Project Executive Director
Company: KEES
Location: Fayetteville
Posted on: August 4, 2022
Job Description:
KEES has been exclusively retained by Community Food Navigator
in its search for a Project Executive Director. -- Community Food
Navigator is a startup, fiscally sponsored, non-profit project that
exists to support people, communities, and organizations to connect
and collaborate based on their shared interest in local,
accessible, and healthy food for all. The people doing the work
will guide the development and use of resources and tools. It is a
network-driven resource hub intended to support community-driven
food system practitioners who set priorities and steward solutions
based on their lived experiences. -- Community Food Navigator seeks
an entrepreneurial yet pragmatic risk-taker to evolve the project
and early-stage work to its next level. The Project Executive
Director (PED) will need to be comfortable working in a role that
can be both complex and demanding, balancing multiple priorities
and projects simultaneously. The PED has an opportunity to make
decisions, shape, drive and activate the strategies to advance this
project and direct the execution of community-stewarded plans and
programs in service to that mission. The PED will be able to
influence and adapt the structure of the team of 6 people. To
ensure the project remains centered on the perspectives of Black,
Brown, and Indigenous Contributors and allies in support of food
equity and justice, the project convenes a Community Steward Ring,
currently made up of 14 people representing 11 organizations. The
project is also supported by a team of consultants who are subject
matter experts supporting communications, governance, website, and
app development. The PED works closely with and reports to the
Project---s Founding Advisory Board and is employed by its fiscal
sponsor. -- Some requirements include:
- Experience and skill in managing decision-making and
collaboration across multiple stakeholders and relationships, and
in leading with influence versus authority.
- Track record in forecasting and financial management (e.g.,
P&L), including building budgets and financial models to pace
growth and shape structure.
- Demonstrated success in building strong and productive
cross-functional work teams focused on building a culture of
support, inclusion,--and belonging.
- Strong analytic and strategic-thinking skills, demonstrated
ability to create, implement, and monitor plans and then translate
those plans into goals and concrete strategies.--
- Seven years of relevant work experience that may include some
combination of sustainable urban agriculture, management
consulting, nonprofit leadership, community building and economic
development, public health, library sciences, information systems
and management, human-centered design, business, and--public
policy.
- Master---s degree preferred, in nonprofit administration,
community organizing, business, agriculture, or information
management and analysis at a systems level.
- Residency in the Chicago area preferred.-- Ability to meet in
person with stakeholders in the Chicago region.-- Ability to work
from home and travel by car throughout the Chicago region. -- The
salary is competitive and will be based on experience.--A
comprehensive benefits package includes 100% employer-paid health,
dental, and vision insurance; 3% automatic contribution and a 3%
employer match on 401k contributions; pre-tax transportation
benefits; and paid holidays, vacation, sick, and volunteer time
off. -- Community Food Navigator is a project of Windward Fund, a
501(c)(3) public charity that incubates new and innovative
public-interest projects and grant-making programs. Windward is
committed to attracting, developing, and retaining exceptional
people and to creating a work environment that is dynamic,
rewarding, and enables each of us to realize our potential.
Windwards work environment is safe and open to all employees and
partners, respecting the full spectrum of race, color, religious
creed, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin,
political affiliation, ancestry, age, disability, genetic
information, veteran status, and all other classifications
protected by law in the locality and/or state in which you are
working. -- For more information, and TO APPLY, please visit:--
https://bit.ly/Community-Food-Navigator_Project-ED -- -- ALL
INQUIRIES WILL BE HELD IN STRICT CONFIDENCE. KEES (formerly Alford
Executive Search) is a nonprofit executive search firm that builds
diverse teams and dynamic leaders in the nonprofit and public
entity sectors. A woman owned and operated firm, KEES offers a full
array of nonprofit consulting services including executive search,
leadership development, interim staffing, and HR support. For more
information, please visit www.kees2success.com. The Community Food
Network is a resource hub intended to support community-driven food
system practitioners who set priorities and steward solutions based
on their lived experiences. The project seeks to avoid duplication,
replication, or complication to existing entities and efforts.
Community Food Navigator is not an advocacy organization, an
academic think tank, a funder, or a direct program provider.
Rather, it seeks collaboration for the creation and create digital
and in-person spaces where people, communities, and organizations
connect and organize based on their shared interest in local,
accessible, and healthy food for all.--For more information, please
visit: https://communityfoodnavigator.org
Keywords: KEES, Fayetteville , Project Executive Director, Executive , Fayetteville, Arkansas
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