Reform La Jails : Executive Director – Talent Poole / Talent Poole Consulting

N/A 1-Year Employee Growth Rate | N/A 2-Year Employee Growth Rate | LinkedIn | $0 Venture Funding

What Is Employee Growth Rate & Why Is It Important?

The Executive Director will be primarily responsible for the following: 

Leadership and Management

• Set vision and strategic direction for the organization and act as the chief spokesperson for RLJ
• Direct all RLJ Programs, Staff and Consultants
• Set and evolve policy goals and priorities, communicating those goals to the team and external stakeholders as needed.
• Hire, lead, coach, develop, and retain high-performing staff, contractors, and volunteers.
• Develop and maintain systems to track progress, regularly evaluate key program components (i.e. finance, fundraising, communications, and administration) for communication to the Board, funders, and other stakeholders.

Fundraising and Communications

• Use external presence and relationships to garner new fundraising, communications, and partnership opportunities.
• Steward fundraising activities, including developing target lists, speaking to funders, attending events and cultivating relationships with donors.
• Oversee Communications Department, ensuring brand consistency and impact.

Strategic Partnerships and External Affairs 

• Be an external local and national presence that publishes and communicates on RLJ priorities and program results, with an emphasis on the successes of the local program as a model for regional and national replication.
• Maintain and strengthen relationships with partner organizations and key justice coalitions.
• Build partnerships with new coalitions, businesses, and CBOs.

Our ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications and experience:

• At least 7-10 years of executive or other leadership experience.
• Unwavering commitment to ending mass incarceration and eradicating racial discrimination in the carceral system.
• Strong fundraising experience with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders.
• Track record of effectively leading and scaling an outcomes-based organization.
• Excellence in organizational management. Including experience overseeing and directing a budget and managing quality programs and data-driven program evaluation.
• Experience overseeing and directing organizational budgets.
• Ability to exercise high levels of discretion with confidential information, and sound judgment on matters related to team culture.
• Past success working with a Board of Directors.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; a persuasive and passionate communicator with excellent interpersonal and multidisciplinary project skills.
• Action-oriented, entrepreneurial, adaptable, and innovative approach to planning.

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