Executive Director Job Description
Overview:
The Henry’s Place Executive Director is the Chief Executive Officer of the organization and is tasked by the Board of Directors with overseeing, utilizing, and directing assets and paid/volunteer staff so that the mission of the organization is accomplished in a manner consistent with Henry’s Place Core Values. This is a hands-on leadership role within a small, mission-driven organization, requiring both executive oversight and active participation in day-to-day operations when needed. Click on the bars below to learn more about this position.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Overall Program Oversight:
- Implement the mission of the organization, as established by the Board, so that HP customers, constituents, and community will receive high-quality services
- Establish/oversee an internal self-evaluation program for camp and retreat programming
- Board of Directors Integration
- Work with the Board, ensuring that Board efforts are well-organized and funded
- Inform the Board regularly of internal organization matters, including relevant staffing, funding and program success and priorities
- Develop and implement strategic plans, based on data-driven analytics, projections and financials;
- Leadership
- Build a high-performing team and play an active role in attracting, retaining and developing staff and volunteers
- Supervise, guide, evaluate, and provide feedback for the Camp Director, the Director of Donor Relations, and other executive level assistants or positions that may be created in the future
- Resource Development and Oversight
- Manage HP’s budget and ensure that it is a financially viable, sustainable organization with the resources to meet current and projected program growth
- Participate in identifying and cultivating corporate, individual and foundation sponsors
- Oversee fundraising and/or marketing events
- Cultivate excellent relationships with local media; provide oversight for HP’s presence in social media
- Compliance
- Ensure that HP complies with relevant state and federal laws and regulations
- Function as the final authority responsible to ensure safety in accordance with risk management principles
Required Experience
- At least 5 years of management or supervisor-level experience
- Service in paid or volunteer camp positions (Christian camp experience preferred)
- At least 5 years active participation (paid or volunteer) in a Christian ministry/ministries
Required Competencies, Skills, and Abilities
- Active relationship with Jesus and unreserved agreement with the Henry’s Place Statement of Faith (https://henrysplace.org/what-we-believe/) and Core Values (https://henrysplace.org/values/)
- Strong leadership skills
- Effective communicator (written and verbal)
- Able to manage a complex budget
- Proficient with word-processors, spreadsheets, presentation software (Microsoft and Google)
- Able to manage complex and varied tasks with no supervision
- Willingness to work a flexible and varying schedule, including periodic long days
- Sufficient physical fitness to participate in hikes up to 5 miles at high altitude and to participate in moderately strenuous camp activities (archery, sports, challenge course)
- Excellent reputation in the community
- Current Driver’s License
- No substantiated history of child abuse, child neglect, or sexual assault/abuse, ever.
- No criminal history within last 10 years (minor moving violations and infractions excepted)
Helpful Experience (Not Required)
- Camp or outdoor activity programming or scheduling
- Youth service, teaching, or ministry
- Pastoral or ministry leadership
- Non-profit fundraising
- Serving with or under the supervision of a Board of Directors
- Participation in or oversight of facility construction
Helpful Competencies, Skills, and Abilities (Not Required)
- Bilingual (Spanish/English)
- Commercial Driver’s License with Passenger Endorsement
- Proficient at basic sport climbing/rappelling
- Teaching proficiency
Supervisory Relationships
- The Executive Director is supervised by the Board of Directors
- The Executive Director supervises the Camp Director, the Director of Donor Relations, and other executive level assistants or positions that may be created in the future.
Compensation, Benefits, and General Terms
Specific compensation, benefits, and terms will be determined by the signed employment contract, but you can expect:
- Commensurate with comparable positions; $80,000 to $100,000 annual salary
- This is a full-time, salaried, at-will position.
- Time Off:
- Federal Holidays – You will receive time-off for New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas with the caveat that time-off for holidays that normally fall on a Monday or Friday will be provided on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday of that week (if the normal holiday conflicts with Henry’s Place business activities).
- Paid Time Off (PTO) – initially 80 hours per year (a nominal workday is 8 hours)
- Federal holidays do not count against your PTO.
- Additional compensatory time after each camp season
- Health benefits offered subject to salary range. Henry’s Place currently offers tax-advantaged reimbursement benefits through a QSEHRA, but we are open to discussing re-structuring benefits according to individual needs.
- On-site housing is not provided.
Want to Know More?
The information above captures our formal job description and essential position requirements. Here is an informal description that answers the question, “What would I do as Executive Director of Henry’s Place?”
In a nutshell, your job is to ensure that Henry’s Place accomplishes its mission of changing young lives through camp. Henry’s Place has been running free camp programs for at-risk children for over 10 years and in that time has made a tremendous impact on the lives of youth. As we are a small organization (3 full-time staff, 2 part-time staff, 10 seasonal summer staff, and volunteers), that means you have a lot of responsibilities. Because all of our positions are only one-person deep, even with established divisions of labor we all cover for each other when necessary. You will work at Henry’s Place on a daily basis: on weekdays during the summer-camp season and on a flexible basis during our retreat season (roughly Aug- Apr) when most of our customers are present Friday-Sunday.
You will supervise the Camp Director and the Director of Donor Relations.
- The Camp Director is responsible for on-site operations, facilities, and programming.
- The Executive Director is responsible for ensuring that the organization has the people, funding, partnerships, and strategic direction necessary to fulfill its mission. In simple terms: the Camp Director leads what happens on the property, and the Executive Director ensures the resources and support systems are in place to make that work possible.
- The Director of Donor Relations is responsible for all aspects of fundraising including donor cultivation, grant-seeking, and fundraising events, and you will work closely with her to support and direct her in those efforts.
You will spend a large portion of your time coordinating with staff and with the Board of Directors to ensure that the organization functions at a high level both administratively and financially. This includes:
- Donor development and relationship management
- Board communication and strategic alignment
- Resource planning and financial oversight
- Long-term sustainability and growth planning
In direct support of summer camp operations, you will take a primary role in camper recruiting during the non-camp season and, during camp season, will directly backstop the Camp Director in execution of camp programs when he or his Assistant Camp Director are unavailable, require assistance, or are otherwise occupied. You will also be participating with all aspects of camp as you see appropriate so that you can fulfill your role of being the ultimate authority in ensuring the effectiveness of our mission to change young lives through camp.
During the retreat season (Aug-Apr), you will assist the Camp Director as needed with hosting customers that are renting our facility. We have weekend rental customers on a regular basis, and we also have school groups that rent our facility on most Tuesdays and Wednesdays during the school year.
While your executive roles are your primary duties, because we are a small organization with one-deep positions, you will periodically be called upon to fill direct operational needs that may include:
- Direct supervision of seasonal staff
- Assistance leading camp activities
- Assistance with transportation
- Rental customer assistance
- Assisting with food service
- Assisting with cleaning and facility prep
- Filling in as-needed when contingencies arise (e.g. illness, personnel problems, etc.).
- If formal teaching is in your wheelhouse, you will also have opportunities to teach camp and retreat curricula
Our organization started in Las Vegas, a majority of our Board Members and donors live there, and the vast majority of our campers live there as well. Accordingly, you will live in the Cedar City area where our camp is located and will travel regularly to Las Vegas (expensed to Henry’s Place) to interact with the Board, partner organizations, and to conduct camper recruiting.
