What are the responsibilities and job description for the Chief Operating Officer position at CLevelCrossing?
Great Basin Institute seeks to hire a visionary COO to oversee our operational processes and to ensure superb organizational performance while advancing our environmental mission of public land stewardship. The COO will optimize our organization's operating capabilities, employ strategies to maximize program impacts, and manage GBI strategic initiatives in environmental research, education, and service throughout the western US. The COO will assist in the successful development and management of our partnership portfolio among public land management agencies and organizations.
In this position, you will compile financial reports, oversee control of financial policies and procedures, and support the oversight of grants and agreements totaling 20M annually. You will also lead our senior management to advance innovative solutions to our region’s complex resource management challenges.
Responsibilities
In this position, you will compile financial reports, oversee control of financial policies and procedures, and support the oversight of grants and agreements totaling 20M annually. You will also lead our senior management to advance innovative solutions to our region’s complex resource management challenges.
Responsibilities
- Collaborating with program staff to compile annual budgets and support fiscal operations.
- Spearheading strategies to steer the organization’s future in a positive direction.
- Driving the organization’s operating capabilities to increase partner and employee satisfaction and retention, and organizational goals.
- Controlling organization costs, and introducing tactical initiatives to address potential losses.
- Monitoring invoices, accounting, and bank processes.
- Preparing timely and accurate programmatic performance reports.
- Overseeing marketing initiatives and implementing best organizational practices.
- Delegating responsibilities to ensure staff members grow as capable participants.
- Employing various initiatives to coach employees to optimize their capabilities.
- Completing performance reviews in a prudent manner.
- Assessing and implementing improved processes and new technologies, and collaborating with management regarding the implementation of these improvements.
- Master's degree in nonprofit administration, natural resource management or related fields.
- 10 years of experience managing a complex organizational structure that includes human resources, finances, operations, and development strategies.
- Proven track record of outstanding performance in supporting vertically integrated nonprofit enterprises.
- Proven track record of managing complex budgets above 15M successfully.
- Demonstrated experience of ethical leadership.
- Outstanding verbal and written skills, and experience working with staff on all levels.
- Ability to make strategic operational projections three years into the future.
