(Career Progress) Alliance for Youth Action is hiring an Executive Director!

The Alliance for Youth Action (along with our sister 501c3 organization the Alliance for Youth Organizing) is seeking a new Executive Director to lead and manage the organization, work with the board and network leadership, and ensure the Alliance's continued financial and operational health. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Strategic Leadership: Organize a diverse set of stakeholders, including staff, board, and network organizations, to set the strategic direction of our youth organizing network. Be a creative, open-minded thinker willing to balance and integrate political, financial, national/local, and short-term and long-term strategies. Identify strategic opportunities in the political landscape for individual affiliates or the collective network to pursue. The next Executive Director will join with stakeholders currently engaged in a strategic planning process to further align the direction and priorities of the Alliance.
• Fundraising: With development staff, lead significant fundraising for organizational budget ($6 to 10 million annually) and support network organizations in their fundraising. Advise and uplift organizational fundraising strategy and serve as a major pitch-maker and relationship builder with individual and institutional funders to grow and diversify funding sources. Requires high stakes relationship management and frequent travel when it is safe to do so.
• Management: Directs relationships with donors, staff, board, partner organizations, media, and other stakeholders. Knows how to delegate, share power and uplift staff, and instill a culture of creativity and productivity. Responsible for setting and managing annual organizational and financial goals in coordination with senior leadership.
• Healthy Work Environment: The Executive Director sets the tone for, and leads on, equity and team culture and values, ensuring an environment of growth and support for staff and affiliate leadership, through management of staff and the ongoing development of workplace and human resource policies.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

In addition to the skills associated with the job responsibilities, we're looking for particular strengths in the following areas:

• Commitment to the Mission: Demonstrated dedication to grassroots, local organizing and empowering state/local organizations to lead the work. Demonstrated commitment to trusting young leaders. Understanding of local grassroots organizations and representative of the communities we serve
• Financial Management & Fundraising: Comfort navigating and building relationships with high stakes donors, including foundations and institutional funders and individual donors. Understanding of financial management and budgeting
• History of being accountable to, and in solidarity with, leaders of color and directly impacted communities. History of lifting up leadership of young people of color and exhibiting a deep understanding of the impacts of white supremacy and patriarchy and oppression in the workplace and program.
• Organizer at Heart: Inclination to lead via organizing rather than by decree. Able to build and maintain strong networks to accomplish goals. Talented in coalition and team building. Collaborative and inclusive style of leadership and decision-making.
• Political, Policy, and Legislative knowledge with a pulse on the calendar and impacts of electoral work at the state and local level in both a 501c3 and 501c4 context.
• Communication Skills: Ability to speak on behalf of the organization and effectively communicate the organization's mission to multiple audiences at public events and across several mainstream and digital media outlets and platforms. Strong oral and written communication skills. Agility in navigating conflict and advancing transformative change.
• Capable of Operating Teams of Different Sizes. Capable of running a large, high-impact, national organization, and guiding affiliate organization leadership in a collaborative manner.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCES OF VALUE

• Knowledge of voter and base building organizing strategies and tools such as voter file and interfaces, social media platforms, Google Apps, and more.
• Experience working with and understanding of federated organizations with local affiliates.
• Experience with operational and fundraising aspects of combined 501c3/501c4 structures.
• Knowledge of or experience in social justice philanthropy.
• Strategic multi-tasker with excellent time management skills.
• Ability to travel frequently (2-4 times per month, on average).

LOGISTICS

• Compensation: $150,000 – $175,000 per year commensurate with experience.
• Benefits: The Alliance offers a competitive benefits package covering 100% of employee medical, dental, & vision insurance premiums, 75% of premiums for employee dependents, employer retirement contributions (SEP IRA), life insurance, short and long term disability income protection insurance, cell phone reimbursement, WMATA transportation smartbenefits, professional development opportunities, the opportunity for 3 days of remote work per month, a generous paid time off policy, and up to 16 weeks of paid family and medical leave.
• Location: This is a full time position based out of the Alliance's Washington, DC office. All positions are remote until further notice due to COVID-19. Remote work out of state is an option until employees are expected to return to the office. Moving reimbursements are offered to candidates moving to Washington, DC for this position.
• Travel: Under non pandemic circumstances, domestic travel for this role may be up to 30% of this position. Must be willing to work long, irregular hours and to travel as needed.

The search is being managed by the Alliance transition taskforce made up of staff, board, and stakeholders, and administered by Meso Solutions, a search firm (where I work). I'll do my best to answer questions but please email me at molly@mesosolutions.org

More info + to apply: https://allianceforyouthaction.org/job/executive-director/

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