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Executive Director

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  • Descripción

    Tipo de contrato:A Tiempo Completo
    Fecha de inicio:30 de junio de 2025
    Fecha límite de postulación:14 de febrero de 2025
    Educación:Licenciatura
    Nivel de Experiencia:Director
    Salario:USD $105.000 - $125.000 / year
    Compensation will be commensurate with the candidate’s experience and qualifications, with the potential for compensation growth based on job performance and fundraising/financial success meeting or exceeding annual goals.
    Temáticas:Infancia & Juventud, Medio Ambiente & Sostenibilidad, Deportes & Entretenimiento

    Descripción

    Canal Shores is seeking an executive management level professional who will report to the Board of Trustees via the President of the Board as the main liaison. This individual will oversee Canal Shore’s general administration, various programs, and strategic planning and execution, with a primary focus on fundraising, financial management, marketing, and community relations. The Executive Director will work closely with Kemper Sports Management on all golf operations and activities and should have a solid understanding of the game of golf and the golfing experience. This person will also be the primary liaison and the “face of Canal Shores” with all internal and external partners and neighbors. This individual will need to build close working relationships with all essential Canal Shores partners including volunteers, key donors, and community and local government/jurisdiction leadership. These partnerships include, but are not limited to the following: Kemper Sports, First Tee – Greater Chicago, Western Golf Association, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, The Golf Practice, American Legion Post 42, Northwestern University, Evanston Hospital, The Canal Shores Lumberjacks and golf course greenskeepers/maintenance crew, and the City of Evanston and Village of Wilmette governance, park district leadership, and Council Members.

    This individual will be responsible for building upon the organization’s already existing fundraising capabilities to bring Canal Shores’ total charitable fundraising to the quarter to half a million-dollar range annually. This will be accomplished by implementing baseline annual fundraising events and practices, and building a long-term sustainable development strategy in addition to creating new revenue streams through innovative activities/events and programs.

    This individual must have an outgoing and energetic personality, positive attitude, strong work ethic, solid communication skills (both oral and written), and be self- motivated, well-organized, accountable, and work well both independently and with others in teams. The ideal candidate should have at least seven years of practical related development and management experience.

    The training for this position will be on the job and provided by the Board President, golf course management team, and other Trustees as appropriate.

    Position Responsibilities:

    • Lead and manage Canal Shores relationships with all internal staff and volunteers, community/neighborhood, golf course operation partners, and donor community (both individuals and organizations)
    • Initiate dialogue and cultivate ongoing interactions with potential donors
    • Educate potential donors about Canal Shore’s mission and initiate requests for
    • financial support to grow and expand the corporation’s mission
    • Arrange and conduct meetings with potential donors
    • Identify, create, and implement new revenue generating programs/events
    • Conduct internal analysis and report on progress to Board of Trustees through
    • President, as main liaison, concerning developments regarding fundraising and
    • revenue generation, and the impact on golf course operations
    • Assist the Board of Trustees in making informed decisions by communicating
    • accurate and detailed reports in an effective and timely manner
    • Assist the Board of Trustees in identifying and recruiting potential future
    • members with development experience who could help advance the mission
    • Effectively use specific Canal Shores selected technology and databases in
    • addition to standard PC applications for maintaining accurate records, effective
    • collaboration, and reporting to Board of Trustees
    • Recommend and help implement procedural improvements/efficiencies
    • Implement long-term and sustainable development strategy
    • Supervise and direct other Canal Shores staff, including the Ecology Coordinator,
    • and develop a long-term staffing strategy working with the Board of Trustees
    • Perform some general administrative duties, including data input, word
    • processing, correspondence, record keeping, etc.
    • Perform various other duties as assigned by the President, other officers, Board
    • of Trustees, and golf course management team

    Requirements:

    • Bachelor’s degree, required; advanced degree is a plus
    • Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills
    • Must have strong project management and organizational skills
    • Must have familiarity with philanthropic and fundraising best practices
    • Must have strong financial and business acumen
    • Must be a collaborative team player who enjoys working with others
    • Thorough knowledge and experience working with Word, Excel, and Adobe
    • Acrobat required
    • Some experience with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software is a
    • big plus
    • Knowledge of how to apply marketing and financial analysis techniques is
    • extremely desirable
    • Knowledge of golf course management and ecological environments is a big plus
    • Other Attributes:
    • Strong operational management and fundraising/not-for-profit awareness; marketing oriented; professional in demeanor and presentation; commitment to hard work, excellence, and goal accomplishment; high energy; business-like communicator familiar with structure and deadlines; ability to effectively present ideas in detail at the board level; strong commitment to the highest ethical business practices.

    Canal Shores is seeking an executive management level professional who will report to the Board of Trustees via the President of the Board as the main liaison. This individual will oversee Canal Shore’s general administration, various programs, and strategic planning and execution, with a primary focus on fundraising, financial management, marketing, and community relations. The Executive Director will work closely with Kemper Sports Management on all golf operations and activities and should have a solid understanding of the game of golf and the golfing experience. This person will also be the primary liaison and the “face of Canal Shores” with all internal and external partners and neighbors. This individual will need to build close working relationships with all essential Canal Shores partners including volunteers, key donors, and community and local government/jurisdiction leadership. These partnerships include, but are not limited to the…

    Compensación

    Canal Shores will provide the following benefits: an individual-sponsored health care plan, Paid Time Off (PTO) of three weeks (15 business days) per year for vacation/personal time/sick leave, plus 10 paid holidays.

    Canal Shores will provide the following benefits: an individual-sponsored health care plan, Paid Time Off (PTO) of three weeks (15 business days) per year for vacation/personal time/sick leave, plus 10 paid holidays.

    Ubicación

    Presencial
    1030 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201, USA

    Cómo aplicar

    Please send a cover letter and resume with your submission.

    Please send a cover letter and resume with your submission.

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