CEO/Executive Director
Start Date: Early 2018
We’re looking for an ambitious, passionate, and experienced leader to bring re:work to the national stage. Someone who cares deeply about economic equality.
We’re a young nonprofit, and you’ll join a team of one full-time employee and five part-time employees . You’ll work directly with the founder, full-time staff, freelance staff, volunteers, and the Board of Directors.
You will be taking our organization to the next level.
So, what would you be responsible for?
Execution:
Ensure our Chicago operations are functioning at a high-level (i.e. hit our KPIs)
Analyze our current operations and personnel, then increase our efficiency and impact
Serve our primary customers (candidates, employers, partners) with exceedingly high quality
Explore options for new revenue streams, expense-reduction, and business model adjustments
Ensure the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of all financial accounting and reporting
Report quarterly results to the Board of Directors
Scale:
Increase our current growth rate across recruiting, training, placement, and support functions
Explore new cities/markets for expansion and create a repeatable model for expanding into those markets
Establish a national presence for our brand (e.g. board members, communications, partnerships, etc.)
Evaluate and implement technology that will increase our efficiency without diluting our quality of service
Maintain a supremely quality service despite growth
Fundraising:
- Sustain the organization’s financial health through contributed (grants) and earned (staffing fee) revenue
Understand the landscape of local and national workforce development grantmaking
Seek and land grants: major gifts, corporate, foundations, government
Nurture existing relationships with foundations and donors
Consistently grow our annual revenues
Business Development:
Develop and maintain partnerships with:
Employers/corporations
Nurture our existing partnerships and ensure a high satisfaction rate
Sign contracts with new partners and maintain our staffing fee
Create new partnership options by type of employer
Formalize national partnerships with national employers
Nonprofit partners
Nurture our existing partnerships and inform them about candidate outcomes
Formalize national partnerships with national nonprofits
Grow the number of referring organizations and number of referrals per cohort
Find and establish national partnerships for colocation or shared real estate (nonprofits, corporations, or community colleges)
Understand the landscape of software sales communities, groups and organizations and leverage their network/resources
Explore M&A opportunities that could drastically increase our impact
Recruiting:
Staff the organization with diverse talent from both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors
Build and manage a diverse, top-tier executive team
Grow our Board of Directors based on the 3 W’s (ask for more info!)
Hire only team members who live and breathe our values (https://reworktraining.org/ourwhy/)
Communications:
Bring our vision and mission to the world (https://reworktraining.org/ourwhy/)
Increase local and national awareness of our brand through PR
Refine our web presence through pro bono marketing services
Oversee thoughtful, creative marketing campaigns that tell the stories of our people
What do we need from you?
To embody our values: perspective, merit, respect, courage, communication, flexibility
Leadership. You inspire with action and words
Execution. You do what it takes to produce great results
Experience. 5-10 years of experience running an organization or business unit
Energy. You fuel yourself and others around you
Flexibility. You can change course without skipping a beat, assuming it makes sense
Resourcefulness. You do a lot with a little
Ideas. We are not perfect. You bring fresh ideas on how we can improve
Bonus points for:
MBA in a relevant field (nonprofit management, entrepreneurship, education, etc.)
Experience in workforce development or alternative education
B2B software experience
Sales management experience
A diverse personal, professional and educational background
What do you get?
Control. This will be your organization to run and grow
To actually change Americans’ lives
A competitive salary
Medical, vision, and dental coverage
A blank canvas (company) on which to ‘paint’ (your work)
To work with great people
Networking with Chicago leaders across multiple industries
How to apply:
Interested? Send your LinkedIn profile to [email protected], along with a note on why you’re a great fit for the organization.
About us:
re:work training is a 501(c)3 that trains people with nontraditional backgrounds how to sell software. We then get them entry-level sales jobs at Chicago tech employers. More at reworktraining.org.