Executive Director

Responsibilities

• Strategy
  • Setting priorities for the next growth phase
  • Aligning programming and personnel with goals
  • Making strategic decisions based on developments in election administration and related policy fields
  • Identifying opportunities to expand the Center’s reach and impact
• Fundraising
  • Stewarding existing foundation relationships
  • Ensuring renewal of grants
  • Cultivating new grant support from institutional funders
  • Growing individual donor base, focusing on five-figure and recurring major gifts
  • Developing the Center’s emerging fee-for-service revenue stream
• External Relations
  • Serving as the Center’s primary spokesperson
  • Building and maintaining relationships with partners
  • Engaging in conferences, meetings, and other public events
• Operations
  • Recruiting, developing, and retaining a high-performing, mission-driven team
  • Oversight of day-to-day operations and financial management
  • Budgeting, forecasting, and contracts management
  • Ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and ethical standards
• Governance
  • Liaison between the Board and staff
  • Planning and facilitating board meetings
  • Reporting on program milestones and finances
  • Collaborating with the Board to strengthen governance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in public administration, public policy, nonprofit management, finance, or a related field – or comparable professional experience
• 5-10 years of senior leadership experience managing teams and budgets (in any sector), including at least three years managing in a nonprofit organization
• Demonstrated ability to set strategic priorities and translate them into actionable plans in a shifting landscape
• Track record of cultivating new foundation grants and renewing existing grants
• Experience building an individual donor base, including five-figure and recurring gifts
• Strong financial management skills, including budgeting, forecasting, and reporting
• Excellent communication skills for conveying the Center’s mission and impact to partners and donors
• Strong project and program management skills
• Experience leading teams in a largely remote work environment
• Proven success developing and collaborating with a Board of Directors to achieve strategic goals
• Demonstrated ability to maintain professional neutrality and nonpartisan credibility with a wide range of stakeholders