Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) · 2 days ago
Executive Director
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$150K/yr - $165K/yr
10+ years exp
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Responsibilities
Directly supervises the NBRC’s finance functions and is responsible for the NBRC’s internal financial controls.
Leads the NBRC through the annual internal administrative budget process, and external Administration budget process, including coordination with various stakeholders to include U.S. Senate and U.S. House appropriations Committees, and the U.S. Office of Management & Budget (OMB).
Coordinates NBRC decision making on allocations and deployment of appropriated funds.
Oversees the NBRC’s financial reporting, ensuring that reports are robust enough to support decision making.
Organizes, coordinates, plans, executes, and documents periodic NBRC Commission Meetings, to ensure that votes are appropriately scheduled and codified, and that the business of the NBRC is conducted in an efficient manner.
Responds in a timely manner to technical assistance requests from the Federal Co-Chairperson and representatives of each NBRC State.
Responsible for ensuring that NBRC milestones, such as budget submissions and the annual report, adhere to Statutory and stakeholder requirements.
Utilizes the principles and practices required to build and maintain high-functioning teams and will lead by example within an environment that fosters partnership, innovation and continuous process improvement.
Manage, lead, and inspire in a fully remote working environment.
Passion for understanding current economic development issues and trends within the northern border region, identifying potential solutions, and marshaling the resources and relationships necessary to prioritize and implement solutions.
At a high level, the role is responsible for developing, maintaining, and if necessary, growing a staff to meet the mission of the NBRC and to successfully deploy new and existing programs.
Prioritize and lead continuous improvement of existing internal procedures, identify gaps in procedures, and work collaboratively to develop solutions to ensure the efficient operation of the NBRC.
Manage cross-functionally, spanning finance, human resources, communications, data collection, and compliance.
Qualification
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Required
At least 10 years of economic development experience.
Superior knowledge of community and economic development practices and principles, specifically in rural areas, preferably in the northern border region.
Knowledge of the role of Federal funding in community and economic development projects.
Familiarity with the range of organizations that participate in community and economic development projects in rural areas, preferably in the northern border region.
Understanding of operational budgeting, both development and tracking and management.
Understanding of financial flows and management of multiple sources of funding with varying constraints and compliance requirements.
Strong understanding of internal financial controls, both development and management.
Ability to develop a budget message for external audiences that articulates the priorities expressed in budget tables and appendices.
Ability to articulate the organization’s needs and requirements, express these in financial and operational terms, and generate support for the resources needed to meet these needs.
Ability to organize meetings of the NBRC’s leadership and identify key issues to be addressed in this venue.
Superior organization and prioritization skills, necessary to meet multiple deadlines throughout the year that require input from multiple individuals.
Proven track record of successfully managing multiple individuals working across different business lines.
Proven ability to support and maintain a positive organizational culture that focuses on continuous improvement, care for individuals, exceptional customer service, and is rooted in public service.
Proven ability to build and maintain new and existing relationships with stakeholders both internally and externally.
Experience working with Congressional Delegation Members and staff members and other Federal Agency staff and leadership.
Superior communication abilities, including the ability to communicate with a diverse group of individuals.
Flexibility and versatility: Provide rapid response to varying, often time-pressured assignments; possesses the agility to move quickly between complicated issues.
Ability to synthesize voluminous materials, and to present ideas and recommendations clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing.
Ability to organize and present complex analyses and issues to support decision-making.
Preferred
Intergenerational management experience.
Virtual / remote team management experience.
Benefits
Benefits-eligible
Annual salary increases based on cost-of-living adjustments and merit
Company
Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC)
Created by the US Congress in 2008, the NBRC is a federal-state partnership whose mission is to help alleviate economic distress and encourage job creation throughout the northern regions in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
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