Job Description Position Summary: The Executive Director is the key management position of Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments, Inc. (“VINES”).  The Executive Director is responsible for overseeing the administration, programs and strategic plan of the organization. Other key duties include fundraising, marketing, and community outreach. The position reports directly to the Board of Directors. 

General Responsibilities:1) Board Governance: Works with board in order to fulfill the organization’s mission.

• Responsible for leading VINES in a manner that supports and guides the organization’s mission as defined by the Board of Directors.
• Responsible for communicating effectively with the Board and providing, in a timely and accurate manner, all information necessary for the Board to function properly and to make informed decisions.

2) Financial Performance and Viability: Develops resources sufficient to ensure the sustainable financial health of the organization.

• Responsible for the fiscal integrity of VINES, to include submission to the Board of a proposed annual budget and monthly financial statements that accurately reflect the financial condition of the organization.
• Responsible for fiscal management that generally anticipates operating within the approved budget, ensures maximum resource utilization, and maintenance of the organization in a positive financial position.
• Responsible for fundraising and developing other resources necessary to support VINES’s mission.

3) Organization Mission and Strategy: Works with board and staff to ensure that the mission is fulfilled through programs, strategic planning and community outreach.

• Responsible for implementation of VINES’s programs that carry out the organization’s mission.
• Responsible for strategic planning to ensure that VINES can successfully fulfill its Mission into the future.
• Responsible for working with the Board to enhance VINES’s image by being active and visible in the community and by working closely with other professional, civic and private organizations.

4) Organization Operations: Oversees and implements appropriate resources to ensure that the operations of the organization are appropriate.

• Responsible for effective administration of VINES operations.
• Work with the Board to hire and train competent, qualified staff.
• Responsible for staff supervision and retention.

 Actual Job Responsibilities:

• Planning and operation of annual budget.
• Establishing employment and administrative policies and procedures for all functions and for the day-to-day operation of the organization.
• Overseeing VINES’s outreach to the organization’s constituents, the media and the general public.
• Establishing and maintaining relationships with various organizations throughout the community and state and utilizing those relationships to strategically enhance VINES’s mission.
• Reporting to and working closely with the Board of Directors regarding policy decisions, fundraising and increasing the overall visibility of VINES in the community.
• Supervising a team of 3-5 full and part time staff and 15-20 summer youth employees who report to a program manager.
• Strategic planning and implementation.
• Participating and preparing for organization Board meetings and committee meetings as required by the Board.
• Overseeing fundraising and marketing and other communications efforts.
• Overseeing financial operations, including data entry into Quickbooks financial management software.
• Other duties as assigned by the Board of Directors.

 Professional Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree.
• Transparent, high integrity leadership, with a demonstrated ability to supervise and collaborate with staff.
• Solid, hands-on budget management skills, including budget preparation, analysis, decision-making and reporting. Ability to use QuickBooks preferred.
• Strong organizational abilities including planning, delegating, program development and task facilitation. Working knowledge of agriculture and food systems. Growing experience preferred.
• Familiarity with the nature and needs of the community VINES serves.
• Ability to convey a vision of VINES’ strategic future to staff, board, volunteers and donors.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate with and engage diverse volunteer and donor groups.
• Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation required.

Salary Range:    $40,000-45,000 commensurate with experience and qualifications.  Compensation this position is : salaried How to apply DeadlineDecember 15, 2015