Chief Executive Officer - Boys & Girls Club of Benton County
Job Description
Full Job Description
Overview:
About the Organization
Priority Outcomes
Healthy Lifestyles
Character & Citizenship
Community Engagement
Staff/Volunteers
Our mission is to inspire & enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens. Our vision is to provide a world-class Club Experience that assures success is within reach of every young person who enters our doors, with all members on track to graduate from high school with a plan for the future, demonstrating good character and citizenship, and living a healthy lifestyle.
About the Organization
Boys and Girls Club of Benton County has six stand-alone locations, an athletic center located in Bentonville, and 13 sites within the Rogers Public School district. Each site is carefully maintained to provide a safe place for children to have fun, do homework, and be active. Each facility serves a particular set of schools and transportation is provided for after-school care.
Clubs provide a safe place to play, laugh, discover, and learn for youth in grades TK-8. We offer SEL-based enrichment programs before and after school, as well as Non-School Days and Summer Camps. Caring, trained staff and volunteers work with our members in a supervised, safe and structured environment. They foster a sense of belonging, responsibility, civility, and civic engagement, helping youth build new skills so they can succeed and receive recognition for their personal accomplishments.
Priority Outcomes
Academic Success
Programs are designed to ensure that all Club members graduate from high school on time, ready for a post-secondary education and a 21st-Century career.
Healthy Lifestyles
These programs develop young people’s capacity to engage in positive behaviors to nurture their well-being, set personal goals, and grow into self-sufficient adults.
Character & Citizenship
Program participants develop leadership skills and gain opportunities for planning, decision-making, and contributing to their Club and community.
Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities
Leadership/Fiscal Responsibility: Reports to Board of Directors
- Responsible for the implementation of strategic plans as set by the Board of Directors, as well as annual goals and objectives; financial, program and administrative management; and leadership of the organization. Guidance and direction are provided by the President of the Board, and by the Board and its Executive Committee.
- Promote Boys & Girls Clubs services to individuals, other service organizations and the local community with a focus on collaboration, directing and participating in public relations and fundraising activities.
- Work closely with the supplier community and Walmart which comprises nearly 40% of our funding for our annual budget.
- Establish goals and budgets; Develop policies and procedures; Monitor and approve the organization’s program services to ensure achievement of the mission and goals of BGC in collaboration with and support of the Board of Directors.
- Oversee management and attainment of resources necessary to ensure the stable financial operations of the organization are conducted in accordance with applicable laws.
- Oversee talent management activities of the organization, including recruiting, training, mentoring and evaluating both paid and volunteer staff, and provide leadership to Club staff by developing administrative and operational standards by which goals will be met.
- Shape the culture of the organization, creating a positive workplace and developing a high- performing team.
- Provide professional leadership to the Board of Directors to ensure development of an effective and motivated Board, including identification, recruitment, training and involvement of Board members in meeting the goals of the organization.
- Leadership role in organization’s Safety Committee and serve as a key player in the development of institutional policies, procedures, and practices ensuring that the organization and all unit clubs are in compliance with local, state, and federal safety requirements and the Membership Requirements of Boys & Girls Clubs of America at all times.
- Ensure that the organization is in compliance with membership and other requirements or standards of Boys & Girls Clubs of America, other affiliated and regulatory agencies and that the Organization has standards and measures in place that define effective safety practices, train to those annually, and identify vulnerabilities and strategies to mitigate risks.
- Serve as point of escalation, feedback and approval for reportable Club incidents ensuring that all accident and incident reports are completed, up to date and submitted to administrative office for archiving.
- May be assigned special projects periodically by the Board of Directors.
Community Engagement
- Promote Boys & Girls Clubs services to individuals, other service organizations, and the local community with a focus on collaborative communication and engagement.
- Direct and participate in public relations and fundraising activities; lead activities to raise funds or otherwise solicit and gather monetary donations or other gifts for the organization.
Staff/Volunteers
- Oversee staffing activities of the organization over 100 on staff, including recruiting, training, mentoring, and evaluating both paid and volunteer staff.
- Provide leadership to Club staff by developing administrative and operational standards by which goals will be met.
Qualifications:
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Education
Leadership Skills
Strategic Orientation - The ideal candidate will be able to draw a high level of insight from having successfully led in several different operating environments. The candidate will not only be able to set a compelling vision for the organization but will also be able to develop a strategy and structure to realize the vision and drive supporting plans and programs. An ability to assess current strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) and set priorities accordingly will enable this leader to position the organization for continued success in the years to come.
Team Leadership - This leader will have a strong track record of building and leading effective teams. They
will be able to increase the capacity of the existing staff and raise the level of expertise of those they bring into the organization. They will also be a recognized leader in the community and be viewed as a peer among business leaders and other key stakeholders. Additionally, this leader will have the social range to connect, not just at the senior executive and Board level, but also with the kids the Clubs serve.
Results-Oriented - The successful candidate will have a track record of consistently delivering results in
dynamic situations involving multiple stakeholders (e.g., school district, social service agencies, key donors, etc.). These results will relate not only to improvements in service quality but will also relate to broad community engagement. Being able to drive internal results (e.g., cost management, eliminating wasteful practices, improved quality) and external results (fundraising, brand awareness, advocacy) will be equally important.
Collaboration & Influencing - This leader will have demonstrated a track record of building and sustaining effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders alike. They will be particularly good at forging partnerships and working with a Board of Directors. They will be able to leverage excellent communication skills to build and engage a network of a broad range of stakeholders. They will share the vision with that network and engage them in that vision to garner their support.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Education
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university required; advanced degree preferred.
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