Executive Director - Western KY (Owensboro)

Job Description

The Chapter Executive Director (ED) serves as the primary community facing leader and facilitator for the American Red Cross at the chapter level. They convene, align, and empower cross-functional teams and external partners to deliver core services, deploy secondary services where needed most, and strengthen community resilience.

Community Leadership & Representation

• Primary community facing leader of the American Red Cross – maximizing presence, connectivity, and recognition of Red Cross contributions in the community.
• Ensure upward, downward, and outward connectivity—coordinating stewardship across Programs, Communications, and Fundraising.

Chapter Planning & Regional Framework

• Participate as a member of the Regional Leadership Team to support achievement of regional program, revenue, volunteer recruitment & engagement, blood collection, and community engagement goals.
• Lead the chapter planning process and drive progress toward plan objectives.
• Convene and align cross-functional teams and external stakeholders across sectors (government, nonprofit, business, faith) to co-create chapter plans with shared outcomes, roles, and accountability.
• Use data and community voice to prioritize where secondary services are deployed to close gaps, strengthen resilience, and improve equity of access to Red Cross services.

Revenue & Fundraising

• Lead the chapter in supporting the achievement of the region’s revenue targets.
• Maintain assigned donor accounts as defined by the Regional Executive and CDO.
• Influence fundraising in conjunction with the Chief Development Officer.
• Recruit, develop, and support philanthropy committee members who have philanthropic influence in the community and will actively play a leadership role in fundraising.

Strategic Relationships & Elected Officials

• Manage a portfolio of strategic relationships: local elected officials, key community leaders & stakeholders.
• Support disaster responses locally, regionally, and nationally consistent with ConOps.

Board Governance & Development

• Develop, support, and ensure the success of the Chapter Board of Directors in support of the Red Cross mission.
• Manage and ensure the board meets published board guidance for membership.

Volunteer Leadership

• Develop, lead, and manage a cadre of community volunteer leaders who serve as the face of the Red Cross in assigned territories.
• Support mission capacity building by developing and stewarding key community partnerships and support recruitment of volunteers.

Team Member Partnerships

• Serve as a partner team member to Communications and Fundraising teams to align messaging, stewardship, and campaign execution.

What You Need To Succeed

• Education: Bachelor's degree required.
• Experience: Minimum 5 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
• Management Experience: NA

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to work on a team.

Travel

• May travel and participate in meetings and conferences throughout territory, state, and Red Cross system.

What Will Give You The Competitive Edge

• Established connections within the community.

Benefits For You

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
• PTO: Starting at 15 days a year; based on FLSA status and tenure
• Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays
• 401K with up to 6% match
• Paid Family Leave
• Employee Assistance
• Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term Service Awards and recognition