Executive Vice President - External Affairs
- Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including community organizations, government agencies, and corporate partners
- Will be a champion for customer service to the affiliates
- Develop brand identity and communication strategy for new strategic direction in Community Engagement with Vice President of Communications, that enhances the organizational reputation and brand
- Implement by developing collateral materials and focusing Volunteer of America publications
- Raise public awareness of Volunteers of America and the Strategic Direction, ensuring an appropriate degree of consistency in both the messages conveyed and the means/methods employed to convey them
- Develop and implement volunteer strategies to ensure increased involvement of the general public in community engagement, our programs and a broader mission of service
- Develop and manage strategic direction for fundraising, branding and message development with Vice President of Development
- Oversee the development and execution of specific and measurable fundraising strategies to ensure continued financial strength and growth for the organization’s future
- Foster new relationships with corporations, foundations and major donors
- Collaborate with affiliates and member associations to develop fundraising initiatives
- Lead outreach and engagement efforts to increase fund raising revenues
- Develop and implement public policy strategy for the new strategic direction with Vice President of Public Policy
- Direct other Volunteers of America’s public policy issues regarding social justice and government relations strategies
- Devise and implement strategies to engage the organization in advocacy
- Ensure that Volunteers of America's program experience and insight continues to add a distinctive and nonpartisan voice and perspective to the policy discussions and that its broader communications reflect its advocacy policy priorities
- Coordinate a government relations plan that creates key liaisons with all critical government agencies
- Foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement within the departments
- Develop strong business analytics and metrics to monitor and improve department performance
- Serve and collaborate with executive team members and provide leadership to the organization
- Work closely with the President and executive team members to develop and manage strategic direction
- Direct, manage and motivate external affairs team
- Strategize and contribute as a member of the senior management leadership of the entire organization
- Record of success in a decentralized, federated, growing, multi-state service organization and familiarity with the development of community engagement
- Strong understanding of impact measurement framework and methodologies
- Ability to embrace and support our Ministry
- Keen analytic and systems thinking skills that support and enable sound decisions in a complex organization
- Enterprising foresight coupled with an entrepreneurial spirit to recognize future trends and new opportunities
- Consultative style that ensures the transfer or acquisition of knowledge to, from and among affiliate organizations with a focus on making our affiliates wildly successful
- Inviting style characterized by responsiveness and accessibility to staff and affiliates
- Ability to listen and communicate clearly, effectively and persuasively at all levels of the organization, both orally and in writing
- Ability and political savvy to build and sustain relationships with many constituencies, both internal and external, including affiliates, colleagues, and funding sources
- Proven ability to lead, direct and empower senior level professionals
- Ability and willingness to make fund raising asks and serve as the spokesperson for the organization as needed
- Ability to think and implement strategically to attain the organization’s long range vision
- Ability to work flexible hours. Ability to travel is required
- Lifting: Requires lifting materials up to 10 lbs.
- Ability to stand or sit at a computer for prolonged periods
- The work environment characteristics and physical demands described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
- This position will take place primarily in an office setting
- 7 to 10 years in a leadership role at an organization, with a record of success in executive leadership and strategic visioning
- Advanced degree preferred
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