The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) must possess a natural connection and passion for BGCLAH’s mission: to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring and responsible citizens. Achieving this through a commitment to quality programs and services in an environment that is safe, nurturing and inspiring. The successful candidate will provide both vision and inspiration to this dynamic organization, with a specific focus on setting a sustained program strategy, advocating for staff and youths, fundraising, team building, and amplifying impact in the LA Harbor Region. Reporting to the Board of Directors, the CEO will build upon the organization’s respected footprint and their rich history, led expertly for the last 30 years by Mike Lansing.
• Serve as an internal and external champion and role model for BGCLAH’s mission, values, and organizational culture.
• Lead with spirit to inspire a team that values community, transparency, collaboration, empowerment and accountability.
• Cultivate an inclusive environment and culture of belonging for staff, youths and families.
• Support the growth of a complex coalition of diverse, multi-sectoral stakeholders to achieve the organization’s mission by fundraising with individuals, foundations and corporations, and through advocacy and partnership with government agencies.
• Partner with senior management and staff to refine and evolve strategic priorities.
• Forge a close and trusted working relationship with the Board of Directors to develop and manage the organization’s $15mm budget, and shape and accomplish the organization’s goals.
• Provide professional leadership to the Board of Directors to ensure the development of an effective and motivated Board, including identification, recruitment, training, and involvement of Board members in meeting the goals of the organization.
• Actively convene with a community of leaders, practitioners and policy influencers to improve systems in BGCLAH’s communities.
• Improve sustainability and growth of BGCLAH while embracing strong club member experience and high program quality.
• Align organizational structure, operational systems, and business practices to bring cohesion and best practices between the sites and the regional offices.
• Ensure that the organization is in compliance with membership and requirements or standards of Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and other affiliated and regulatory agencies. Making sure standards and measures are in place that define effective safety practices, train to those annually, and identify vulnerabilities and strategies to mitigate risks.
• Bring charisma and intellect to recruiting, retaining, motivating, and inspiring professional staff, youths, alumni, families, partners, Board members, and the community.
• Understand how to engage graduates to create new traditions of involvement within the youth and alumni network.
• Encourage others to share the spotlight and visibly celebrate and support the success of the team. Creating a sense of purpose/meaning for the team that generates followership beyond their own personality and engages others to the greater purpose for the organization as a whole.
Operational Excellence in Execution: The next CEO will be an entrepreneur with business instincts, who sees new possibilities through technology and partnerships and is willing to take reasonable risks. BGCLAH seeks a leader who can manage ambiguity and focus on achieving desired outcomes for their club members. Working closely with the Board, the CEO will manage the development/refinement of overall performance measures and metrics – both programmatic and financial – and work with Board and staff to collect and analyze relevant data on a regular basis. Assess the state of each program and the financial support for each. Create robust and ongoing operational systems to track programs.
Fundraising, Communications and Partnership: The successful candidate will build upon BGCLAH’s current robust funding base to increase financial support from major donors, foundations, corporations, government agencies and other stakeholder groups. It is essential that the new CEO can inspire communities through the use of social media and other communications tools, in order to champion the mission and promote fundraising activities effectively. In partnership with the development team, the CEO should develop and maintain systems for donor stewardship and engagement. In particular, ensure the leadership team and the Board are better engaged, positioned and supported to share in the responsibility of revenue generation at the local, regional and national level.
Management and Development of Staff: The CEO will be able to work effectively with BGCLAH’s diverse constituencies, including its Board, staff, youths, alumni and families. The candidate will be able to build consensus and navigate complex situations with grace and flexibility. Aforementioned strategic planning should alleviate some of this tension, but the CEO should demonstrate an intentional focus on creating a team structure, specifically with the Csuite that appropriately delegates responsibility, empowers staff and clarifies roles. A focus on pay raises and increasing work-life balance across the organization would go far for staff retention. The next CEO should engage the C-suite in building the operational systems and investing in operations to support the current scale of the organization, prioritizing Human Resources.
Evolve the Vision and Implement Strategy: The CEO will serve as the key leader of the strategy and growth goals of the organization to successfully serve youths. The CEO will be highly-networked with a broad understanding of the local trends impacting LA County, and the organizations and stakeholders seeking to impact and improve these communities. The new CEO should define the organization’s vision and take the organization through strategic planning, including Board and staff. The organization also has opportunities to focus on sustainability and improving existing programs first and growth second. Assessment of Board’s role in management of organization under new leadership. Glean support and expertise from the Board and bring them along across strategic planning process.
Lead with Emotional Intelligence, IQ, Integrity and Humility: They will be an individual who thoughtfully builds trust across the organization and in the communities they serve, with authenticity and humility. The next CEO will understand, value and represent for the perspectives of youths, families and staff. The CEO will be an active listener, demonstrate respect for others and, in turn, gain their respect.
Create an Action Oriented and Positive Culture: The CEO will work with the youths and staff to ensure that the entire organization pursues excellence, and continuous learning and consistently exhibits BGCLAH’s core organizational values. They will ensure that the management, staffing and culture of the organization are suitably aligned with BGCLAH’s mission while pursuing strategic ambitions. The CEO will also nurture an organizational culture that is inclusive and highly collaborative—and that seeks to ensure that staff are healthy, whole, and happy.
Compensation
The estimated salary range for this role is $280,000–$310,000. This salary range represents BGCLAH’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the possible base salary range at the time of posting and is one part of the total rewards BGCLAH provides to employees.
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