Executive Director

Company: New York Foundation for the Arts
Location: New York
Posted on: October 31, 2024

Job Description:

As a key member of the organization, the Executive Director will be expected to contribute broadly to all aspects of the fulfillment of SoHarlem's mission and goals. The executive director is expected to spend more than 50% of their time fundraising, maintaining and cultivating new funders, assisting with submitting applications, reports, and maintaining the applicable software. SoHarlem seeks an experienced individual with both the capacity and the demonstrated track record to perform the following responsibilities in order of priority:Fund Raising

• Ability to understand and gain an in-depth understanding of SoHarlem's history, priorities, and key programs to help lead the organization and effectively tell its story;
• Maintain relationships with SoHarlem's current base of public, private, and other funders;
• This individual will play a key role in helping to build and streamline a platform strategy, focused on individual donors, donor management, i.e., Kindful, social media, and content management such as Squarespace for an integrated and effective online presence that will enable SoHarlem to achieve a significant increase in gifts from individuals and earned income;
• Partner with SoHarlem's CEO to develop reports for donors, monitor activities to ensure compliance with contract goals, and help track program data, performance milestones, and program outcomes;
• Partner with SoHarlem's CEO and Communications Team to develop marketing materials, including running recruitment advertisements on digital channels and other platforms and ensuring timely revisions to marketing collateral materials.Programs
• Provide oversight of performance measures, recruitment, enrollment, and outcomes to ensure SoHarlem's programs are effective and sustainable;
• Lead day-to-day site management for the Designers' Studio, ensuring that apprentices and others adhere to established Studio protocols and schedules as they relate to safety, cleanliness, and environmental stewardship;
• Enable the micro-enterprises based at SoHarlem to address the social and economic development of unemployed people in Harlem;
• Oversee the recruitment, training, and placement of graduates from our Creative Economy Training Institute;
• Work closely with the principal trainer to ensure the implementation of training programs produces a pool of skilled workers.Application Instructions / Public Contact InformationAll applications must include: (1) an up-to-date resume; (2) a formal letter of interest (addressed to Janet Rodriguez) that specifically cites the experiences that best prepare the applicant for this role and why this particular opportunity at SoHarlem is the logical and desired next step in their career; and (3) a list of references.Please send all confidential inquiries, applications, and nominations directly to . Please no calls or visits; we will only respond to the applicants who meet the requirements.Application Deadline11/30/2024
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