Programming and Engagement Director
📋 Role Overview & Responsibilities
The position will be an outward-facing role charged with selling the region to the broader world, and within the region, educating about the urgency of economic cooperation, cultivating a common regional identity, and partnering with local governments and EDOs to fill gaps, add value, and elevate existing economic efforts in a complementary, non-competitive way, and in appropriate cases, leading essential initiatives that benefit the region as a whole.
Responsibilities
● Provide executive management and leadership consistent with the priorities of the board
● Participate in the design and overseeing of the organization’s financial plan, strategy, structure, policies, and principal initiatives
● Regularly update community stakeholders, funders, board members, et al.
● Participate in press opportunities to increase regional brand visibility and credibility
● Earn trust with elected officials by building relationships and regularly communicating
● Maintain constructive relations with other EDOs, showing a mindset of servant leadership
● Manage a team and lead programming that aligns with the organization’s mission
● Meet annual fundraising goals set by the board from private and public sector sources
● Cultivate a regional mindset across the area
● Showcase regional successes
● Educate the public about the urgency and advantages of regional cooperation
● Earn and organize public support for further collaborative efforts
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