Executive Director - SID (Full-Time - 35 hrs. wk

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Background on Rahway SID:

The Rahway SID manages the downtown Special Improvement District (SID), which encompasses the entire City of Rahway and over 600 businesses. The SID has a $475,000 dollar budget and supports a wide range of activities designed to establish downtown Rahway as a competitive location for business owners, an engaging center for workers and visitors, and a wonderful place to live. Our activities include hosting quality events and activities for residents and visitors;

marketing our downtown businesses and organization; retaining and recruiting local businesses; and assuring that our downtown district is clean and always welcoming.

Professional Qualifications

The ideal candidate possesses:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in public administration, finance, marketing, public relations, communications, economic development, or nonprofit management.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a leadership role. Equivalent experience must include broad fiscal and management responsibility for an over $500,000 organizational budget.
• Exposure to and a passion for community development, public safety, urban design, city planning, and economic development programs is a plus.
• Strong working knowledge of finance, budget management, contract negotiation, and fiduciary responsibilities.
• Strong supervisory skills, working with five or more employees and several contractors, with an emphasis on effective team building.
• Ability to listen and work with an active Board, the SID membership (businesses, property owners), and community and government leaders and advocates.
• Experience working in economically and racially diverse communities.
• Experience identifying and recruiting new businesses and assisting with business expansion efforts.
• A technology savvy, high energy, multi-tasker, with experience with and the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access).
• Must be a New Jersey resident.

The following professional qualifications are not required but are preferred.

• Master’s degree in any of the above-mentioned fields.
• Experience leading a nonprofit organization.
• Background working for a NJ Special Improvement District, business improvement district, or Main Street organization.
• Work experience in New Jersey, Union County, and/or Rahway, NJ.
• Bilingual fluency in Spanish a plus.
• A valid local driver’s license.

Primary responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Collaborate with other organizations such as UCEDC, Central New Jersey SCORE, New Jersey Business Action Center, and other partners.
• Develop Partnership Agreements that are approved by the board that clearly lay out roles, responsibilities, and policies to guide partnerships developed.

• Direct the economic development efforts of the organization including business retention, expansion, and attraction.
• Proactively reach out to potential merchants and property owners that may be seeking to open a business or purchase a building downtown.
• Work in partnership with City of Rahway departments on supporting business development and real estate development.
• Support the strengthening of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, supporting growth of businesses at every stage of the life cycle.

• Assure that downtown Rahway ’s public realm is clean, safe, and attractive by offering compelling streets, sidewalks, and public spaces that appeal to a variety of users.
• Create and promote events that activate the downtown streets through…