ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Organizational Strategy & Execution
● Demonstrate a powerful belief in and passion for Minds Matter Colorado’s mission.
● Execute Minds Matter Colorado’s existing strategic plan to guide the organization’s work for the following 3-5 years and monitor progress toward goals.
● Lead an organization dedicated to helping students expand their aspirations and achieve college success, firmly believing in the transformative power of higher education.
● Manage human resources and financial operations, including budgeting, forecasting, reporting, benefits administration, and employee relations.
● Assess operational requirements and collaborate with the Board to enhance organizational efficiency and effectiveness.
● Work closely with other Minds Matter chapters and align to directives from Minds Matter National to collaborate on long-term organizational priorities and strategy.
Team Leadership and Management
● Oversee Minds Matter Colorado’s efforts to center diversity, equity, inclusion, and student voice in all decision-making, organizational practices, and culture.
● Foster a transparent and compassionate culture that emphasizes both high support and high accountability to achieve ambitious goals, encouraging staff to bring their whole selves to work and engage in productive, open discussions.
● Design a scalable staffing structure and hire for new positions as the organization grows.
Fundraising and Board Leadership
● Cultivate, steward, and develop new and existing relationships with community partners and funders to reach organizational growth and sustainability goals.
● Develop and implement fundraising strategies to secure financial support from various sources, including foundations, corporations, and individual donors.
● Develop, maintain, and support a strong Board of Directors; seek and build Board engagement with strategic direction for effective operations, impactful programming, resource development, and community partnerships.
● Work closely with the Board to recruit, develop, support, and retain highly engaged Board members who are to bring adequate resources to the organization.
QUALIFICATIONS
● Progressive senior-level leadership experience leading, managing, and growing a performance and outcomes-based department, organization, or enterprise, preferably within the educational, nonprofit, or philanthropic sectors.
● Exceptional oral and written communication and public engagement skills, including adapting style and approach to diverse constituencies and needs.● Thrives in a lean, fast-paced, highly collaborative, and entrepreneurial environment; has the integrity, wisdom, persistence, and humor necessary to address the practicalities of a dynamic organization.
● Self-motivated problem solver with maturity and tact to collaborate effectively with
colleagues, Board Members, external partners, and team members.
● Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Dedicated to active and ongoing learning, understanding one’s identity, power, and privilege, and acknowledging the intersectional identities of students, staff, volunteers, and the Board.
● Employs strategic, analytical, and problem-solving skills to overcome challenges by developing equity-based and creative solutions.
● A proven track record and passion for fundraising with a commitment to maintaining current funders, a zest for cultivating new donors, an ability to generate new revenue streams, and a history of taking organizations to the next level of sustained philanthropic support.
Preferred
o Experience working with driven and determined students from low-income families.
o Experience in education, training, curriculum, programming, or a related area, preferably in the college and career success field.
o Experience managing budgets and forecasting financial performance.