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Executive Director

Job Description

The Executive Director for the Metropolitan Area Religious Coalition of Cincinnati (MARCC) is responsible for the corporation’s day-to-day operations, serving as a point of contact through networking, presentations, and strategic outreach to further MARCC’s objectives. The Executive Director collaborates with identified key stakeholders and serves as the resource expert for the

Executive Board, the Delegate’s Council and all committees organized to improve social concerns identified by our communities. The Executive Director seeks opportunities to enhance MARCC’s community presence, establishing and fostering strategic partnerships with community entities and constituents and recommending/implementing public relations, marketing, and communications strategies to improve the organization’s public image and brand.

Job Responsibilities

Executive Board and Delegates Council

• The Executive Director works in partnership with the MARCC Executive Board and for the board, assisting the board in their operations, administration, planning, and information.
• Oversight of financial resources and processes; leadership role in development and fundraising
• The Executive Director helps build, sustain, and strengthen all board functions, like meeting agendas and meeting minutes, policy compliance, and committee work.
• Responsible for planning all Delegates Council Meetings and the MARCC Annual Meeting and annual MARCC Fall Planning Conference and preparing meeting materials and site location, Zoom meetings, or hybrid meetings as determined.

External Community

• Build and maintain trusting and collaborative relationships with community partners, including government officials, public school leaders, human services executive directors, clergy and judicatory representatives, and civic leaders.
• Assess opportunities for MARC involvement with external partners and community groups and identify the appropriate level of participation.
• Lead ongoing collaborations with community partners to develop shared strategies and plans for information sharing and outcomes tracking.
• In collaboration with the Executive Board, appears before governmental, public school, and community groups as a spokesperson for MARCC.
• Stays well-informed on a broad range of community issues and is available to brief judicatory representatives and leaders on the significance to the community and individual Collaboration with Judicatory Leaders.
• Establishes and maintains professional relationships with area judicatory leaders, informing them of MARCC’s involvement in community issues.
• Convenes judicatory leaders regularly to promote their cooperative involvement to support MARCC’s objectives.
• Responsible, along with the Executive Board, for securing annual financial support from individual judicatories.

Additional Duties

• This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of the required activities, duties, or responsibilities of the position. Other duties as assigned; responsibilities and duties may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.
• Embraces Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion – Demonstrates a personal commitment to valuing diverse backgrounds and life experiences through word and Takes personal actions to build an inclusive culture that ensures everyone can fully contribute based on their unique talents, skills, and perspectives and feels welcomed and valued
• Always professionally represents MARCC and respectfully interacts with religious, multicultural, and diverse people. Speaks positively about MARCC’s initiatives when interacting with key stakeholders and the community.

Qualifications

To perform the job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below represent the required knowledge, skill, and ability.

• Experience and understanding of faith.
• The position requires a bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree.
• At least five years’ experience in the nonprofit sector, human services, social problems, or social justice issues.
• Supervision, management, budgeting, and public speaking skills.
• Must be computer literate, proficient in Microsoft applications, and can operate office equipment.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills and abilities and communicate appropriately and effectively in sensitive and demanding situations.
• Must demonstrate the ability to represent MARCC professionally and effectively intemulticulturali-cultural and diverse populations.
• Must hold a valid driver’s.
• This position may require some evenings and weekends.

Disability Specifications

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.
• Regularly sit, walk, talk, listen, and stand throughout the day. It may be required to lift up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment

• The pace and demand for multitasking can sometimes become hectic in a typical office environment with moderate noise.
• The position requires work schedule flexibility and may be required to attend special events or meetings with requisite travel to and from those events.

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