Executive Director

Position Description

Executive Director, Welcoming Home

Candidates Must Reside in Marin or Sonoma Counties

Organization Purpose and Background:

Welcoming Home helps individuals and families who are transitioning out of homelessness and poverty by fully furnishing and equipping their homes while engaging the local community in donating gently used furniture and keeping good furniture out of landfills. We do it with no charge to the residents or referring social service agency. We’ve been around for nine years, receiving our 501(c)(3) designation in mid 2023 and having been fiscally sponsored until 12/31/2023. During that time, we've refined and optimized our processes to offer a unique and highly impactful service to those living “homeless while housed.” Last year we furnished 39 homes in Marin and Sonoma Counties. More about us: www.welcominghome.org

Current Staffing:

For the last eight years, the two founders have led the organization on a pro-bono basis, with one heading up program management and development and the other focusing on finance and board management. We are now ready to transition to paid executive leadership to direct our next dynamic phase of growth. Our current staff consists of four part-time positions: Finance and Administration Director, Development Director, Program Manager and Inventory Coordinator. The current scheduled hours of these positions total about 74 hours a week. We also have an incredible team of committed volunteers (60 + !) who execute all the “Welcomings” (furnishings), as well as a volunteer board of six, including the two founders.

Mandatory Experience/Qualifications for Position: Candidates must:

1. Have a strong affiliation with Welcoming Home’s mission.
2. Be a leader of organizational strategy, programs and people.
3. Have deep experience in non-profit development, both grant seeking/writing and fundraising and have overseen successful grant applications that garner $10k and up.
4. Have existing connections and networks with community agencies, county departments, and/or city services that support the homeless/formerly homeless, in Marin County and preferably also in Sonoma County.
5. Have managed annual cash budgets of between $300K - $600 K.
6. Have had at least four years of experience in a leadership role, directly managing at least three or four people in a nonprofit, social services, or similar environment.
7. Be highly organized and flexible, able to pivot when necessary and manage multiple and/or overlapping projects.
8. Have excellent oral and written communication skills, having significant experience in making presentations to potential grantors/donors, and having either authored external written communications and/or had final approval authority for them, ensuring appropriate and error-free style and content.
9. Have a good dose of tolerance for dealing with last minute changes/catastrophes with composure and good humor.

Position Responsibilities: Reporting to and collaborating with the Board of Directors, key responsibilities are:

1. Leadership & Management:
   1. Ensure ongoing programmatic excellence, volunteer recruitment/training, consistent quality of finance and administration, fundraising, marketing/communications, and systems.
   2. Collaborate with Board to develop and execute strategy to advance our mission and expand our impact.
   3. Ensure effective systems to track scaling progress and program growth, and communicate progress to agencies, funders, and other constituents.
2. Fundraising & Development:
   1. Develop and manage relationships with key donors, community contacts, nonprofit directors, and grant makers in the homeless/social service area.
   2. Ensure that funding is robust enough to meet or exceed strategic goals and objectives.
   3. Expand local revenue generating and fundraising activities to support existing program operations. This includes preparing or overseeing grant applications, strengthening donor relationships, gaining financial support from the corporate sector, and identifying other revenue sources.
3. Marketing & Communications
   1. Create and implement strategies to build brand awareness with all our audiences, including current and prospective clients, referrers, partners, donors, funders, government agencies and volunteer populations.
   2. Represent the organization at key conferences/events, and at meetings with external partners, government agencies, nonprofits, and funders.
   3. Deepen our communications: web presence, social media, events, email marketing and partner marketing.
4. Finance & Administration
   1. Prepare/oversee accurate and timely analyses that capture and communicate fundraising results, variances, expenditures, and performance trends.
   2. Work with board Treasurer to develop annual budget reviews, monthly and quarterly reviews, and periodic forecast updates.

Compensation/Location:

• Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.
• This is a fully remote position with flexible hours. Candidate will need to be available when needed (including occasionally in the evenings) to meet in Marin or Sonoma County with agencies, funders, county departments, and/or the Board.
• Candidate should be aware that they will be required to attend the organization’s furnishing of homes, called “Welcomings” all day on Saturdays, up to twice a month, in Marin or Sonoma County, as well as occasionally on weekdays in both locations.

How to apply:

• Please send a cover letter, resume, and your LinkedIn URL, to info@welcominghome.org.
• Tell us succinctly about yourself: outline your interest in this role and in our work, describe what you bring to our growing organization, and show us how your past experience will inform this role.

Welcoming Home is a California nonprofit corporation and registered 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID (EIN) 92-3676407