Executive Director – Central and Northern New York
American Red Cross
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Liverpool • New York • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $85,000 - $100,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Serves as the Face of the Red Cross to maximize Red Cross presence and connectivity in the community and expand the community’s recognition of the breadth of the Red Cross contribution to the community
- Develops sustained community relationships to ensure capacity to achieve region mission goals
- Develops and manages the chapter board to effectively mobilize support and resources around the Red Cross mission
- Develops and manages community volunteer leaders to serve as the Face of the Red Cross in assigned territories
- Influences to create an environment of teamwork and inclusion to effectively deliver against the Red Cross mission
- Serves as a member of the Elected Officials Liaison Network supporting disaster responses across the nation
Requirements
- Four-year college degree (BS/BA) in Business, Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, Finance or non-profit administration or equivalent experience required
- Prefer Master’s degree in the field of community organization, public or business administration or non-profit management
- Minimum of 5 years related experience
- Demonstrated ability to exercise good and timely judgment in complex situations
- Demonstrated ability for strong communications and influencing skills along with public speaking and writing
- Demonstrated ability to develop and implement fundraising strategies
- Demonstrated ability to build sustain community relationships/partnerships
- Proficient with MS Office software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
- Familiarity with federal state and local employment laws
Benefits
- Medical, Dental Vision plans
- Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
- PTO: Starting 15 days a year; based on type of job and tenure
- Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays
- 401K with 6% match
- Paid Family Leave
- Employee Assistance
- Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term
- Service Awards and recognition
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
fundraising strategiescommunity organizationpublic administrationnon-profit managementpublic relationscommunicationsmarketingbusiness administrationMS Officewriting
Soft skills
strong communicationsinfluencing skillspublic speakingjudgmentteamworkinclusionrelationship buildingleadershiporganizational skillsvolunteer management