Sep 18

Job: Executive Director for World Boston (Boston)

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Thanks to New England JETAA‘s Jason Currier and Christina Omori for passing in this very interesting opening.  It seems that the World Boston Executive Director position is vacant because JET alum Bill Clifford (Shizuoka-ken, 1987-89) has left it to take a new position as President of the World Affairs Councils of America in D.C.  According to Jason and Christina, Bill had participated in a number of events with NEJTAA and the Boston Consulate over the years. Posted by blogger and podcaster Jon Dao (Toyama-ken, 2009-12). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.

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Position: Executive Director
Posted by: WorldBoston
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Type: Full-Time
Salary: Commensurate with Experience and Ability

Overview:

This position, a highly visible platform in Boston, reports directly to the Board of Directors. The successful candidate will be entrepreneurial, energetic, and a strategic thinker – one who will provide vision and creative leadership to advance the mission of WorldBoston. The successful candidate will: expand WorldBoston’s programming and outreach to the organization’s members and the public; strengthen its civic presence and brand; cultivate relationships with local, national, and international stakeholders.

Requirements:

• Leadership: 7+ years as Executive Director/CEO, COO, or Development Executive with strong record of providing leadership to complex organizations that serve people with interests in international and current affairs. Experience working with a nonprofit board of directors and leading strategic planning efforts strongly preferred. Collaborative, inclusive team-based management style. Talent for mentoring younger professional staff to develop them as leaders.
• Fundraising: Demonstrated ability to grow organizational revenues by identifying and securing private support as well as increasing public funding. Experience in grant writing, annual fund campaigns, corporate and foundation gifts, fundraising events, and planned-giving efforts.
• Fiscal management:High degree of business and financial acumen. Experience in effectively managing annual operating budgets of $500K+ and expanding organizational capacity. Solid understanding of federal grant funds, including their management, reporting, and compliance requirements, is preferred.
• Program management and development: Entrepreneurial talent to create new programs and build relationships to develop existing services to increase membership. Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks, solve complex problems, and exercise sound judgment.
• Communications: Excellent public speaking, networking, and written communication skills. Ability to serve as spokesperson in any forum, articulating an organization’s vision and mission to the broad public, as well as diplomatic constituencies, government agencies, donors/prospects, clients/members, and internal teams (staff, volunteers). Adept with social media technologies and strategies.
• Superior negotiating and relationship-building skills.
• Impeccable ethics, integrity, and responsibility.
• Energy, creativity, patience, and sense of humor.
• Advanced degree preferred.

Application Instructions:

Please submit a resume/CV and cover letter in complete confidence by October 4 to Mr. James Kaufman, Search Committee Chair and Chair of WorldBoston’s Board of Directors, at wb @ worldboston.org.

Search Committee/Board interviews candidates and makes final decision by November 15.

Executive Director assumes role by January 1, 2014.

If you have questions or wish to discuss the position in more detail, please send an e-mail to Bill Clifford at bclifford @ worldboston.org.

WorldBoston, an independent nonprofit World Affairs Council and Center for International Visitors serving eastern Massachusetts.