JOB SUMMARY

The Boys & Girls Club of Muncie is seeking a new Chief Executive Officer to lead our board, staff, volunteers and, most importantly, Club Kids into a thriving future.  This opportunity is tailored for someone with confidence, ability to take independent action, initiative, a sense of urgency, and the ability to make decisions and take responsibility for them. A well-suited candidate can react and adjust quickly to changing conditions and come up with practical ideas for dealing with them.  The style the position needs is purposeful, directed at getting things done quickly. There is a great deal of challenge and pressure, and people and problems must be handled with confidence and determination.  If you consider yourself a talented coach and mentor then this position may be ideal for you.

The position of CEO requires a self-disciplined person who can handle details as long as they are only an intermittent aspect of the job, and not the primary responsibility. This job requires self-assurance and competitive drive. There is a strong demand for high quality, organized and repeatable results. The responsibilities are broad in scope, encompassing a wide variety of activities requiring rapid shifts in priorities. This is primarily a task-focused job, requiring a somewhat authoritative, directive leadership style that encourages results-driven, task-oriented collaboration.

Does this sound like a challenge that you are up for?  If yes, then take a deeper look at the full job description and reach out and apply.  We are ready for the person who is going to lead us into the future right now. Is that you?

Key Roles

These are fundamental behaviors that the role of CEO will demand daily.  Inability to consistently demonstrate alignment with any competency listed below increases likelihood of performance issues in critical functions of the job.

• This position requires confidence, independent action, initiative, a sense of urgency, and the ability to make decisions and take responsibility for them. A well-suited candidate can react and adjust quickly to changing conditions and come up with practical ideas for dealing with them.
• The style is purposeful, directed at getting things done quickly. There is a great deal of challenge and pressure, and people and problems must be handled with confidence and determination.
• The position requires a self-disciplined person who can handle details as long as they are only an intermittent aspect of the job, and not the primary responsibility. This job requires self-assurance and competitive drive.
• There is a strong demand for high quality, organized and repeatable results. The responsibilities are broad in scope, encompassing a wide variety of activities requiring rapid shifts in priorities.
• This is primarily a task-focused job, requiring a somewhat authoritative, directive leadership style that encourages results driven, task-oriented collaboration.

Job Characteristics

Pace and Variety of Activities

• Faster-than-average pace; ability to learn quickly, thoroughly, and in detail
• Must recognize and adjust to change
• There is considerable variety in the work

Focus

• Strategic, big-picture thinking backed by an added focus on the tactical aspects of the work
• Setting and achieving specific standards for self and for others; an emphasis on schedule and quality
• Primarily task-focused, with some action-oriented collaboration required occasionally

Decision-Making

• Seeks and accepts decision authority and responsibility
• Will effectively weigh risk against the benefit; while not cautious, a calculated decision maker
• An independent decision maker, occasionally utilizing team consensus or collaboration

Communication and Collaboration

• Requires a lively and incisive communicator, more authoritative than persuasive in style
• A stimulating influence on others, while being firm, direct, and self-assured in dealing with them
• Some collaboration within own team but a more independent style in general

Delegation and Leadership Style

• Prefers to delegate routine detail work; will follow up closely and critically for standards and schedule
• Capable of delegating some authority, with close follow-up and control
• Maintains control of overall agenda, and includes others in a task-focused manner
• Creates a disciplined process

Key Responsibilities

• Guides, supports and serves the Board of Directors in establishing goals and developing policies, procedures, budgets and programs that fulfill the mission of the Boys & Girls Club.
• Provides leadership to Club staff through the establishment of goals, objectives, and procedures; develops administrative and operational standards by which goals will be met.
• Hires, grows, coaches and develops staff to productivity and creates effective work environment for team.
• Measured by attendance, time invested in coaching/training, consistent successful completion of assigned projects, 360 feedback
• Monitors and approves the organization's program services and assures achievement of its mission and goals
• Measured by set performance expectations for each program
• Assures that the organization is following membership and other requirements or standards of Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and other affiliated and regulatory agencies.
• Measured by regular audits from BGCA and board inquiries
• Promotes Boys & Girls Club services to individuals, other service organizations, and the local community
• Measured by time and energy devoted to meeting with community members, collaborating with leaders and attending key community events
• Leads fundraising and resource development efforts
• Measured by strategic vision, well communicated process, follow through and results vs. $ goal every quarter
• Provides professional leadership to the Board of Directors to assure development of an effective and motivated board
• Measured by identification of talent, recruitment, training and involvement of members in meeting the goals of the organization

**Inability to consistently perform to KPRs as listed above will lead to performance improvement plan and could potentially lead to termination should KPR attainment not be within the ability of the CEO.  Each of these critical areas will also be measured against consistent time and energy management toward attainment. **

Additional Responsibilities

• May be assigned special projects periodically by the Board of Directors.

Relationships

Internal: Maintains close contact with Board of Directors, Club Staff, and volunteers.

External: Maintains contact with potential and current donors and external community groups

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS REQUIRED

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university preferred.
• A minimum of eight years’ work experience in a non-profit agency or Boys & Girls Club which included management and supervision, with at least two years in a leadership capacity; or an equivalent combination of experience.
• Demonstrated skills and competency in the following areas: the mission, objectives, policies, programs and procedures of Boys & Girls Clubs; of the principles and practices of nonprofit organizations and of management; and resource development activities and sources of funding.
• Demonstrated ability to organize, direct, plan and coordinate operations in a multiunit organization.
• Leadership skills, including negotiation, problem solving, decision making, delegation.
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written; ability to speak effectively and persuasively to groups and individuals.
• Demonstrated competency and ability in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with the Board of Directors, staff, community groups, and other related agencies.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise professionals and other staff/volunteers who may be in distant subunits of the organization.
• Advanced knowledge and expertise in asset management including financial resources and property.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise professionals and other staff.

DISCLAIMER

The information presented indicates the general nature and level of work expected of employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain, nor to be interpreted as, a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications and objectives required of employees assigned to this job.