EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

For a full position announcement, please visit our website: https://www.evergreensocialimpact.org/about/careers/esi-ed/

Founded in 2021, Evergreen Social Impact (ESI) is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt fiscal sponsor organization currently headquartered in Bothell, Washington and serving Washington State.

We provide fiduciary services, funds management, governance, and other administrative services to projects with social-impact missions. Rather than each agency bearing the cost of the full array of staff, sponsored partners can make use of only as much administrative support as the size of their organization needs. This shared infrastructure model maximizes efficiencies and provides tools, expertise, and a community of peer learning to organizations with limited resources. With our support, our sponsored partners are better able to focus on fulfilling their missions, building organizational capacity, and improving our communities.

POSITION SUMMARY

Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Executive Director will inspire a shared, mission-aligned vision for the organization's future direction, and will drive strategic growth. They will enable all stakeholders of the organization to act toward that vision and encourage the heart along the way. The Executive Director will identify and advance opportunities to build and grow the organization’s capacity with innovative and strategic direction. They will utilize quantitative and qualitative data collection, collective reflection, interpretation, and meaning making with all stakeholders to create strategic direction. The Executive Director will be a strong public speaker and advocate for ESI and for its sponsored partners.

The Executive Director is also responsible for administrative and operational oversight for ESI and its fiscally sponsored partners. They will possess and develop deep knowledge of the field, core programs, operations, and business plans, and will have a strong commitment to fostering a culture of equity, partnership and collaboration with and among its internal and external stakeholders. They will have a deep passion for and commitment to fostering and supporting mission-driven, social-impact projects and initiatives and the communities they serve.

Position Strengths:

• • A broad range of nonprofit leadership and management skills, and the ability to focus both internally and externally.
  • Practices and models being impeccable with your word, always doing your best, not taking things personally, and not making assumptions of others.
  • Humility, authenticity, curiosity, and integrity.
  • Collects input from people directly impacted and integrates feedback before decisions are made to minimize harm and increase thriving.
  • Helps all people in the organization to feel valued and to feel a sense of accomplishment.

This is a regular, full-time (36 hours per week) staff position with benefits.

This is a remote position. Washington State residence is required.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Leadership & Management

• Ensure ongoing programmatic excellence and consistent quality of finance and administration, communications, and operations; recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve ESI’s strategic goals.
• Develop, maintain, and support a strong Board of Directors; serve as an ex-officio member of the Board and of each committee; seek and build board involvement with strategic direction for both ongoing operations and expansion.
• Develop strategic external partnerships with funders and other current and potential supporters and stakeholders.
• Recruit, lead, coach, develop, and retain ESI’s staff.

Operations

• Oversee all aspects of ESI operations, including services delivered to/on behalf of fiscally sponsored projects:
  • Finance and accounting
  • Human resources
  • Grant and contract management
  • Information technology
  • Risk management
  • Legal compliance
• Develop and implement financial and operating policies and procedures on behalf of ESI and its sponsored projects.

Program Development

• Implement program start up and design for expansion; complete the strategic business planning process for the program expansion into partnerships.
• Build and strengthen the organizational infrastructure to support new partnerships.
• Ensure effective systems to track progress, and regularly evaluate program components to measure successes that can be effectively communicated to the board, partners, and other constituents.
• Develop a regional and industry presence; communicate program results with an emphasis on the successes of the program as a leading model for public/private partnership.

Business Development, Revenue Generation, and Communications

• Expand revenue generating activities, including fund development/fundraising and earned income, to support existing program operations, growth, and sustainability.
• Develop all aspects of communications, from web presence to external relations, with the goal of creating a stronger brand.
• Maximize board and partner networks to garner new business opportunities.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• Experience with, and/or commitment to racial equity, social justice, and cultural humility.
• A minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in senior leadership of nonprofit organizations, including experience in nonprofit operations.
• A track record of effectively leading and scaling a performance- and outcomes-based organization and staff; ability to develop and operationalize strategies to take an organization to the next stage of growth.
• Ability to develop and maintain both internal and external partnerships and collaboratives.
• Demonstrated experience in revenue development, including fundraising, grantwriting, and earned income.
• Flexible approach to work and ability to manage change and ambiguity in the work environment.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement successful operational policies and procedures.
• Ability to assess and manage risk.
• Organization and/or program leadership skills including supervision, program development, strategic planning, and strategic relationship building.
• Experience working with Boards of Directors and Board committees.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; strong public speaking skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in nonprofit management or related field, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.

Desired

• Experience in leading fiscal sponsorship organizations.
• Experience with federal, state, and local government funding.
• MBA, MPA or equivalent degree in a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint).

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• Must be a resident of Washington State.
• Must be able to pass a Washington State and national criminal history check.
• Must have access to a source of transportation for occasional travel in Washington State.

Benefits include medical/dental insurance (100% employer-paid for employee and eligible dependents); life/long-term disability/short-term disability insurance; a 401K retirement plan with generous nonelective employer contribution; and generous paid time off including sick leave, holidays, and vacation. For a more detailed description of ESI’s employee benefits, please visit our website.