Associate Director, Institutional Advancement (Full-Time, Exempt)
Title: Associate Director, Institutional Advancement (Full-time, exempt)
Reports to: Executive Director
Date: November 2017
Salary Range: 55 – 67K (depending on experience)
The Latino Policy Forum is the only organization in the Chicago area that facilitates the involvement of Latinos at all levels of public decision-making processes. The Forum strives to improve education outcomes, advocate for affordable housing, promote just immigration policies, and engage diverse sectors of the community.
Summary: The Forum seeks a self-motivated Associate Director, Institutional Advancement, with experience managing and delegating responsibility to four staff members. The successful candidate will work directly with the executive director to ensure strategic plans and deliverables are met and within budget. He/she will supervise the managers and coordinate the activities of the Communications, Development, and Operations (budgets/office management) departments. He/she uses his/her extensive knowledge/skills to ensure effective functioning of all departments; for developing and implementing strategies to strengthen operational excellence, fundraising, fiscal management, communications, and marketing; to lead annual planning; and to ensure effective communications and relationships are maintained within the agency and with external partners
Major responsibilities in partnership with Executive Director:
- Work with and coordinate efforts to effectively manage communications, development, operations, and finance functions
- Work directly with staff to create workplans timelines/comprehensive plans, implement, and ensure delivery of annual organizational, departmental, and individual performance goals
- HR related matters – identify organizational/staff performance concerns; recommend/implement guidance for remedial action; design/implement performance review processes; manage interview/hiring/termination processes; work within co-employer relationship to comply with governmental HR policies; keep employees motivated, resolve conflicts
- Collaborate with staff to ensure all deadlines are met
- Work with managers to implement/revise strategies in response to administrative, legislative/regulatory, challenges/opportunities
- Ensure effective coordination within designated managers on project status, objectives, goals, activities, challenges, timelines, and impact
- Ensure workloads/responsibilities of staff are appropriately assigned; coach staff to manage project scope, timelines, deadlines, deliverables, work plans, risks, measures for achieving goals
- Track departmental progress and performance
- Meet budgetary objectives
- Ensure effective communications and relationships are maintained within the agency and with external partners
- Prepare reports for executive director and Board approval
- Completes special projects/other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Minimum of seven years relevant, direct, quantifiable experience in the following areas: fund-raising and development; marketing and communications; HR/staff supervision; operations. Nonprofit and/or work in the Latino community. MA or PhD in related field. Superior communications and interpersonal skills. Bi-lingual a plus. Demonstrated leadership/supervisory skills within an organization. Technologically skilled; experience with Windows/Microsoft applications.
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Send/email a cover letter, RESUME and ONE-PAGE writing sample to: Resumes@latinopolicyforum.org