The Executive Director will serve as the Foundation's chief executive, community ambassador, relationship builder, and strategic leader. Working with an engaged Board of Directors and a dedicated staff, the new leader will guide strategy, strengthen community and donor relationships, grow charitable assets, develop organizational capacity, and ensure strong financial and operational stewardship.
Key Priorities
- Translate the Foundation's mission and strategic plan into impactful results.
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with staff, donors, fundholders, nonprofits, professional advisors, business and civic leaders, and community partners.
- Grow charitable assets through donor development, stewardship, planned giving, and new philanthropic opportunities.
- Partner effectively with the Board on strategy, governance, policy, and long-range planning.
- Understand emerging community needs and identify opportunities for the Foundation to provide leadership and impact.
- Ensure sound financial, investment, operational, legal, and organizational stewardship.
RequirementsThe successful candidate is a proven leader with strong strategic thinking, organizational leadership, and relationship-building skills who embraces and models the Foundation's core values. They demonstrate integrity, accountability, transparency, humility, and professionalism.
Key leadership competencies include:
- Executive-level leadership and organizational management experience
- Community relationship building and stewardship
- Strategic thinking and the ability to turn vision into action
- Experience leading, developing, engaging and motivating staff
- Donor development, client relationship, or comparable relationship-management experience
- Nonprofit, foundation, philanthropic, financial, investment, or related business acumen
- Experience working effectively with a governing board
- Excellent communication and public-speaking skills
- Commitment to fostering a culture of trust, collaboration, positive impact, and innovation
Foundation/nonprofit experience is valuable, but is not required. Exceptional candidates may come from other relevant leadership backgrounds.
Candidates should possess a bachelor's degree and at least ten years of relevant professional experience, or an advanced degree and at least five years of relevant professional experience.
This is a full-time, salaried position reporting to the Board of Directors and based on-site in Jasper, Indiana. Relocation to the area is required. The Foundation offers a competitive executive compensation and benefits package appropriate for the scope and responsibilities of the position.
BenefitsThe Foundation offers a competitive executive compensation and benefits package including health insurance and paid time off.
