America's Promise Alliance · 2 days ago
Denver Executive Director
Denver, CO
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$125K/yr - $140K/yr
7+ years exp
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Amber Cooper, M.Ed
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Responsibilities
Holistic responsibility for the execution of APA’s Partner City strategy in Denver, including management of the financial model, member experience, team growth and management, and collective action work.
Recruiting new organizations to join the community and leading their onboarding.
Ensuring high engagement and satisfaction of all participating organizations and leaders.
Leading the fundraising necessary to sustain and grow the Denver Alliance, establishing robust relationships throughout the Denver philanthropic community.
Building and leading a high-performing team, including hiring and onboarding new staff, developing and managing team performance.
Contributing to APA’s national strategy and organizational development.
Ensuring local data and metrics are effectively tracked and managed for optimal performance management.
Lead local recruitment strategies and processes to build our Alliance community to reach at least 40 organizations by 2027.
Onboard new member organizations, generating excitement and understanding necessary for deep engagement and durable impact within the local ecosystem.
Execute high-impact member engagement and management strategies to ensure deep knowledge necessary to support the needs of local organizations and leaders.
Navigate the successful integration of Denver organizations into the overall Alliance community.
Ensure APA’s capacity building, knowledge sharing, strategic support, and leadership development programming is responsive to the needs of organizations in Denver.
Partner with APA’s VP of Development to create and implement an annual fundraising plan including strategies for revenue diversification and growth.
Solicit and steward individual donors, foundations, corporations and government agencies.
Serve as APA’s local representative and ambassador, speaking publicly about the organization to media, at conferences, and at related external events.
Superior writing skills and demonstrated ability to develop proposals, reports, and presentations.
Guide local in-market funder prospecting, building local funder collaboratives to support the work that emerges as priorities of our community.
Lead Denver organizations in the ideation, identification, and design of the most impactful ideas for multi-organization collaborations in K12 education, youth development, postsecondary to workforce pathways, and in democratic / civic engagement.
Lead the selection process of which ideas APA will attempt to launch in Denver and secure the funding necessary to launch and support the work.
Recruit Denver organizations to participate in the collaboration and ensure high engagement among all participating organizations.
Steward each initiative toward intended outcomes.
Develop a high-performing team to support Denver goals across administrative, development and/or program functions.
Manage team to execute new member recruitment, onboarding and engagement.
Working closely and collaborating with APA national teams to fulfill strategic goals.
Contribute to the inclusive, values driven culture of the APA team Steward the coaching and professional advancement of team members towards their career goals and maximizing potential within the organization.
Qualification
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Required
7+ years of senior leadership in Denver organizations working in our issue areas.
Deep understanding of the local landscape and strong relationships with key community stakeholders.
Adept fundraiser with demonstrated ability to identify, cultivate and close new sources of investment across a diverse set of funders and funding types.
Proven ability to identify and build strategic partnerships that lead to impact among non-profit organizations and between community stakeholder groups (i.e., municipal agencies and corporate institutions).
Exceptional communication skills and the ability to build authentic connections and partnerships with a range of community stakeholders.
Compassionate, empathetic, collaborative leadership style with a strengths-based approach to management.
Proven experience building and scaling a team and programs effectively with sustainability in mind.
Ability to work effectively in a remote environment while managing multiple priorities.
Ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial, startup environment.
Benefits
Self-managed time off policy
Health care
Professional development
401(k) retirement savings
Wellness programs/including employee assistance
Work from home stipend to help support a healthy and safe remote work environment
Company
America's Promise Alliance
America’s Promise Alliance was founded in 1997 by five U.S. Presidents and General Colin Powell.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Marguerite Kondracke
President & CEO
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