Chief Executive Officer, Virginia SPCA

Position:
Chief Executive Officer Department:
Executive

Reports To:

Board Of Directors Status:
Exempt;
Full-Time Compensation: $170,000

This role is onsite, in-person, five days per week with evening and weekend events and responsibilities as needed.

At the Virginia Beach SPCA (VBSPCA), we believe that human compassion is critical to the elimination of animal suffering. Through shelter operations and adoptions, income based public veterinary clinic services, educational programs, wildlife triage, and numerous animal welfare partnerships, the VBSPCA strives to create a more humane and responsible community. Our mission is to eliminate animal suffering and increase human compassion.

At VBSPCA, we believe in the value of all living creatures and that the animal-human bond creates healthier, happier, more connected communities. We believe that a strong, values-based team is the foundation of our organization. We engage with one another with empathy—seeking to better understand and be understood by others—and joy, passionately sharing and promoting our mission. We are all dedicated and committed to our mission, our work, and ourselves, and we lead through collaboration, openly sharing our individual and collective expertise.

We strive to be innovative and always evolving, and we are proud to be an integral and critical partner in animal welfare throughout the region of Hampton Roads.

The VBSPCA Chief Executive Officer (CEO) provides strategic direction, ensuring all animal welfare and humane education programs continue to grow in effectiveness, delivers sustainable financial support, and manages the organization’s human, financial and material resources all while guaranteeing the VBSCPA culture and values are centered in every activity and interaction across the organization and evident in community partnerships. The CEO is a visionary leader ensuring open shelter access while caring for almost 4,000 companion animals each year and the 74 staff who sustain the organization for the animals.

The CEO will report directly to the Board of Directors through its Chair. The CEO leads the Executive Team consisting of Shelter Operations, Clinic Services and Medical oversight, Human Resources, Fundraising and Marketing, and Finance & Administration. The CEO oversees an annual budget of $7 million.

The ideal candidate is a strong and inclusive leader with a track record of listening, trusting the expertise of staff members, and leading a unified team that cooperates and collaborates across daily challenges and successes. They think creatively and infuse innovation across the organization; while managing data analysis to make informed decisions. They engage, include, delegate, and amplify others before themselves.

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced, entrepreneurial leader to build on a solid foundation of success and sustainability and continue to deepen and broaden the impact for which VBSPCA is so well known.

• Build and execute the organization’s Strategic Plan, taking responsibility for managing the organization according to the identified objectives and goals, report results quarterly and make decisions necessary to achieve objectives.

• Establish and maintain an effective organization and provide leadership to the Executive Team in managing daily operations while keeping a focus on key priorities necessary to carry-out the VBSPCA’s mission.

• Provide executive oversight of the organization’s Shelter, Clinic, Mission delivery and Humane Education programs, working through the program managers to ensure that objectives are met in a timely manner with measurable results.

• Develop annual business and operational plans, with key performance indicator targets, that are aligned with the organization’s Strategic Plan and annual budget.

• In conjunction with the Chief Advancement Officer, CEO is responsible for all aspects of fund development - major donors, individual giving, grants, corporate sponsor ships, foundations, United Way, and special events to include…