Executive Director

Founded in 2010, BIAD Nonprofit’s mission is to foster confidence and growth in youth through immersive experiences in entrepreneurship, leadership, and the arts. The Executive Director (ED) will have overall strategic and operational responsibility for BIAD nonprofit’s staff, programs, expansion, and execution of its mission, vision, goals, and strategic objectives.

RESPONSIBILITIES

FUNDRAISING, COMMUNICATIONS & COMMUNITY RELATIONS

· Provide fundraising leadership and ensure the funds are available to execute the budget.

· Create the conditions for fundraising success (vision, materials, pitch, call-time, training, technology, etc.)

· Expand local revenue-generating and fundraising activities to support existing program operations and regional expansion.

· Deepen and refine all aspects of communications, from web presence to external relations, to create a stronger brand.

· Use external presence and relationships to garner new opportunities.

· Create a fundraising culture by ensuring the board and staff can tell the organization’s story.

· Assist the board members in and actively support board fundraising.

· Develop and maintain strong relationships in the community and region with peers,

donors, industry associations, and the media.

· Build alliances and strategic partnerships by collaborating with other community organizations.

· Communicate regularly with stakeholders and the public with regular impact reports,

annual reports, public events, or newsletters.

LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT

· Articulate the organization's vision, mission, theory of change, statement of need, unique value proposition, and overall strategy and direction.

· Build alignment across the organization, address group dynamics, and foster healthy differences of opinion.

· Ensure ongoing local programmatic excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality of finance and administration, fundraising, communications, and systems; recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve the strategic goals.

· Actively engage and energize BIAD nonprofit volunteers, board members, event committees, alumni, partnering organizations, and funders

· Develop, maintain, and support a strong board of directors; serve as ex-officio of each committee; seek and build board involvement in strategic direction for ongoing local operations and the national rollout.

· Ensure effective systems to track progress and regularly evaluate program components

to measure success and communicate effectively with the board, funders, and constituents.

· Responsible for the recruitment, retention, and performance management of all BIAD employees

· Responsible for delegation, decision-making, creating clear staff roles (job descriptions), and supervising collaborative tasks (projects/meetings) to ensure they are done efficiently, inclusively, and respectfully.

· Provide training, ongoing conversation, and learning to support the organization in promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in staff hiring, training, and promotion.

PLANNING & PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

· Plan, organize, and direct the organization’s operations and programming.

· Design the expansion and complete the strategic business planning process for the program expansion into new markets.

· Build partnerships in new markets, establishing relationships with the funders and political and community leaders at each expansion site.

· Communicate and publish program results locally and regionally, emphasizing the local program's successes as a model for regional and state expansion.

· Work with the board, staff, and other stakeholders to ensure the organization's mission is achieved through a combination of programs and activities.

• Ensure the nonprofit’s strategic vision is clear to internal and external stakeholders.
• Serve as a board liaison and staff liaison to ensure plan implementation.

BOARD DEVELOPMENT

· Works in partnership with and for the board by supporting the board and building rapport with board members.

· Assist the board in the operations, administration, planning, and information dissemination.

· Build, sustain, and strengthen all board functions, such as meetings, policy compliance, and committee work.

· Build alignment while maintaining role clarity (division of labor between the board/chair/ED).

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

· Serve as the main liaison between the treasurer and the financial needs, status, opportunities, and shortfalls of the organization's finances.

· Develop an annual operation budget for the approval of the Board of Directors. `

· Oversee and secure funding from grants, sponsorships of events and fundraisers, donations, and program advertising.

· Demonstrate competence in reading, creating, and understanding financial documents,

including budgets, cash flow, income statements, balance statements, and statements of functional expenses.

· Understand the financial picture, creation, and adherence to financial controls.

OPERATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY

· Ensure the organization operates correctly and functionally, including timely payment of staff and vendors, meeting obligations, and having safe working conditions or physical space for events.

· Ensure proper hardware and software are in place for fundraising, collaboration, document creation and storage, communication, productivity, and record keeping.

· Create and maintain policies to ensure the use of the most relevant and efficient technology and planning/budgeting for upgrades needed for future success.

COMPLIANCE AND BEST PRACTICES

· Obtain results while minimizing risk to the organization.

· Assure compliance with all laws and regulations and create systems to monitor practices.

· Ensure the organization meets the highest standards possible for the industry and region.

· Understand the legal frameworks of federal rules and state and local guidelines for creating and running a nonprofit organization.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Choose your own hours
• Weekends as needed

Ability to Relocate:

• Fort Wayne, IN 46802: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Fort Wayne, IN 46802

Salary : $60,000