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Traverse City, MI | United States

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Executive Director

Traverse City, Michigan

Is remote? Yes

Up North Pride
Traverse City, MI

Website: https://upnorthpride.com/

Posted: December 3, 2023

Contact Information

Name: Jill May, Board Member
Email: [email protected]

Job Description

Up North PrideJob Announcement: Executive Director

MISSION

The Up North Pride mission is to foster inclusive spaces by providing education and resources, inspiring activism and advocacy, and producing community-focused 2SLGBTQIA+ programs and events. Our programming and events create safe spaces for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community to gather, express, find each other, and celebrate who we are. We also provide opportunities for healthy discussions, education, and connections to resources. We envision a community where all of Northern Michigan’s 2SLGBTQIA+ members are visible, celebrated, and supported in all aspects of life. Since its founding 10 years ago, Up North Pride has grown to be the largest 100% volunteer-driven LGBTQ+ Pride event in Michigan—attracting more than 6,000 attendees per year—and Michigan's premier Pride destination, as well as a leader in Northern Michigan's LGBTQ+ advocacy. Up North Pride is made possible by overwhelming support from the community, including over 100 sponsors representing a variety of organizations, small businesses and corporations, 100+ volunteers, and a dedicated working board of directors. POSITION SUMMARY

Up North Pride is seeking an experienced professional to provide leadership and management of the continued growth of the organization in meeting the complex and ever-evolving needs of the Northern Michigan 2SLGBTQIA+ community.  The Executive Director will have overall strategic and operational responsibility for Up North Pride’s staff, programs, expansion, and execution of its mission. The ideal candidate will be a natural connector with excellent listening, communication and relationship building skills, able to aggregate talent and allies and build bridges between people from different communities, sectors and backgrounds. They will demonstrate a keen awareness of the needs and strengths of people and the versatility to read and respond to a changing environment and diverse perspectives, all from a social justice, intersectional framework of working with the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.RESPONSIBILITIES

The Executive Director is responsible for furthering the Up North Pride mission. General responsibilities include the supervision of a $200,000 annual operating budget and direct supervision of volunteer committees in partnership with the Board of Directors. Additional responsibilities include: 

• Ensure ongoing programmatic excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality of finance and administration, fundraising, communications, and systems
• Recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve the organization’s strategic goals
• Actively engage and energize Up North Pride’s volunteers, board members, event committees, partnering organizations, and funders  
• Develop, maintain, and support a strong board of directors; serve as ex-officio of each committee, seek and build board involvement with strategic direction for ongoing operations
• Ensure effective systems to track scaling progress, and regularly evaluate program components so as to measure successes that can be effectively communicated to the board, funders, and other constituents
• Oversee and engage in community awareness, systems change, and community engagement efforts to further Up North Pride’s mission and support long-term community change
• Expand local revenue generating and fundraising activities to support existing program operations and expansion 
• Deepen and refine all aspects of communications—from web presence to external relations with the goal of creating a stronger brand  
• Use external presence and relationships to garner new opportunities 
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures for all events and programs
• Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

The Executive Director will be thoroughly committed to Up North Pride’s mission and the people we serve. All candidates must have proven leadership, organizational development, fundraising, financial, and relationship management experience. The Executive Director must also have extensive knowledge of the dynamics of oppression and the history of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.  

Concrete demonstrable experience and other qualifications include:  

• At least 5 years of successful senior management experience 
• Track record of effectively leading a performance- and outcomes-based organization and staff
• Ability to point to specific examples of having developed and operationalized strategies that have taken an organization to the next stage of growth 
• Unwavering commitment to quality programs and data-driven program evaluation
• Proven ability to provide sound financial management oversight and ensure consistent financial health and sustainability of a nonprofit organization
• Successful fundraising track record, including the proven ability to provide oversight to a diverse organizational funding strategy, and to manage relationships with individual, corporate, foundation, and government funders
• Excellence in organizational management with the ability to coach staff and volunteers, manage and develop high-performance teams, and set and achieve strategic objectives
• Past success working with a board of directors with the ability to cultivate and strengthen board member relationships
• Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; persuasive and passionate communicator
• Strong marketing and public relations experience, with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders and cultures 
• A demonstrated ability to leverage social media for positive social change
• Experience in social justice work, including advocating for legislative reform at the state and federal levels
• Proficient in Google Suite, Slack, social media management, and familiarity with CRM/donor management platforms

ATTRIBUTES

The ideal candidate represents at least the majority of the following characteristics, experiences and  expertise:

• A desire to work with and on behalf of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and to otherwise further Up North Pride’s mission
• A desire to lead a working board as it transitions to a governance structure
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism and a willingness to commit to cultural humility as a lifelong process of self-reflection and self-critique whereby the individual not only learns about another's culture, but one starts with an examination of her/his/their own beliefs and cultural identities
• Passion, empathy, idealism, integrity, positive attitude, mission-driven, and self-directed
• Action-oriented, entrepreneurial, adaptable, innovative, and collaborative

The ideal candidate will be committed to:

• Effectuating long term social change for the benefit of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community
• Working collaboratively with a diverse board of directors and volunteers

THE DETAILS

Compensation: $75,000 per yearHours: Full Time / ExemptReports to: Board of DirectorsLocation: Remote. In person attendance of events and occasional meetings is required. Must be able to work a variety of hours in order to accommodate events at certain times throughout the year.Physical requirements: Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds at times. Must be able to stand and walk for long periods of time during events.

To Apply: Submit resume and cover letter to [email protected]. 

Up North Pride is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diminishing the influence of privilege and discrimination in our field and our workplace, whether due to differences concerning age, citizenship, color, disability, marital or parental status, race, religion, gender identity and expression, or sexual orientation.

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