Peer Support Space · 1 week ago
Executive Director
Greater Orlando
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$80K/yr - $93K/yrPeer Support Space is a grassroots initiative established to build diverse peer-led communities. The Executive Director will lead the organization, ensuring the quality and sustainability of its programs while fostering relationships with stakeholders and advocating for mental health and social justice.
Mental Health Care
Responsibilities
Role modeling strong management skills and promoting an organizational culture that supports Peer Support Space staff (currently 9 full time, 18 part time, and 27 contracted peer supporters) professionally and personally, from a place that gets to know and honors unique needs, leads with kindness, honors mutuality, helps people grow, and is strengths based
Creates opportunities to tangibly create space for and value feedback from Peer Support Space leadership team, other Peer Support Space personnel, and the community where appropriate and possible
Delegates responsibilities to others based on their roles and assures that important tasks are completed in a timely manner, tagging in as needed
Commit to supporting staff and working individually to mitigate harm, acknowledge privileges as they may exist, take accountability for actions, and engage in ways that are non-violent and anti-oppressive
Ability to use creativity to come up with effective ways to amplify the peer voice and to challenge and change oppressive, discriminatory systems while advocating for those with mental health struggles
Works with the Director of Peer Services to assess organizational training needs and find or create professional development opportunities for Peer Support Space’s Staff and contracted peers
Mets weekly with Peer Support Space’s Outreach Coordinator to assure clear direction, goals, support, and skills are had to advance outreach goals of PSS
Builds relationships with existing and potential donors as well as other key stakeholders including media contacts and anyone that can influence the success of PSS
Seeks and takes on opportunities that amplify peer voices and allow the Executive Director and other members of the team to be active key players in our mental health and social justice landscape on a local level and beyond
Participates in speaking engagements that share Peer Support Space’s resources and educates our community on the value of peer services
Attending meetings and taking an active role in advocacy initiatives, community events, and coalitions that collaborate with and build new and sustain existing relationships with community partners, mental health providers, nonprofit organizations, and funders with shared organizational goals
Identifying and building relationships with places that are supporting the historically underserved communities that Peer Support Space was founded to support in an effort to identify future peer leaders and share our resources
Has a deep understanding of all programming and is able to help community members explore if the respite, community gatherings, individualized peer support or elsewhere is the best fit for current needs
Assists in direct outreach tasks led by the Outreach Coordinator including seeking opportunities and taking a part of networking meetings, supporting partner events, tabling and creating remote respites
Works collaboratively with Peer Support Space's Director of Peer Services, the Executive Director will be responsible for co-creating the foundation for and assuring the ongoing quality of and sustainability of Peer Support Space’s programs - ensuring that services are created and delivered using the core values of peer support
Works collaboratively with the Program Coordinators to assure adequate and appropriate support is given to our contracted peer supporters, to collect impact data, and to make sure that we are communally delivering quality individualized peer support and community gathering programs
Meets weekly with the Respite Team Lead and Director of Peer Services to assure any house maintenance, team building, or program needs are supported at our peer respite
Design, apply, and analyze assessment tools that honor the peer model, to measure service success and opportunities for growth
Plan, organize, implement, and support both scheduled and ongoing activities for respite guests both during and after stay
Assures the maintenance of the household (appliances are working, lawn mowed, etc), cleanliness of our space is being kept up by the team, and materials needed by team and guests are present
Periodically attends community gatherings, visits the peer respite at least once a week, and is present at community events to stay informed of the care we are offering
Informed on how a typical shift runs at the peer respite to be able to cover a shift in an emergency and knows how to facilitate a community gathering to be able to co-faciliate or substitute facilitate as needed
Working with and assisting as needed the Administrative Coordinator to organize information to capture the impact of the respite, community gatherings, individualized peer support, and other organizational impact in a way that honors peer processes
Assuring receipts and invoices are being filed appropriately
Works collaboratively with the Administrative Coordinator to make sure email lists are updated
Creates email blasts and social media posts to keep the community informed of our impact, upcoming events and ways to support the organization
Develops and manages the annual budget in collaboration with the Board Treasurer, Finance Committee, Director of Peer Services, and the full Board of Directors
Works with the Data and Reporting Specialist to assure that grants requirements are being met and required data points are being collected, organized, and submitted
Responsible for being knowledgeable of all funder requirements, assuring not delegated tasks are completed, and being able to tag in as needed for any task
Works with a contracted accounting firm to assure we are in compliance with any legal requirements, are filing our annual 990, receive an annual financial audit and are properly categorizing our expenses by type and funding source
Responsible for sustaining and growing a current 1.8 million dollar budget through diversified funding efforts
Directly responsible for leading fundraising efforts including but not limited to applying for and managing governmental grants, foundation funding, local and national grants, getting corporate sponsors, encouraging individual donations, and finding pathways for earned income
Builds and works with a communally driven Fundraising Committee to organize an annual fundraiser and other fundraising initiatives
Compliments tasks done by Administrative Coordinator to thank donors and key stakeholders by extending additional gratitude creatively and personally as capacity allows
Qualification
Required
Strong management skills and ability to promote an organizational culture that supports staff professionally and personally
Ability to create opportunities for feedback from leadership team and community
Delegation of responsibilities based on roles and assurance of timely task completion
Commitment to supporting staff and mitigating harm, acknowledging privileges, and engaging in non-violent and anti-oppressive ways
Creativity in amplifying the peer voice and challenging oppressive systems
Experience in assessing organizational training needs and finding or creating professional development opportunities
Ability to build relationships with existing and potential donors and key stakeholders
Participation in speaking engagements and advocacy initiatives
Understanding of programming and ability to help community members explore appropriate services
Experience in program development and management, ensuring quality and sustainability of programs
Ability to design, apply, and analyze assessment tools for measuring service success
Experience in administrative assistance, including organizing information and managing communications
Knowledge of financial management and fundraising, including budget development and grant management
Ability to lead fundraising efforts and work with a Fundraising Committee
Benefits
Fringe benefits calculated at 18.65% of annual compensation.
$500 healthcare stipend and $40 internet stipend given monthly.
Flexible schedule
Creative freedom
Accommodations to meet mental health needs.
Company
Peer Support Space
Peer Support Space Inc.
Founded in 2019
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Dandelion Hill
Co-Founder & Director of Peer Service
Yasmin Flasterstein
Founder and Executive Director
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