[Dialogue] Seeking an Executive Director at ICA

[Marilyn Oyler]

Dear Colleagues,

 

We, at ICA,  are officially off and running in a renewed effort to hire an
Executive Director. Attached is the position announcement for your
information and use. 

 

Please reflect on the people you know who combine the experience of being an
executive director for a non profit organization as well as a leaning to
facilitative leadership.  Contact them! Send them the position announcement
which follows this note. Have them talk to Marilyn Oyler or Ken Gilbert or
Dick Wilkinson or any of the other ICA staff members you would like to
recommend. If they've already been touched by ICA's work, all the better!

 

We were too passive the last time out, hoping the right fish would happen
by. This time we need to actively contact promising prospects.

 

Our revised selection process now includes a fast-track for exceptional
candidates. Note also we have relaxed the expectation an Executive Director
would split their time roughly evenly between Chicago and Phoenix. While we
still expect a material presence in both locales, the

Executive Director's travel will depend on weighing how best to serve ICA in
light of immediate priorities.

 

Let me know if you have questions.

 

 

Executive Director

ICA USA

 

The Institute of Cultural Affairs USA (ICA) is seeking a dynamic,
mission-driven Executive Director with the vision and passion to lead our
nationwide organization. ICA USA, a social change nonprofit organization
with offices in Chicago and Phoenix, teaches and uses participatory methods
of problem solving and planning that builds ownership in creating community
and organizational change. 

 

Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Executive Director will:

§      provide direction and leadership to achieve ICA’s philosophy, mission
and strategic plan

§      develop & implement a marketing and public relations program

§      working with staff, establish and implement fundraising strategies
and programs

§      provide guidance and support to teams to ensure innovation and new
approaches while building an organization of continuous change, renewal and
responsiveness

 

In recent years ICA has confronted financial challenges.  In facing these
challenges ICA has shown the ingenuity and grit for which it is known.
Leading ICA to financial sustainability will be the Executive Director’s top
priority.

 

The right person will:

§      be committed to a mission of service locally and globally 

§      have highly developed financial skills, assuring sound administrative
policies and fiscal management activities including budget development and
control 

§      have a proven ability to expand and diversify contacts and networks
for the benefit of the organization

§      have a history of successful fundraising, including donor cultivation


§      be a confident, skilled multi-faceted communicator who thrives on
working inclusively and collaboratively with diverse constituencies to chart
a common path

§      have excellent skills in participatory management, facilitative
leadership, and interpersonal relations

 

Requirements:

§      5 years experience as an Executive Director in a medium to large
sized nonprofit organization – or a position of significant authority.

§      Master’s Degree

 

The Executive Director will serve the organization from offices in Chicago
and Phoenix.

Salary: $65,000 - $72,000 DOQ, plus benefits. 

 

Send letter, resume & salary history by 4/30/2005 to
<mailto:execsearch at ica-usa.org> execsearch at ica-usa.org. 

Please visit our website at http://www.ica-usa.org/org/orgwork.html for
further information. EOE

 

 
Marilyn Oyler
Institute of Cultural Affairs
4220 N 25th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85016
(602) 955-4811 or (800) 742-4032
fax (602) 954-0563
www.ica-usa.org