Executive Director

Executive Director Position

Aero Methow Rescue Service

Aero Methow Rescue Service is seeking an Executive Director.

Aero Methow Services is a community-based ALS ground ambulance service in the Methow Valley located in the North Central Washington State on the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountains.

The Service area is comprised of approximately 6400 full time and 4,380 part time residents in and around the towns of Carlton, Twisp, Winthrop and Mazama. It is approximately 2,000 square miles and stretches north to within 50 miles of the Canadian border and west into the North Cascades National Park, see our response area on our website at www.aeromethow.org

The Methow Valley is noted for its remoteness, beauty and easy access for four season outdoor recreational activities.

There are two clinics in the Methow Valley (one in Winthrop and one in Twisp). Neither clinic provides 24-hour care. The nearest Critical Access Hospitals are in Omak (35 miles from Twisp) and in Brewster (45 miles from Twisp).

Aero Methow Rescue prides itself in providing high quality out of hospital care. The patient always comes first. Each patient has unique and individual needs, wishes and goals. While we care for those with urgent or life-threatening emergencies, we also spend the time with those with complicated health issues which may not result in transport to the hospital. We embrace and practice providing the right care, to the right patient, at the right cost with the right mode of transportation. We have been providing Community Paramedicine since our inception in 1968.

Aero Methow Rescue Service is staffed with twelve employees and twenty-nine volunteers. We currently have 5 Paramedics and 2 paramedic students who will be certified in mid-2025, Fourteen (14) Advanced EMTs, and Nineteen (19) EMTs and an administration staff of 2.

Our call volume is approximately Eight Hundred (800) responses/year.

We work closely with our health care partners, emergency management, and the local, regional and state EMS councils and committees.

Experience as an EMT or above is required. A qualified candidate should also have strong executive leadership skills, which include good interpersonal and verbal communication. You must have a demonstrated knowledge of fundraising; experience with drawing up and managing budgets, assessing productivity and efficiency, and handling the coordination of many employees, including volunteers who provide a significant number of services. The candidate should be able to demonstrate knowledge of, or actual experience with, Incident Command System. We are impacted by wildland fires and frequently work closely with Incident Management Teams and provide ambulance service standby for wildland fires in our service area.

Pay: Depends on Experience

Benefits: Health, vision and dental paid in full for employee; Retirement (IRA); generous leave package.

Buildings:

Primary administration and operations in located in Twisp with a 3 bay garage housing 3 Braun Type 1 Dodge 4-wheel Drive ambulances, a UTV located in the rescue bay and 2 electric mountain bikes.

Winthrop: 1 Braun Type 1 Dodge 4-wheel Drive ambulance and Aid Vehicle and snowmobile with patient transport capability.

Mazama: 1 Braun Type 1 Dodge 4-wheel Drive ambulance and snowmobile

Aero Methow Rescue Service receives funding from a contract with the Methow Valley EMS District, fees for service, donations, and grants.

Websites for additional information:

www.aeromethow.org

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-1-cindy-button-aero-methow-rescue-service/id1705444568?i=1000626481452

Read: “Pay you in Hay” by our founder Dr. William J Henry

Position Overview:

The Executive Director is the Chief Executive Officer of Methow Valley Home Health Agency (dba Aero Methow Rescue Service) which is a 501(c)(3). The Executive Director is overseen by a board of directors and is responsible for the following:

Responsibilities to the Board: ​

• Reports directly to the Board and keeps it informed of program progress, financial health, staffing updates, equipment, significant events and the general organizational functions. ​
• Works with the Board on Strategic Planning. ​

Responsibilities to Staff:

• Hires and fires all staff members. ​
• Sets staff salaries and maintains current job descriptions in compliance with the approved agency budget. ​
• Provides oversight of staff training
• Supervise and directs division managers

Finance:

• Reviews and communicates with Okanogan County and the cities of Twisp and Winthrop on EMS District funding.
• Responsible for managing EMS Levies.
• Prepares draft agency budget with the Finance Committee and Business Manager for Board approval. ​
• Manages financial operations of the organization.
• Develops and manages annual Fundraising, including private donations and grant management. ​

Community Relations:

• Is the authorized contact for media releases.
• Maintains good community relations with state, county and local leadership with governmental, for profit and non-profit organizations

Organizational Operations: ​

• Works with long-range planning committee, maintains current Personnel Policy and approves the Standard Operating Procedures Manual.
• Ensures compliance with Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement Processes.​
• Reviews and monitor internal controls annually
• Reviews and monitors non-profit status
• Ensures compliance with federal, state, regional, county and town regulations and policies

Work Hours and Compensation: ​

• Full-time position of at least 32 hours a week, salaried with no overtime for hours over 40 per week. ​
• Salary set and approved by the Board. Comprehensive benefits also included.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $100,000.00 - $120,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to Commute:

• Twisp, WA (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Twisp, WA: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Willingness to travel:

• 25% (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $100,000 - $120,000