Senior Director, Friendship Programs
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Senior Director leading Best Buddies’ friendship programs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Expanding chapters, managing volunteers and staff, and strengthening mission delivery.
Responsibilities:
- Lead development of resources, recruitment campaigns, and success benchmarks for Best Buddies Citizens, Colleges, High Schools, Middle Schools, and Elementary Schools programs
- Lead program development and implementation, program evaluation, and volunteer tracking for the Friendship program pillar
- Ensure program staff meet goals for program expansion and one-to-one matching
- Provide strategic guidance and expertise supporting Best Buddies’ overall mission delivery
- Implement strategic initiatives to expand Friendship program chapters across the country
- Evaluate and refine program modules and practices
- Create management processes to enhance school-based Friendship program impact
- Collaborate with Senior Directors of other programmatic pillars on volunteer management goals and programmatic best practices
- Identify emerging trends in volunteer management and extracurricular clubs
- Publicly represent Best Buddies through speaking opportunities, fundraising events, conferences, and other venues
- Create recruitment campaigns to increase engagement around the Friendship pillar
- Supervise, develop, support, and provide performance feedback to staff
- Hold staff accountable for development and operational goals, benchmarks, best practices, and guidelines
- Conduct human resources activities and reinforce HR policies
- Identify capacity-building needs and develop communications and work plans with goals, timelines, and resource allocations
- Oversee the Friendship program team budget and spending
- Produce briefings, analyses, and other materials for State Operations, other departments, and the Best Buddies Board of Directors
- Travel as necessary to train and prepare staff to manage successful Friendship programs around the world
Requirements:
- At least six years of management experience
- Superior team building and leadership skills
- Superior project management skills, including planning, analysis, decision making, and problem solving
- Willingness to multitask
- Initiative, drive for results, and self-assessment skills
- Ability to lead individuals and teams in setting and achieving challenging goals
- Dependability and ability to lead by example
- Ability to adapt management style to fit the situation
- Ability to hold staff accountable for expectations
- Superior presentation skills
- Ability to influence, inspire, and articulate Best Buddies’ mission, goals, and activities
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and database programs
- Demonstrated expertise managing the Best Buddies Friendship Program model and mission delivery
- Experience developing and managing volunteer-led programs
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field and an advanced degree or equivalent work experience
- Ability to travel up to 30% of the time
Benefits:
- Comprehensive and generous benefits program
- Financial security benefits
- Health and wellness benefits
- Time off
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