant writing, reporting, prospect research, and funder relationship management.
• Oversee membership, annual giving, sponsorship, and fundraising campaigns.
• Develop compelling donor communications and fundraising materials in coordination with the Marketing Director.
• Strengthen contributed revenue to support long-term…