Executive Director

Executive Director

Executive Director 150 150 samk
REAP Food Group
Published
January 19, 2022
Location
Madison
Job Type
Contact Name (not public)
Samantha Kincaid
Main Phone
3202191284

Description

We are seeking a creative and principled community-facing Executive Director with the core values, operational management, fundraising, and food systems knowledge necessary to successfully guide REAP’s work and strategic growth. The Executive Director should have the entrepreneurial mindset, food systems knowledge, and experience collaborating with diverse communities needed to co-create community-led solutions and policies that will remove barriers to equitable access to wholesome, local food for everyone.

Qualified applicants for this position will have a mixture of qualitative “soft” and “hard” skills indicating an ability to perform the job responsibilities described below.

Strategic Vision and Execution: 

  • Grounded Visionary and Innovative Social Entrepreneur. Identify the legal, economic and social structural barriers (including structural racism) to improving access to wholesome, locally raised food, and develop the strategies for overcoming and replacing those structures through policy advocacy, economic development, collaborative partnerships, and education.
  • Centered on Equity. Collaborate with REAP’s team members and Board of Directors to continually identify “blind spots” and challenge the organization’s mission, vision, and values to ensure they align with bedrock principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the local food system.

Fundraising and Development:

  • Proven Fundraiser. Oversee all fund development activities sufficient to sustain a nonprofit organization with an operating budget of $1 million or more. 
  • Genuine Networker and Storyteller. Cultivate, maintain, and expand lasting relationships with individual donors and stakeholders based on support for REAP’s work.
  • Visible Event Planner. Strategize and oversee the planning of successful strategic and mission-driven events that showcase REAP’s network and impact in the community. 

Community Leadership and Advocacy:  

  • Collaborative Partner. Form, maintain, and expand collaborative partnerships with diverse allies based on shared power to collectively implement programs that will build farm-to-institutional buyer capacity in southern Wisconsin, and improve equitable and inclusive access to wholesome, locally raised food.  
  • Policy Advocate. Work with community partners such as farmers, social justice advocates, small business owners, environmental advocates, health professionals, and public officials to advocate for specific policies that build a local and equitable food system that provides access to wholesome, locally raised food.  
  • Skilled and Persuasive Communicator. Through frequent public speaking and other media, educate and inform the community in Dane County and southern Wisconsin to advocate for a food system grounded in social and environmental justice, that improves public health, and expands economic development in the region and the state.

Operational Management: 

  • Recruiter and Talent Seeker. Attract, develop, retain and inspire highly qualified, diverse employees by creating a productive, motivating, flexible and empowering work environment and providing ongoing opportunities for professional development. 
  • Personnel Manager and Reflective Mentor. Set clear goals and expectations for team members, provide the tools and guidance that empower team members to achieve those goals, offer timely and helpful feedback on progress toward meeting those goals, and provide overall direction and guidance for the day-to-day activities of the REAP team. 
  • Administrator. Ensure all organizational documents are up-to-date and that accurate reporting to regulatory agencies is fulfilled, maintain strong internal financial controls, and perform day to day oversight of the organization’s operating budget, fiscal health, and personnel and human resources matters.  

Nonprofit Governance:

  • Board Liaison. Regularly report to the Board of Directors on the status of internal and external issues affecting REAP and implement practices and processes to ensure clear and consistent communication between the team members and the Board of Directors and committees. 
  • Board Development.  Leverage REAP’s strong network to support the Board of Directors in the recruitment, orientation, and cultivation of new board members that reflect the diversity of the communities that REAP serves and REAP’s organizational needs.

How To Apply

To apply, candidates should refer to the requirements described in the full position description at https://reapfoodgroup.org/executivedirector/.