Board Relations & Strategic Initiatives

• Location 1901 East 13th Street,#200,Cleveland, OH, 44114,United States
• Base Pay $50,000.00 - $50,000.00 / Year
• Employee Type FT Exempt

• Name Rachel Fink
• Email

Founded in 1915, Cleveland Play House (CPH) is America’s first professional regional theatre and a nationally recognized cultural institution. Throughout its history, CPH has launched groundbreaking new work, produced celebrated classics and contemporary plays, and served as a vital artistic home for generations of artists and audiences.

As Cleveland Play House enters a transformative new chapter, the organization is building on its legacy while embracing new opportunities for artistic excellence, community impact, and long-term sustainability. The Board Relations & Strategic Initiatives Coordinator will play an important role in supporting organizational leadership, strengthening governance practices, and helping ensure key institutional priorities move efficiently from planning to implementation.

The Board Relations & Strategic Initiatives Coordinator provides high-level administrative, project management, and coordination support to the Managing Director and organizational leadership. This position supports board governance activities, executive priorities, advocacy initiatives, and organizational projects by coordinating communications, preparing materials, tracking implementation efforts, and ensuring timely follow-through on key priorities.

Working across departments and with external stakeholders, the Coordinator helps organize complex initiatives, maintain project momentum, facilitate communication, and support effective decision-making processes. The position serves as a central point of coordination for a variety of board, executive, and organizational activities, helping ensure that important details, deadlines, and commitments are managed effectively.

• Coordinate logistics and materials for Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Governance Committee, and other board-related meetings.
• Prepare meeting agendas, packets, minutes, reports, and supporting materials.
• Maintain board records, governance documents, trustee rosters, and organizational files.
• Support trustee onboarding, orientation, and ongoing engagement activities.
• Coordinate board communications and assist with trustee outreach and follow-up.
• Maintain annual governance calendars and key board deadlines.

• Provide administrative and project coordination support to the Managing Director.
• Prepare briefing materials, reports, presentations, and meeting documents.
• Coordinate executive correspondence, scheduling, and follow-up activities as assigned.
• Track action items, commitments, and deadlines related to executive priorities.
• Support the preparation of organizational communications and presentations.

• Coordinate implementation activities related to organizational priorities and strategic initiatives.
• Track project timelines, deliverables, responsibilities, and milestones.
• Facilitate communication and information-sharing among departments, consultants, volunteers, and external stakeholders.
• Monitor project progress and help identify items requiring additional follow-up or leadership attention.
• Support planning, logistics, documentation, and implementation efforts for assigned projects.

• Provide coordination and administrative support for advocacy, civic engagement, and public policy-related activities.
• Assist with stakeholder communications, outreach, scheduling, and follow-up.
• Track advocacy-related priorities, meetings, and action items.
• Support relationship-building activities with community, civic, educational, and governmental partners as assigned.

• Maintain project trackers, planning documents, calendars, and organizational records.
• Coordinate information gathering and document preparation across departments.
• Assist with consultant, vendor, and partner coordination as assigned.
• Help ensure accurate documentation and effective communication related to organizational initiatives.
• Support special projects and organizational priorities as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of three years of professional experience in administration, project coordination, nonprofit management, higher education, governance support, communications, or related fields.
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and projects simultaneously.
• Strong project management and coordination…