Executive Director - North Carolina

About the role

This person will lead our efforts to launch and oversee Braven's potential new NC region, including its first potential new higher education partner within NC. The ED will also work with the Central External Affairs team and the future NC External Affairs Director to raise roughly $9M for the first three years of programming before the launch of the new school site, among other external priorities.

Responsibilities

• Implementing a comprehensive multi-year strategic plan to reach our vision for scale and excellent outcomes with our prospective partner and future NC region, higher education partners
• Ensuring strong program execution resulting in both positive experiences and outcomes for Fellows, volunteers, and partners
• Building, managing, and expanding a regional advisory board that will help maximize the NC region's impact, narrative, and sustainability
• Ensuring the health of key stakeholder relationships at both university and employer partners, including university and corporate executives
• Raising Braven's brand awareness through thought-leadership, awards, public speaking, social media, and press pieces
• Exploring the local political landscape and engaging in critical policy efforts when relevant
• Raising roughly $9M prior to the launch of the new school, among other external priorities
• Deepening our political capital and thought leadership to ensure that our region maintains its meaningful position in the educational fabric of the community
• Focusing on significantly growing and diversifying a sustainable funding base that will include gifts from individuals, corporations, foundations, and government
• Attracting, hiring, and developing a team of diverse and talented staff members
• Directly managing and developing the Regional Senior Director and Director, External Affairs
• Coaching and developing regional staff members to exhibit strong cultural leadership skills and orientations
• Serving as the model and leader of Braven culture within the hub
• Serving on the organization's Alignment Team to influence organization-wide impact, growth, and sustainability

Requirements

• BS/BA with 7-10 years leadership experience as an Executive, leading a department, or similar, with a verifiable track record of achieving successful outcomes while maintaining an inclusive, equitable, and sustainable team culture
• Preferred Qualifications: 1-3 years in non-profit, higher education, economic or workforce development, or a chamber of commerce; proficiency in Google Suite, Slack, Asana, Salesforce, Jira, Confluence; demonstrated commitment to and understanding of the experiences of first-generation college students and students from low income backgrounds; exemplifies Braven's core values; experiences that have informed your belief in Braven's mission and have prepared you to work with or for Braven's student Fellow population; motivation and drive to fundraise and ensure the financial sustainability of the region; ability to make strong data-informed decisions because you excel at drawing actionable insights from analyses and translating for yourself and others how these insights further your strategy; experiences that have informed your belief in Braven's mission and have prepared you to work with or for Braven's student Fellow population

Qualifications

• Minimum Requirements: BS/BA 7-10 years leadership experience as an Executive, leading a department, or similar, with a verifiable track record of achieving successful outcomes while maintaining an inclusive, equitable, and sustainable team culture
• Preferred Qualifications: 1-3 years in non-profit, higher education, economic or workforce development, or a chamber of commerce; proficiency in Google Suite, Slack, Asana, Salesforce, Jira, Confluence; demonstrated commitment to and understanding of the experiences of first-generation college students and students from low income backgrounds; exemplifies Braven's core values; experiences that have informed your belief in Braven's mission and have prepared you to work with or for Braven's student Fellow population; motivation and drive to fundraise and ensure the financial sustainability of the region; ability to make strong data-informed decisions because you excel at drawing actionable insights from analyses and translating for yourself and others how these insights further your strategy; experiences that have informed your belief in Braven's mission and have prepared you to work with or for Braven's student Fellow population

Benefits

Compensation and Benefits
Braven offers competitive base salaries based on the midpoint of the market among not-for-profit organizations of similar size, with opportunities for salary growth over time. We believe in compensating staff members fairly in relation to each other, their qualifications, and their impact on behalf of the organization, and take internal and external equity seriously. Given our commitment to equity, Braven does not negotiate salary offers; instead, each salary offer is determined carefully using external and internal benchmarking. Starting salary within the range is determined by role scope and qualifications, with new hires starting at the lower end to allow for growth with performance. Braven does not base compensation on individual candidate salary expectations and is committed to maintaining internal equity. The salary ranges are set by geographic market. The salary range for this role is $179,600-$224,400 with new hires starting at the beginning of the range to allow for room for growth. This is based on a 50-hour work week. This is a full-time, regular, exempt, and benefits eligible position where you will be working at 100% capacity. Braven also provides a comprehensive total rewards package, recognition, and career development. While Braven reserves the right to change benefits at any time, current benefits include:

• Unlimited vacation time in addition to org-wide holidays and three team-wide, week-long shutdowns in Spring, Summer, and Winter (this is a minimum of 24 days per year)
• Braven supports your path to parenthood and beyond with $25,000 in lifetime Carrot benefits for fertility, family-building, and hormonal health
• Match of your 401K contribution up to 5% of your base annual salary, starting your first full month
• Coverage of 85% of health insurance premium for employee and dependents
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• A one-month paid sabbatical after 4 years on staff

Pay

$179,600 - $224,400

Schedule

Full-time, regular, exempt, and benefits eligible position where you will be working at 100% capacity. Braven also provides a comprehensive total rewards package, recognition, and career development. While Braven reserves the right to change benefits at any time, current benefits include:

• Unlimited vacation time in addition to org-wide holidays and three team-wide, week-long shutdowns in Spring, Summer, and Winter (this is a minimum of 24 days per year)
• Braven supports your path to parenthood and beyond with $25,000 in lifetime Carrot benefits for fertility, family-building, and hormonal health
• Match of your 401K contribution up to 5% of your base annual salary, starting your first full month
• Coverage of 85% of health insurance premium for employee and dependents
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• A one-month paid sabbatical after 4 years on staff