People & Stories / Gente y Cuentos Executive Director Search Opens

Position: Executive Director

Location: APPLICANT MUST RESIDE IN TRI-STATE AREA/WITHIN COMMUTING DISTANCE TO Lawrenceville/Princeton, NJ office (program sites in NJ, NY, and PA), hybrid work environment

Reports to: Board of Directors

FLSA: Exempt – Full Time Position

Organization Summary:

People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos (P&S/GyC) is a nonprofit humanities organization, notable for over 50 years of success.

We are dedicated to opening doors to literature for new audiences through eight-week facilitated programs of oral reading and guided discussion of enduring short stories led by our trained coordinators.

We foster community and invite participants to find fresh understandings of themselves, others, and the world. Our programs are currently offered in English and Spanish, in both virtual and in-person formats, at a wide variety of locations in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.

The Executive Director reports to the Board of Directors and is responsible for P&S/GyC’s consistent achievement of its mission and financial objectives.

Specific responsibilities include the following:

Strategic Leadership and Communication

Manages day-to-day operations of the organization.
Establishes a strong and effective management team and a respectful, professional workplace environment.
Assesses organizational capacity, identifies gaps, and implements system or staff improvement plans to establish and deliver desired outcomes.
Conducts annual assessments of direct reports and supervises the assessment process of other staff.
Collaborates with the Board of Directors in the establishment of P&S/GyC policies and strategic plans and provides support in monitoring their implementation.
Represents the organizational leadership as an ex-officio member of the Board, and each of the Board Committees. Selects and supports appropriate staff members for Board and Committee meeting participation.
Supports the Program Manager in the development of new and existing program sites in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
Supports the Communications Manager, annual communications plan and goals for utilizing various channels that include the organization’s website, email marketing, monthly digital newsletter and social media platforms.
Represents People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos among community organizations, and as its spokesperson for public events.

Development, Budget, and Finance

Takes an active leadership role in fundraising through the stewardship, cultivation, and solicitation of existing and prospective individual, institutional, state, federal, and corporate donor relationships.
Enthusiastic, experienced fundraiser familiar with the use of DonorPerfect and fundraising software systems.
Regular oversight and bi-monthly reporting of budget, in consultation with the Finance Committee of the Board of Directors; supervision and implementation of appropriate spending to maintain a balanced budget; reporting to institutional funders.
Provides audited financial statements and tax filing and reporting to federal and state tax authorities; maintains current business and non-profit licensure with municipal authorities. Communicates with and supports the work of the contracted accounting firm in preparation of the audited financials.
Government Funding: research local, state and federal sources of funding, and write government grant proposals. Direct responsibility for ensuring compliance in use of grant funds.
Major Gifts and Family Foundations: in consultation with the Board of Directors, identify appropriate prospects and cultivate those prospects; take a leading role in gift solicitation and stewardship of major donors.
Fundraising: collaborate with Development Committee to define goals for Annual Appeal; support the Development Committee, Board of Directors and Benefit Host Committee in planning an annual fundraising event; support the Benefit Host Committee in carrying out the tasks associated with producing the event; support the Board of Directors in developing donor cultivation events.

Qualifications

Required:

Bachelor’s Degree with 5+ years of nonprofit experience or High School Diploma/Equivalency and 15+ years of experience in nonprofit management
Superior written and verbal communications skills
Demonstrated hands-on budget management skills, including budget preparation, analysis, decision-making and reporting
Knowledge of fundraising strategies and donor relations; experience in grant writing
APPLICANT MUST RESIDE IN TRI-STATE AREA/WITHIN COMMUTING DISTANCE TO Lawrenceville/Princeton, NJ office (program sites in NJ, NY, and PA), hybrid work environment

Preferred:

Proficiency with Spanish language
Familiarity with direct and digital marketing
An appreciation of excellence in literature and the humanities and their potential to impact social development and social justice

Salary & Benefits:

Annualized Salary: $70,000.00
Benefits: Exceptional benefits package & paid time off

Interested in applying? Please provide the following:

Cover letter discussing your interest and unique qualifications for this position, including incorporation of answers to the following 2 questions:
Describe something that you enjoy doing that’s not part of your job.
Tell us about the last really good book you read. What did you like about it?
Current resume including names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses for three references (We will obtain permission from candidates before contacting references)

These materials should be submitted to search@peopleandstories.org by July 11, 2023

People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos values racial and cultural diversity and is simultaneously committed to promoting equal opportunity.

No current or prospective People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos student, volunteer, contractor, employee or trustee will be harassed or discriminated against based upon race, religion, ethnicity, age, gender identification, or any other extrinsic quality whose class is protected by law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of engagement, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation.

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