Executive Director

East Boston Community Council (EBCC), an East Boston, neighborhood-based, nonprofit organization serving Latinos in the Greater Boston area, seeks a talented Executive Director committed to immigrant rights and social justice to lead the organization through a period of significant transition. The Executive Director (ED) is the Chief Executive Officer of EBCC and provides overall leadership for the strategic direction and daily operations providing a high-quality experience for program participants and a positive work environment for staff. Reporting to the Board of Directors the ED is accountable for the organization's consistent achievement of its mission and financial health. Responsibilities include operations, financial management, marketing, fundraising, public/community relations, advocacy, program supervision and development, and human resource management. In addition, historically the ED has represented the organization on several collaborative steering committees that help advance the mission of EBCC. The ED provides informed and dynamic leadership, convening the staff around the shared purpose of ensuring a mission-driven, high performing, outcomes-orientated, constituent-centered, and financially sustainable organization. The Executive Director (ED) will provide leadership that values teamwork, consensus building and delegation, the clear analysis of issues, the delineation of options, the use of information in decision-making, and the strategic assessment of institutional needs.

As part of this leadership, the Executive will maintain a working knowledge of significant developments and trends in immigration, youth development, adult ESOL, parent organizing and civic engagement arenas and in the East Boston neighborhood and surrounding communities with significant Latino populations. The ED's responsibilities include working with the Board of Directors and Committees to fulfill their requirements of financial oversight and in setting policies and strategic business plans, including assisting with board development, board accountability and board objectives. The ED leads the staff team responsible for administration of EBCC's programs and development of income, including the development of programs consistent with the mission of EBCC and numerous strategic alliances and collaborations at multiple levels of the organization. The ED oversees preparation of the annual budget and shepherds it through the budgetary review and approval process. S/he ensures proper fiscal accounting and controls in accordance with the guidelines of funding sources and with sound accounting practices and is responsible for maintaining the fiscal solvency of the organization with sound management of all assets. Overseeing the development and implementation of the organization's annual fundraising and marketing plans, the ED develops external relationships and actively seeks grants, donations and new revenue sources, both earned and contributed, in coordination with the Development Director and Board of Directors. The development of sound working relationships and cooperative arrangements with community groups and organizations is part of the ED's role as well as promoting EBCC's visibility and welfare through participation and membership in community forums, civic organizations, and activities and being publicly visible in East Boston, Greater Boston, and the Latino community in Massachusetts.