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National Audubon Society · 1 day ago

Vice President, Conservation Action, Chapters

United States

Full-time

Remote

Director/Executive

$143K/yr - $160K/yr

15+ years exp

The National Audubon Society is a leading nonprofit conservation organization dedicated to protecting birds and the places they need. The Vice President, Conservation Action, Chapters is responsible for building and advancing the strategy to connect and equip community and campus chapters to contribute meaningful impact toward the organization’s strategic plan.

EducationNon ProfitPublishingWildlife Conservation

Responsibilities

Establish and advance Audon’s community and campus chapters priorities, strategies, and tactics and work closely with conservation leaders to design implementation plans to deliver impact at scale toward Audubon’s strategic goals

Effectively guide, manage, and support systemic transformations – considering all stakeholders’ diverse needs and perspectives – that will empower and equip chapters to make stronger contributions to Audubon’s strategic goals

Manage a team of direct reports, through establishment of work objectives and priorities, reviewing and revising these objectives, focusing on Audubon’s community and campus chapters strategies and overseeing cross-division teams and communities of practice to deliver on chapter initiative outcomes

Serve as a natural partner with Development on fundraising for Community Building and chapters priorities and support a culture of philanthropy across the team and organization

Manage the community and campus chapters cost center, and provide Conservation leadership with recommendations on resource needs and allocations to achieve chapter plans across the organization that meet Community Building goals

Accountable for ensuring tracking, measurement, and reporting of chapters work toward organizational strategic goals

Play a key role in organizing the biannual Audubon Leadership Conference, under the leadership of the Managing Director of Community Building and in partnership with Conservation leaders, chapters, members, and partners

Drive adoption of Audubon’s Values and Conservation Principles within the team and across chapters work

Serve as an internal and external thought leader on community building and chapters, providing analysis on issues, solutions, and trends and developing new ideas and approaches to meet community building goals

Build and maintain enduring relationships with key chapter and community building leaders and partners. Elevate Audubon’s leadership and profile with external leaders, coalitions, and partners

Ensure that all Audubon financial standards, operating policies, programmatic commitment, and legal/statutory requirements are met

Support a culture of philanthropy, including public funding efforts

Collaborate with colleagues across the Americas including through joint planning and execution of shared priorities

Maintain and foster culture of safety

Other job-related duties as assigned

Qualification

Programmatic managementVolunteer managementFundraisingCommunity organizingBusiness planningStrategic decision-makingProject managementTeam buildingCultural competenceCommunicationCollaborationInterpersonal skills

Required

15+ years of experience in programmatic, volunteer management, community organizing, and/or grassroots engagement in a federated or matrixed organization, including at least 5 years in a management/leadership role. An equivalent combination of education and experience will also be considered

Demonstrated capacity for strategic decision-making, aligning choices with long-term organizational goals, and considering the broader impact on the organization's mission and vision; competence in making timely decisions even in complex or ambiguous situations

Documented success in fundraising and willingness to engage as a natural partner to Development staff on fundraising efforts is required

Proven ability to build and lead a diverse team of staff and supporters

Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential

Experience, discipline, and focus in business planning and budgeting required. Demonstrated success with project management and/or operational experience is necessary

Experience engaging and successfully cultivating diverse community partners and stakeholders required

Willingness and interest to consider hemisphere-wide opportunities and better integrate those into the existing work

Proven ability to oversee an array of projects simultaneously, and lead through influence as much as through formal authority. Skilled in collaboration, team building, delegation, and transparent, consultative management

Deep commitment to building a culture of workplace excellence is a must and a willingness to lead through organizational change is necessary for success

Ability to spend time with staff in person, as needed. Willingness to travel out of state and internationally, as needed, and work occasional nights and weekends, when necessary. Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time

Ability to maintain a high level of integrity, transparency, and an interpersonal style that creates the ability to connect genuinely with people at all levels and from varied backgrounds

Commitment to Audubon's organizational values of care, collaboration, change, integrity, impact, and innovation

Preferred

Knowledge of and experience with best practices and current trends in nonprofit volunteer management, grassroots development, and leadership, and/or governance strongly preferred

Company

National Audubon Society

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The National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation.

Founded in 1905

New York, New York, USA

501-1000 employees