POSITION SUMMARY: Provides vision, leadership and management of resources to ensure the mission of PACE is accomplished in the local community.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

Leadership and Advocacy

• Demonstrates leadership and advocacy for the agency at all levels including:
• Advocating for the needs of girls in the local community
• Participating in special assignments and projects
• Providing input and communication pertaining policies, procedures and strategic direction setting
• Cultivating relationships with major stakeholder (i.e. legislatures, city and county officials, business interests, other child serving agencies, Juvenile Justice Council, and school boards).

 

• Demonstrates measurable results pertaining to the Standards of Excellence.
• Focuses on the need of the agency and balances all competing voices in order to make optimal decisions for girls and staff.
• Articulates and models the values of the agency in a way that inspires staff, girls and board.

Human Resources

• Motivates and inspires passion for agency, mission and excellence in roles of responsibility.
• Selects and places highly qualified staff in all positions.
• Provides direction and models for middle managers the strategies to ensure the retention goals of the agency are met.
• Provides opportunities for growth and development of staff.
• Supervises, counsels and evaluates staff.
• Develops and implements a succession plan for all major roles in the Center.
• Resolves employee relations issues in a manner that is amicable to staff and agency.
• Creates an adaptable learning environment for agency, staff and volunteers.
• Obtains maximum utilization of the staff by clearly defining duties, establishing performance standards, conducting performance reviews, and recommending competitive salary structure.
• Follows Human Resources Policies and Procedures to ensure compliance.

 Finance

• Manages Center finances within approved budget.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the monthly financial reports and is able to identify trends and discrepancies.
• Communicates and clarifies the monthly financial reports to assist the Board in their oversight of the center budget.
• Prepares budgets that have solid assumptions for the future and is in compliance with Board policy.
• Follows finance policies and procedures to ensure timely compliance.
• Provides contract information to the Finance Department to assist and ensure the accuracy of monthly financial statements.
• Center procedures are designed to protect the assets of the agency.

Development

• Develops a group of supporters that are commensurate in size and capacity to the local community.
• Demonstrates the ability to maintain and grow community supporters and donors.
• Solicits and secures diverse, multiple funding sources.
• Ensures the community public relations efforts reflect the values of the agency.
• Complies with Development Policies and Procedures (including Center Board Guidelines).

Program

• Ensures program operates in compliance with DJJ, School Board and grant contracts.
• Establishes referral sources and an appropriate waiting list.
• Achieves outcomes for girls that significantly exceed the standards of the contract.
• Demonstrates competencies of gender responsive programming and trains at center level.
• Provides core PACE services that are provided in accordance with the agency guidelines.
• Aligns new initiative(s) that advances the mission.
• Achieves consistent successful QA and JJEEP reviews.
• Complies with Program Policies and Procedures.

 

Governance and Boards

• Board reflects primary community interest.
• Recruits, trains and develops board members on a continuing basis.
• Provides board orientation to new members.
• Influences and leads the board to operate within the center board guidelines.
• Facilitates regular board retreats.
• Encourages consistent attendance at Board and Committee Meetings.
• Develops and implements succession plan.
• Works closely with the Board to develop strategic plans that include both long-term and short-term priorities.
• Facilitates consistent representation to Board of Trustees.

 

Education and/or Experience and Technical Skills:

Masters Degree from four-year college or university.

• Minimum seven years experience managing multiple programs in a child serving agency, preferably in an at-risk environment.
• Must have intermediate computer skills; must be capable of compiling data and reports.
• Must possess excellent written and oral communication skills; will be required to represent PACE at certain speaking engagements.
• Demonstrated experience working with Boards and Governance where team-building and problem solving skills are utilized to maintain Board stability.
• Proven successful fundraising and grant-writing where measurable financial results were demonstrated.
• Experience handling complex financials and fiscal responsibility.
• Current Florida driver’s license.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to fax an internal application (external applicants may send a resume) to Attn: Donna Gallagher at 904-253-6201or email gallagher@pacecenter.org.

 

PACE is an equal opportunity and drug free employer.