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Chief Executive Officer

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Reno, NV, United States
Full-time

The board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Nevada seeks an inspiring CEO with strengths in strategy, operations and relationship-building that can coalesce to expand and sustain the agency’s impact on at-risk youth, their families, and our community, while ensuring the quality of mentoring for which the agency is already well known.

Areas of Responsibility: 

The New CEO will be Tasked with:

  • Increasing individual giving from XX% of total annual revenue to XX% of total annual revenue.
  • Creating a contingency plan for the agency’s Donation Center which relies upon a contractual agreement with Savers Thrift Stores.
  • Growing the number of youth served annually by 3%; identifying new opportunities to serve youth; implement and evaluate new and existing programs.
  • Projecting a passionate, articulate and persuasive image for the agency within the community that clearly sets the agency apart from the Boys & Girls Club.
Skills/Experience: 
  • A proven business or nonprofit leader with a demonstrated commitment to young people and their development;
  • A community-facing leader ambitious for the mission, respectful of staff, nurturing of donors and volunteers and fundamentally committed to children;
  • A strategically minded CEO with the tactical sense to make bold goals tangible, who is experienced at taking ideas and entities to scale;
  • A successful fundraiser with demonstrated success in securing large financial gifts from diverse funding sources;
  • A leader with demonstrated business acumen in terms of developing and monitoring budgets, overseeing revenues and expenditures, and monitoring and anticipating cash flow needs;
  • A “connector” who is comfortable and successful in building networks of community partners, brand and market, and who can enhance visibility to attract funds, volunteers, clients, and broad public support;
  • A governance-savvy executive who knows how to embrace the board as a true strategic asset;
  • An articulate speaker who can make the case for a sustainable financial model; a CEO at ease demonstrating the return on social investment that the agency generates for the community.
Compensation/Benefits: 

Compensation for this position will be commensurate with experience. Other compensation components include:

  • Comprehensive health benefits;
    • Hometown Health HMO;
    • Best Life Dental and VSP vision plan;
  • 10-12 paid holidays a year;
  • 18 days of paid time off (PTO) annually;
  • 403 (b) retirement plan with an agency match of $.50 of every dollar contributed up to 3% of pre-tax earnings following one year of continuous employment.

Organization Info

Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Jan 5 2018
Active Until: 
Feb 5 2018
Hiring Organization: 
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
industry: 
Nonprofit