Executive Director - Non-Profit

Executive Director Position @ The Body Positive

Mission:

The Body Positive teaches people to listen to their bodies, learn from them, and thrive. Since 1996, we have helped people of all ages develop resilience against appearance-based discrimination, body dissatisfaction, and eating disorders by sharing practical, life-long tools that build self-compassion, sustainable self-care behaviors, and positive connection with others.

A note from Founding Executive Director on the ideal candidate:

As the founding Executive Director, I’m most excited to pass the torch on to someone who truly understands the depth of The Body Positive’s work. For 30 years, we have been changing the lives of children, teens, and young adults so they can support themselves throughout their lives with self-compassion, sustainable self-care behaviors, and positive connections with others, and move through the world from a place of intuitive power.

The ideal candidate has a passion for making The Body Positive (TBP) thrive by seeking out and nurturing new partnerships with individual donors, grant-making organizations, and sponsors, and with schools and youth organizations that can implement our programs directly to the youth they serve.

The ideal candidate is someone who believes in and loves communicating about our programs, purpose, and successes with current and potential supporters and with our followers and the general public, through speaking, writing, social media, etc.

They are willing to roll up their sleeves to take on any work that needs to be done to make the organization succeed. They are organized, love problem solving ways to make the organization more efficient and effective, and enjoy the process of exploring the founding ED’s brain to uncover connections and institutional knowledge that they can use to expand the reach of TBP.

They are self-motivated and filled with thoughts about ways in which the organization can become more successful, and how TBP’s programs, as well as relationships with clients, funders, and the public, can be more effective in communicating the power of the work we do. They understand the passion of the founding ED, and understand the dedication and sacrifices she made to keep TBP going. They are happy to be patient and kind during the transfer of power.

If this sounds like you, continue to read below for the details of the position, and apply!

This Executive Director position is unique in that the person will be taking over for the founder of The Body Positive, who has done every task under the sun in her ED role to ensure The Body Positive stayed alive. It is an exciting opportunity for an experienced fundraising and communications professional, with a preference for an individual who is experienced in all facets of non-profit development and possesses a startup frame of mind.

The position will support the transition of the founding Executive Director to a part-time role as Director of Training and Curriculum Development. The ideal candidate will feel comfortable taking over financial oversight, fundraising, and strategic communications and outreach, as well as management of staff and consultants. Fundraising activities include growing institutional support and managing revenues from institutional funders, corporate and individual donors, and special events. The new ED will take on the responsibility of building relationships and representing TBP externally with funders and nonprofit allies.

The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with the ability to take over and improve existing development efforts, while building up the organization using fundraising best practices. The ideal candidate will implement high-level strategy through hands-on implementation while building relationships and networking, and managing communications and outreach. They will take over the tasks of current ED, including but not limited to, fundraising, outreach and communications, creating budgets, working with the board of directors, press interviews, renewing continuing education accreditations, and financial oversight.

This position will require working closely with the founding ED during the process of learning about the organization’s history and existing systems and practices, and transferring institutional knowledge.

The ideal candidate will be aligned with the organization’s values and previous accomplishments while building on its success to create a sustainable, productive future to ensure the goals of its mission. They will be excited and motivated to take The Body Positive where it needs to go next, and will bring in new ideas to expand the work to help children, teens, and young adults live their lives with peace, authenticity, and holistic physical and mental health.

Essential Responsibilities

Executive Management (20%)

• Vision and Strategy: Develop and implement the organization's next chapter, and long-term strategic goals.
• Leadership: Build, lead, and manage a diverse team of supporters, ensuring alignment with the organization's mission and values.
• Decision-Making: Make high-level decisions regarding organizational operations, policies, and priorities.
• Board Relations and Governance:
• Board Support: Serve as the main point of contact for the Board of Directors, attend quarterly meetings, and provide regular updates on performance and strategic goals.
• Board Development: Support board recruitment, orientation, and ongoing development to ensure the board is functioning effectively.
• Program and Operations Management:
• Program Development: Oversee the design, implementation, and evaluation of programs and services that fulfill the organization’s mission.
• Operations Oversight: Ensure smooth day-to-day operations of the organization, including staffing, resource management, and logistics.
• Compliance and Risk Management:
• Legal Compliance: Ensure the organization adheres to all relevant laws, regulations, and best practices for non-profits.
• Risk Management: Identify potential risks to the organization’s operations and take steps to mitigate those risks.
• Impact Measurement:
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Implement systems to track the impact of the organization’s programs and initiatives.
• Reporting: Regularly report on the organization’s achievements, challenges, and outcomes to stakeholders.

Financial Management: (10%)

• Budget and Financial Oversight: Develop and monitor the annual budget, ensuring effective allocation of resources, and work to ensure financial health.
• Fundraising Strategy: Develop and implement a sustainable fundraising strategy to secure grants, donations, and sponsorships.

Fundraising and External Partnerships (40%)

• Create and implement an organizational fund development plan that aligns with TBP’s strategic goals, diversifies funding streams, and supports the organization’s current and future budgets and sustainability goals.
• Build external relationships and represent the organization: Develop and maintain close working relationships with the philanthropic community, donors, stakeholders, and friends of the organization. Represent TBP at public facing events. Ensure timely communication and recognition of donors and partners.
• Create and implement an annual fundraising plan and execute all related tasks, such as year-end fundraising letters.
• Grow institutional support: Lead in the identification, cultivation, and solicitation of foundation and corporate contributions. Be the primary relationship holder with select foundations and corporations. Actively manage relationships with all funders, including prospecting, the final processing of grant requests, preparing staff for funder meetings, stewarding current relationships, and following advancement best practices. Support grant writers with all proposals.
• Create board of directors fundraising engagement plans and opportunities.

Outreach and Communications (20%)

• Materials and communications: Oversee design production and distribution of all development materials including, but not limited to, an annual impact report, donor-facing materials, and annual campaigns.
• Create a plan for yearly outreach to expand the reach of TBP. Build relationships with schools, non-profits, and other community-based partners to support use of TPB curricula and programs.
• Create newsletters and other forms of communications to keep donors, partners, and potential supporters informed, engaged, and passionate about the work of TBP.
• Respond to and manage all incoming inquiries and requests; determine priority.

Organizational Responsibilities (10%)

• Organizational leadership: Serve as head of the Leadership Team with responsibility for achieving the organization’s vision and goals.
• Manage all contracts, insurance, and tax documents.
• Manage all compliance-related activities for accreditation.
• Support online technology and website tasks.

Essential Qualifications

Our ideal candidate for this position brings experience in five areas: leadership, fundraising, communications, grassroots organizing and advocacy, and social change. TBP is flexible in how the candidate obtained these experiences. What TBP values most is that the candidate is strongly aligned with TBP’s mission and programming, and that the candidate is also a strong relationship builder: the new Executive Director will need to be able to speak fluidly about TBP’s work to key funders and critical community-based partners.

Candidate Requirements

• Minimum of 15 years of experience in the nonprofit sector overall.
• Minimum of 10 years of direct fundraising experience.
• Minimum of 5 years in organizational leadership management.
• Strong background in cultivating and building relationships with institutional and corporate funders.
• Demonstrated expertise in fundraising and development best practices.
• Experience with and knowledge of fundraising, communications, grassroots organizing and advocacy, and social change.
• Demonstrated experience building external relationships, representing an organization publicly, and serving as a visible spokesperson; professional demeanor and presentation.
• Ability to strategize from a “big picture” perspective; experience in managing goals, and developing and implementing plans for a team or department.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (Bonus: proven experience in crafting proposals and donor or funder correspondence); meticulous and highly organized.
• Strong writing skills, with the ability to clearly articulate TBP’s core values, organizational strategies and programmatic details and align these with a foundation’s priorities and goals.
• Demonstrated experience in working with program staff, building trust, and involving programs in development efforts.
• Respectful demeanor, confident, and humble.
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, Google Drive, and ability to effectively use data management systems.
• Familiarity with a CRM, such as Active Campaign.
• Strong commitment to social justice, racial justice, and youth empowerment.
• Ability to travel once to twice a month statewide or occasionally nationally.

Work Environment

The position is located in the Bay Area and is fully remote.

Compensation

Full time employment

$100,000 annual salary

Annual paid time off is 5 weeks (200 hours).

The listed salary is an all-inclusive amount. We cannot offer medical or retirement benefits at this time.

Start Date

July 1, 2025