Executive Director - Miami Keys

Why Choose Us?

Joining the American Red Cross is like nothing else – it’s as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world’s largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional, yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better.

When you choose to be a force for good, you’ll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life’s work with an ongoing mission that’s bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you’re cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work.

Where Your Career is a Force for Good!

The Greater Miami and the Keys Chapter of the American Red Cross proudly serves over 2.5 million residents in Miami‑Dade and Monroe counties.

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This position involves very little operational responsibility. It is an external‑facing, community relations position. It is a plus if the successful candidate has established connections within the community.

The Chapter Executive Director (ED) serves as the primary community facing leader and facilitator for the American Red Cross at the chapter level. As a facilitative meta‑leader, the ED, in partnership with functional supervisors, convenes, aligns, and empowers cross‑functional teams and external partners to deliver core services, deploy secondary services where needed most, and strengthen community resilience. The ED represents the organization publicly, leads collaborative chapter planning with and alongside the community, and stewards strategic relationships to achieve regional program, revenue, volunteer recruitment & engagement, blood collection, and community engagement goals.

The American Red Cross Greater Miami to the Keys Chapter is seeking a dynamic, community‑centered Executive Director to serve as the face, voice, and catalyst of our mission across one of the nation’s most diverse and vibrant communities.

This is a unique opportunity for a visionary leader who thrives on building relationships, mobilizing resources, and inspiring collective action. As the chapter’s principal external leader, the Executive Director will elevate the Red Cross presence across Greater Miami and the Keys—engaging donors, volunteers and community partners to advance humanitarian impact and long‑term resilience.

• Primary community facing leader of the American Red Cross – maximizing presence, connectivity, and recognition of Red Cross contributions in the community.
• Span organizational boundaries and bridge silos for coordinated community response (“unity of effort”).
• Ensure upward, downward, and outward connectivity—coordinating stewardship across Programs, Communications, and Fundraising.

• Participate as a member of the Regional Leadership Team to support achievement of regional program, revenue, volunteer recruitment and engagement, blood collection, and community engagement goals.
• Lead the chapter planning process and drive progress toward plan objectives. Convene and align cross‑functional teams and external stakeholders across sectors (government, nonprofit, business, faith) to co‑create chapter plans with shared outcomes, roles, and accountability.
• Use data and community voice to prioritize where secondary services are deployed to close gaps, strengthen resilience, and improve equity of access to Red Cross services.

• Lead the chapter in supporting the achievement of the region’s revenue targets.
• Meet the assigned individual fundraising target which includes:
  • Annual chapter board members’ give and get campaign goals.
  • Maintain assigned donor accounts as defined by the…