Executive Director

Position: Executive Director A
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** Join us—Where your Career is a Force for Good!
***
* Job Description:

** Joining the American Red Cross is like nothing else – it’s as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world’s largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better.

When you choose to be a force for good, you’ll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life’s work with an ongoing mission that’s bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you’re cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work.
** Where Your Career is a Force for Good!
** We are currently seeking a professional, innovative, and enthusiastic
** Executive Director
** for our
** East Central Ohio Chapter.
** Proudly serving the residents and communities of Athens, Crawford, Richland, Morrow, Marion, Knox, Licking, Coshocton, Guernsey, Noble, Morgan, Perry, and Muskingum
** WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
** We are currently seeking a professional, innovative, and enthusiastic Executive Director. This position is a high-visibility public-facing role focused on community partnerships, fundraising, and board leadership. This position supports region-partnered mission initiatives by providing facilitative leadership to local teams and by updating regional leadership on community needs and opportunities. Incumbents will also be responsible for strengthening relationships with our community partners by educating them on the programs and opportunities the American Red Cross offers.

This position reports to the Regional Executive, serves as the primary liaison to the community, and is supported by Community Volunteer Leaders and the Chapter Board.
** WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE GOOD:
** This is accomplished through the following key areas of responsibility:

Strategic Leadership & Mission Delivery
* Leads the chapter’s strategy for mission fulfillment, aligning local priorities with regional and national goals.
* Provides facilitative leadership to local teams and ensures integration with regional initiatives.

Community Engagement & Representation
* Serves as the Face of the Red Cross in the community to maximize visibility, connectivity, and recognition of the organization’s impact.
* Builds and sustains relationships with key stakeholders, elected officials, and community partners to expand mission capacity.

Board Development & Governance
* Develops and manages the chapter board to effectively mobilize support, resources, and advocacy for the Red Cross mission.
* Ensures board engagement in fundraising, community outreach, and strategic planning.

Volunteer Leadership & Capacity Building
* Recruits, develops, and manages Community Volunteer Leaders to represent the Red Cross in assigned territories.
* Supports volunteer engagement strategies to strengthen mission delivery and community partnerships.

Fundraising & Resource Development
* Partners with development staff and board members to drive fundraising efforts and secure financial resources to sustain chapter operations.

Collaboration & Team Culture
* Fosters an environment of teamwork, inclusion, and accountability across employees, volunteers, and partners.
* Serves, when assigned, as a member of the Elected Officials Liaison Network supporting disaster responses nationwide.

This job will be posted for a minimum of five business days and extended if the applicant pool needs to be expanded. This position is considered a
** hybrid
* * requiring up to 50% field work. This position is NOT eligible for relocation

The salary range for this position is: $74,000
-84,000/yr. You will be eligible to participate in an incentive plan based on annual individual and organization performance.

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