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The Executive Director reports directly to the Board of Directors, and is responsible for ensuring that the Board oversees the long-range strategic, annual, and financial plans of the organization. S/he promotes effective external relations and continuing relationships with the BSC's alumni. S/he oversees staff, and assists them in their efforts to educate members to be effective participants in the BSC’s governance. S/he is responsible for ensuring that the BSC fulfills its mission of providing quality, low-cost cooperative housing to students. S/he provides leadership to the membership, the staff, and the Board of Directors, in order to ensure that all departments and programs of the BSC operate in a cost effective manner consistent with cooperative principles of democratic, participatory decision-making. | |||
Specific responsibilities: | Specific responsibilities: | ||
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# In conjunction with the Board of Directors, actively supports leadership development opportunities for co-op members, both in the organization’s operations and within the larger co-operative movement. | # In conjunction with the Board of Directors, actively supports leadership development opportunities for co-op members, both in the organization’s operations and within the larger co-operative movement. | ||
# Other duties as required by the Board of Directors or BSC policies. | # Other duties as required by the Board of Directors or BSC policies. | ||
====Skills/ knowledge required:==== | ====Skills/ knowledge required:==== | ||
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# Desire and ability to work with students | # Desire and ability to work with students | ||
# Desire and ability to work in a student-run, democratic, cooperative process | # Desire and ability to work in a student-run, democratic, cooperative process | ||
====Additional requirements:==== | ====Additional requirements:==== | ||
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# Willingness and ability to carry an emergency telephone and respond to emergency calls. | # Willingness and ability to carry an emergency telephone and respond to emergency calls. | ||
Preferred experience: | ====Education/experience required:==== | ||
# Four-year college degree | |||
# Five years of progressively responsible supervisory and management experience. | |||
====Preferred experience:==== | |||
# Previous experience living or working in a democratic or cooperative environment. | |||
Term of job: At will per written contract | Term of job: At will per written contract | ||
Basic wage: FT, salaried, wage level 23-29 | Basic wage: FT, salaried, wage level 23-29 | ||
Immediate supervisor: Board of Directors | Immediate supervisor: Board of Directors | ||
Benefits Contract: Contract negotiated with Board of Directors | Benefits Contract: Contract negotiated with Board of Directors | ||
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Board approved: 2009-05-07 | Board approved: 2009-05-07 |
Revision as of 22:12, 14 April 2011
General Job Description:
The Executive Director reports directly to the Board of Directors, and is responsible for ensuring that the Board oversees the long-range strategic, annual, and financial plans of the organization. S/he promotes effective external relations and continuing relationships with the BSC's alumni. S/he oversees staff, and assists them in their efforts to educate members to be effective participants in the BSC’s governance. S/he is responsible for ensuring that the BSC fulfills its mission of providing quality, low-cost cooperative housing to students. S/he provides leadership to the membership, the staff, and the Board of Directors, in order to ensure that all departments and programs of the BSC operate in a cost effective manner consistent with cooperative principles of democratic, participatory decision-making.
Specific responsibilities:
- Ensures the development of key strategies and vision related to strategic and long-range planning, and provides active leadership to the BSC's student-run Board of Directors, working collaboratively with the Board’s executive officers, in order to implement these policies and plans.
- • Regularly attends Board, Cabinet, Finance Committee, Information Technology Committee and External Affairs Committee meetings in order to perform this role.
- • Attends Personnel and Operations Committee as appropriate in light of the issues being addressed.
- • Serves on other time-limited or special purpose committees at the request of the Board.
- Oversees the Operations Manager's leadership of the BSC departments and programs responsible for educating members and supporting house management.
- Oversees Human Resources
- • Ensures the organization’s compliance with employment and labor laws and best practices in the workplace
- • Provides overall leadership to BSC employees
- Advises the Board of Directors in collective bargaining negotiations.
- Oversees long range fiscal planning in order to ensure the continuity and solvency of the organization.
- • Oversees the preparation of annual and semester budgets
- • Oversees annual and semester financial analysis
- • Reports regularly to the Board on the financial health of the organization
- • Reports to the Board on short-term and long-term risks to the BSC and promotes effective risk management.
- Oversees long range physical plant and capital asset planning
- • Reports regularly to the Board on the condition of the organization's real property and recommends plans for investing in the replacement and repair of building systems
- • Recommends short-term and long-range plans for increasing the BSC's housing capacity to meet community needs.
- Oversees Development and Communications
- • Serves on the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association and actively participates in its programs and committees
- • Ensures that the BSC and the Alumni Association share a common understanding of fundraising goals and plans
- • Pursues other fundraising on behalf of the BSC
- • Oversees external and internal communications to promote the goals of the BSC.
- Oversees Information Technology, including long-term improvement programs.
- Acts as the primary public and community relations contact for the BSC and works with outside agencies including banks, universities, lawyers, insurance companies, and government officials to fulfill this role
- Reports regularly to the Board and its committees, provides continuity and institutional memory, and makes recommendations on policies and procedures.
- Provides support to the Board of Directors and executive officers a in their efforts to inform and engage the membership in the democratic processes of decision-making in the BSC
- In conjunction with the Board of Directors, actively supports leadership development opportunities for co-op members, both in the organization’s operations and within the larger co-operative movement.
- Other duties as required by the Board of Directors or BSC policies.
Skills/ knowledge required:
- Working knowledge of:
- • Business and finance
- • Personnel and labor law
- • Property management
- • Contract law
- • Construction processes
- • Computer systems
- Excellent management/supervisory skills
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
- Ability to work in hectic situations, and in stress or crisis
- Acquired fluency with BSC policy and practices
- Desire and ability to work with students
- Desire and ability to work in a student-run, democratic, cooperative process
Additional requirements:
- Ability to sit for long hours and sustain long hours of computer and keyboard use.
- Willingness and ability to carry an emergency telephone and respond to emergency calls.
Education/experience required:
- Four-year college degree
- Five years of progressively responsible supervisory and management experience.
Preferred experience:
- Previous experience living or working in a democratic or cooperative environment.
Term of job: At will per written contract
Basic wage: FT, salaried, wage level 23-29
Immediate supervisor: Board of Directors
Benefits Contract: Contract negotiated with Board of Directors
Board approved: 2009-05-07