Executive Director

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Job Type
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Full Time

Work Location
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Remote

Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Executive Director will inspire a shared, mission-aligned visionfor the organization's future direction, and will drive strategic growth. They will enable all stakeholders of the organization to act toward that vision and encourage the heart along the way. The Executive Director will identify and advance opportunities to build and grow the organization’s capacity with innovative and strategic direction.

They will utilize quantitative and qualitative data collection, collective reflection, interpretation, and meaning making with all stakeholders to create strategic direction. The Executive Director will be a strong public speaker and advocate for ESI and for its sponsored partners.

The Executive Director is also responsible for administrative and operational oversight for ESI and its fiscally sponsored partners. They will possess and develop deep knowledge of the field, core programs, operations, and business plans, and will have a strong commitment to fostering a culture of equity, partnership and collaboration with and among its internal and external stakeholders. They will have a deep passion for and commitment to fostering and supporting mission-driven, social-impact projects and initiatives and the communities they serve.

Position Strengths:

• A broad range of nonprofit leadership and management skills, and the ability to focus both internally and externally.
• Practices and models being impeccable with your word, always doing your best, not taking things personally, and not making assumptions of others.
• Humility, authenticity, curiosity, and integrity.
• Collects input from people directly impacted and integrates feedback before decisions are made to minimize harm and increase thriving.
• Helps all people in the organization to feel valued and to feel a sense of accomplishment.

This is a regular, full-time (36 hours per week) staff position with benefits.

This is a remote position.
Washington State residence is required
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• Ensure ongoing programmatic excellence and consistent quality of finance and administration, communications, and operations; recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve ESI’s strategic goals.
• Develop, maintain, and support a strong Board of Directors; serve as an ex-officio member of the Board and of each committee; seek and build board involvement with strategic direction for both ongoing operations and expansion.
• Develop strategic external partnerships with funders and other current and potential supporters and stakeholders.
• Recruit, lead, coach, develop, and retain ESI’s staff.

• Oversee all aspects of ESI operations, including services delivered to/on behalf of fiscally sponsored projects:
• Finance and accounting
• Human resources
• Grant and contract management
• Information technology
• Risk management
• Legal compliance
• Develop and implement financial and operating policies and procedures on behalf of ESI and its sponsored projects.

• Implement program start up and design for expansion; complete the strategic business planning process for the program expansion into partnerships.
• Build and strengthen the organizational infrastructure to support new partnerships.
• Ensure effective systems to track progress, and regularly evaluate program components to measure successes that can be effectively communicated to the board, partners, and other constituents.
• Develop a regional and industry presence; communicate program results with an emphasis on the successes of the program as a leading model for public/private partnership.

• Expand revenue generating activities, including fund development/fundraising and earned income, to support existing program operations, growth, and sustainability.
• Develop all aspects of communications, from…