Crow’s Path Executive Director

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OVERVIEW
Crow’s Path is hiring for a new Executive Director to lead our next phase of development. They will work collaboratively with our staff to ensure the continued sustainability of our existing work, enhance the accessibility of our programming and organization for families and staff, and turn our vision for the future into reality.

A full description of the job can be found here: Job Description

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Executive Director will focus in the following areas:

Leadership and Culture

  • Manage staff, oversee goal-setting and work performance, and ensure staff receive the feedback, support, and information to thrive in their work
  • Sustain and strengthen a culture of collaboration and innovation among staff, built on a practice of distributed leadership where staff are empowered to experiment and make decisions on the work they lead

Human Resources

  • Ensure Crow’s Path has the right staffing and resources to advance its mission
  • Enhance Crow’s Path’s HR practices and policies to ensure they align with the organization’s values and promote staff retention and well-being, including strengthening the organization’s compensation practices

External Affairs

  • Develop and execute comprehensive fundraising strategies to secure financial support from diverse sources, including individual donors, foundations, corporations, government, and local businesses
  • Secure new funding and physical resources to realize our 5-10 year vision of creating a full-time elementary school, including the potential purchase of land
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with community leaders, partners, and external stakeholders to expand the reach and effectiveness of Crow’s Path’s programming, in close collaboration with program staff

Board Development

  • Support the process of building and strengthening the board, including the recruitment and onboarding of new board members
  • Partner with the board to co-create a board culture and board/staff relationship that effectively supports the long term vision of the organization

Financial management and risk

  • Oversee Crow’s Path financial management, budgeting, and multi-year financial planning to meet current needs and future vision
  • Ensure Crow’s Path is compliant with all applicable laws and regulations and that the organization takes appropriate steps to mitigate risk

Operations

  • Ensure Crow’s Path has the operational infrastructure for staff to be successful in their work, including internal communication, collaboration, technology, facilities, data, and program operations
  • Create and lead the execution of operational plans to realize Crow’s Path’s multi-year vision, which includes the opening of an elementary school

Program

  • Provide thought partnership to the program staff and founder on program design and implementation

 

QUALIFICATIONS

Our ideal candidate will hold experience and knowledge in the following areas:

  • Passion for the mission: passionate about Crow’s Path mission to connect people to wildness; experience with educational programming preferred but not required
  • Organizational leadership: Minimum of 3 years of nonprofit leadership experience, including managing a staff in a collaborative, entrepreneurial environment
  • Financial management: Knowledge of nonprofit financial management, budgeting, and reporting; ability to use financial information to support organizational decision-making
  • Fundraising: Expertise in creating and executing comprehensive fundraising strategies; proven ability to cultivate and maintain relationships with a diversity of funders including individual, foundations, and businesses

In addition, they will possess the following:

  • Authentic leadership: Demonstrates high levels of self-awareness, leading with authenticity and transparency, openly sharing successes and challenges, and creating a culture where learning and vulnerability are valued
  • Communication: Communicates clearly, honestly, and persuasively to internal and external audiences, serving as a compelling champion and building trust and credibility
  • Decision-making: Practices effective, inclusive decision making that advances the mission of the organization by drawing on data and feedback, while also recognizing where decisions can be made by others and fostering an environment of distributed leadership where staff are empowered with the skills, information, and authority to make decisions to advance the work they manage
  • People management: Ability to support and coach others to succeed in their work, building and nurturing a high-performing team that encourages collaboration, innovation, and mutual support
  • Project management: Can plan and manage many complex projects simultaneously, working closely with others to gather input, build buy-in and participation, manage conflict, keep stakeholders informed, and deliver high quality results
  • Organization and follow through: Demonstrates strong organization and time management skills, managing multiple responsibilities efficiently, creating effective plans and processes, and following through on commitments made
  • Prioritization and adaptability: Ability to evaluate tradeoffs and decide how to prioritize staff time and financial resources towards areas of highest organizational need, as well as flexibly adapt when new needs, opportunities, or information arises

To apply for this job please visit crowspath.org.