Arthritis Foundation · 4 days ago
Region Vice President
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$149K/yr - $149K/yr
10+ years expThe Arthritis Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of those affected by arthritis. The Region Vice President is responsible for leading a team to implement strategies that engage volunteers and drive fundraising efforts while building community relationships and expanding the organization's reach.
Health CareHome Health CareSocial Impact
Responsibilities
Attract and grow a high-performing team of Executive Directors that understands the volunteer-staff partnership and how to accelerate growth in a volunteer-driven culture
Ensures that key volunteer leadership positions are filled at the community level and builds a robust base of dynamic Leadership Boards by recruiting a strong slate of Board Chairs
Increases the number of productive and effective volunteers by elevating future leaders to growth opportunities at the state or national level
Collaborates with Regional Volunteer Leaders to coach community staff & volunteers on the strategies and components of the LYAN in order to help gain traction where needed
Monitors KPIs for all assigned communities, proactively course-correcting where necessary to ensure growth of the LYAN
Serves as chief architect of Region’s annual planning process with volunteers and staff, ensuring sound plans of work are established which (a) define community agendas, (b) reflect adoption of the essential LYAN components while also fostering ingenuity; (c) provide for increased levels of volunteer capacity; and, (d) enable scalable conversion of Information Seekers to engaged Participants in support of revenue targets
Develops strong relationships with major donors, corporate partners, healthcare providers and other key constituents across the region to increase capacity and impact
Ensures Home Office partners are viewed as an extension of the support available to local communities by working to collaboratively leverage and integrate training and resourcing provided
Continually sources and cultivates bases of new volunteers to open untapped markets and expand the Foundation’s reach
Acts as a key communications champion to the Region, representing the vision and mission of the Arthritis Foundation
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in related discipline with a minimum of 10 years of progressive non-profit experience leading staff and partnering with volunteers
Successful track record of attracting and retaining high performing teams of both volunteers and staff and marshaling their passion toward organizational objectives
A history of leading change in complex, dynamic and entrepreneurial environments
An established network and partnership building track record, including experience interfacing with diverse C-suite leaders
Demonstrated community building experience centered on engaging local volunteers to deploy events and activities
Preferred
Thorough understanding of business and management principles involved in planning and management of people and resources
Entrepreneurial thought leadership with the ability to recognize future trends and new opportunities
Able to leverage measurements, analysis and big data to drive results
Awareness, understanding and accountability for financial performance including planning, budgeting and forecasting
Balance and calm amidst complexity, competing demands and expectations
Tactfulness with the ability to anticipate reactions and respond well to challenges
Prompt in decision-making, including managing performance and addressing difficult situations
Able and willing to influence powerful personalities, and professionally and candidly communicate points of view to authority
Models and builds coalitions through collaboration, diversity and teamwork
Ability to translate marketing and branding initiatives at the community level
Skilled communicator, effectively sharing and receiving key messages and content through multiple mediums as befits a remote colleague and leader
Company
Arthritis Foundation
The Arthritis Foundation is committed to raising awareness and reducing the unacceptable impact of arthritis.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Steven Taylor
President & CEO
Anna Ryan
Regional Vice President
Recent News
2025-12-29
2025-11-07
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