Executive Director

About the role

The Executive Director leads the administrative, programmatic, and fiscal management of the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission (SCRC), ensuring the organizational structure, budget, and programs support the Commission's strategic plan and States' initiatives for the region. This position works closely with the Federal Co-Chair and State Co-Chairs.

Responsibilities

• Reviews and makes recommendations to the Federal Co-Chair and Commission on all plans, projects, and funding requests submitted by the states.
• Negotiates compromises in areas where agreement is difficult to reach.
• Consults and advises the Commission on the development of policies and initiatives.
• Implements and enforces all Commission resolutions and policies.
• Leads the development of policy and program changes in response to changes in levels of appropriations or other legislated changes.
• Communicates with the Federal Co-Chair and the States to ensure the most relevant and current information is available to the Federal and States’ offices.
• Serves as Secretary to the Commission, ensuring that Commission meetings are scheduled, recorded, and minutes maintained.
• Maintains an official repository of Commission documents.
• Reports to the Commission at each meeting on the activities of the Commission and Co-Chair’s Committee.
• Prepares the SCRC annual report for submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and member states.
• Performs special projects and other activities as requested or delegated by the Commission or the Co-Chairperson’s Committee.
• Affords meaningful opportunity for customer input and feedback and monitors evaluation results of all programs and significant initiatives undertaken by SCRC.
• Economic and Community Development Program:
  • Directs a multi-faceted community/economic development program with senior managers, subject matter professionals, technical support staff in grants management, program evaluation, research, and facilitation.
  • Leads a management team to identify opportunities and resolve issues related to the operations of the agency.
  • Establishes goals and performance measures for policy implementation, program management, and service delivery aligned with the Commission’s mission.
  • Facilitates long-range planning that anticipates future needs and identifies future growth opportunities.
  • Coordinates the overall planning, direction, and timely execution of all SCRC programs, including development, assignment, and higher-level clearance of goals and objectives for supervisors or managers of subordinate organizational units or lower organizational levels.
  • Represents the Commission at conferences, meetings, and other external facing events when requested by the Federal Co-Chairperson.
• Administrative Responsibilities to the Commission:
  • Provides direction for the planning, development, coordination, implementation, and evaluation of all efforts related to administrative functions of the organization including technology, communications, finance, human resources, and business services.
  • Structures the internal organization of the Commission and assigns duties and functions to the staff consistent with strategic goals/plans, agency priorities, and exigencies of public service.
  • Delegates authority to appropriate levels to maximize efficiency of operations.
  • Ensures that policies, guidance, standards, strategies, services, and resources are aligned with agency priorities and reflects an understanding of the impact on SCRC components and the overall SCRC mission, performance goals, and resource constraints.
  • Ensures that policies, guidance, and management practices are consistent with relevant laws, regulations, policies, mandates or guidance from Federal, State, and local regulatory bodies and others with relevant authority or oversight authority.
  • Ensures the organization’s information technology infrastructure is efficient, secure, and responsive to client’s needs.
  • Ensures the organization’s communications strategy aligns with its goals and includes engaging, accurate, and timely material shared through appropriate platforms.
  • Exercises, after consulting with the Office of the Federal Co-Chair, authority for personnel actions and organization design proposals recommended by subordinate supervisors.
  • Performs periodic assessments of staffing strategy, including adequacy or needs, training needs, succession planning readiness, employment practices, compensation, and management effectiveness in supporting and enforcing critical aspects of human resources management.
  • Ensures that Commission staff are fully informed about annual ethics training and duties.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education is required for consideration. A master’s degree or other post-secondary degree is preferred.
• Prior experience in economic development, community development, grants management, or other related area is required for consideration.
• The Executive Director will work out of the Columbia, SC office. Travel will be required.