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Executive Director – Applications accepted through January 28, 2022

Mission: Bread & Roses Missouri uses an arts lens to examine social and economic justice issues in our programming.  We believe that cultural and creative expression are a means to effect deep and lasting social change.

Job Description: Executive Director – Full Time

Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Executive Director (ED) is responsible for the organization’s consistent achievement of its mission and financial objectives. The ED will have overall strategic and operational responsibility for Bread & Roses Missouri’s programs and build the capacity of the organization in line with its mission and principles of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility. They will have knowledge of the arts, especially arts education and/or performance arts, and of social justice organizing, especially labor. They will develop knowledge of the organization’s core programs, operations, and business plans.

The ED will work with a supportive board and dynamic team of staff and contractual employees to manage programs and support operations: Youth Initiative coordinator, Workers’ Theater artistic director, marketing/social media coordinator and administrative assistant.

Responsibilities

Leadership and Management

• Oversee day to day operations, including maintaining official records and documents, and ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, negotiating contract and agreement with venues
• Responsible for fiscal management, including annual budgeting, budget management and oversight, and cash flow
• Develop, maintain, support the Board of Directors and carry out plans and policies authorized by the Board of Directors; serve as ex-officio of each committee; seek and build board involvement with strategic direction for operations and programs
• Assure the organization has both an annual strategy and a 3 to 5 year plan, to achieve its mission, and toward which it makes consistent and timely progress
• Manage office systems including ease of navigation of the donor and audience management database, banking, payment, and event ticketing platforms
• Actively engage and energize board members, event committees, teaching artists, Workers’ Theater group, partnering organizations, and funders
• Recruit, employ, train, review, and release of contractual and employed staff
• Maintain a working knowledge of significant developments and trends in the field

Fundraising and Communication

• The Director, in close collaboration with the Board, is responsible for fundraising the entire budget of the organization, including:
  • Develop and implement a fundraising strategy
  • Plan, manage, and coordinate all contributed income programs, including foundation, corporate, government, and individual donors
  • Oversee the writing and submission of grant proposals and appeals
  • Identify and cultivate new funding prospects
• Establish sound working relationships and cooperative agreements with community groups and organizations
• Deepen and refine all aspects of communication—from web presence to external relations with goal of creating a diverse, equitable, inclusive and accessible presence within the community
• Approve design and oversee implementation of social media, marketing and public relations materials, and ensure website is up to date
• Represent Bread & Roses Missouri to the public

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience required
• Minimum 3-5 years relevant experience preferred
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility and social justice
• Demonstrated grant writing, networking and organizational skills
• Demonstrated donor and sponsor development/acquisition skills
• Demonstrated budget management experience
• Reliable and self -motivated with demonstrated problem solving, strategic thinking and situational leadership skills
• Excellent management, communication and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in Google suite of office management applications (Email, Voice, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets) and with donor databases
• Familiarity with social and digital marketing tools, including Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Eventbrite, and Twitter
• Strong knowledge of the community, including artists and arts organizations, labor organizations, and social justice agencies
• Experience with labor organizations a plus

Compensation

The Executive Director is a position subject to annual review and renewal by the Board of Bread and Roses Missouri.

This is a full-time, exempt position with a salary range between $52,000-$60,000, plus benefits (health insurance and retirement options). Salary is dependent on the organization’s budget and negotiable.

Application Instructions

By January 28, 2022, please submit resume with cover letter and contact information for two references to:
breadandrosesmojob@gmail.com. Early applications may result in early interviews.

All inquiries and materials will be confidential. Applications will be acknowledged.

Bread & Roses Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer