The Organization
Altruvest BoardMatch™, a registered charity, trains and matches corporate leaders and volunteers for board positions within local non-profit organizations. Initially created in Toronto in 1995 to advise non-profits on how to improve their effectiveness, it became apparent that finding and retaining qualified board members was a significant issue, particularly for small-to-mid-size non-profits. In 1999, Altruvest decided the best way to maximize their impact was to focus exclusively on governance. With that in mind, they created a program to prepare aspiring leaders to become effective non-profit board members. Corporations sponsored employees for the training and Altruvest, in turn, helped facilitate their placement on appropriate non-profit boards.
In the past year, since adopting a new strategic plan the Altruvest Board Match Leadership (BML) program is expanding across Canada with programs upcoming in the US. A new technology platform designed to significantly enhance the ability to place board candidates and deliver additional BML training options, is scheduled for launch in early 2025.
With this fresh new mandate and focus on growth, Altruvest is seeking an Executive Director (ED) to lead this next stage in their evolution.
The Position
Working closely with the Board, the ED is responsible for realizing the overall strategic vision and direction of the organization. A significant focus on fund raising, increasing donor contributions and sourcing new sponsors will support this growth. Accountable to the Board, the ED meets regularly with the Chair and Vice Chair, participates in the strategic planning process, and provides leadership and guidance to the organization’s staff and volunteers.
In this key position the ED leads the development of annual business plans and quarterly reviews; leads fundraising activities; and develops, strengthens, and leverages key relationships with the Altruvest team, Board members, clients, partners, funders, and other applicable stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Vision and Strategy: Reporting to the Board of Directors; provide dynamic, innovative, and strategic leadership; working with the Board, develop a three year strategic plan; direct the planning, delivery, and evaluation of a comprehensive program consistent with Altruvest’s mission and vision statement. In partnership with the Board expand and implement the organization’s plan for a global expansion strategy that is scalable, replicable, SaaS and franchise model based, and regionally specific.
- Fundraising: Ensure the availability of financial resources to support the achievement of Altruvest’s mission, vision, goals, and objectives by actively soliciting donations and sponsorships from governments, corporations, foundations, and individuals, and developing and executing strategies to expand fundraising methods. Ability to make asks of those who express a positive interest in Altruvest’s work by leveraging strategic volunteers and expanding the involvement of existing donors.
- Operations: Oversee the effective and efficient day-to-day operating environment by ensuring that appropriate practices, policies, and procedures create the framework for operations and standards of service; lead the organization through inspiration, the building of consensus, and tough decision making.
- Financial Accountability: Develop annual budgets for Board approval; manage the allocation and efficient management of the planned resources, for all staff and volunteers. Negotiate effectively to obtain resources to achieve outcomes.
- Relationship and Communication Management: Act as public ambassador and advocate for Altruvest’s programs and mission. Continuously build and nurture key relationships and network to achieve strategic and financial goals and to increase awareness of Altruvest. Represent and sustain a positive image/profile/credibility of the organization. Ensure internal and external communications are current and informative, and available across relevant media, i.e., web sites, electronic newsletters, intranet, promotional materials, awareness, and fundraising campaigns, etc.
- People Management: Develop a staff and a culture that promotes a customer-focused philosophy, with individual and shared responsibility to serve the corporations, the non-profits, and the individual. Set challenging goals for self and for team; model and promote appropriate social, ethical, and organizational standards in all interactions, actively seek feedback and engage in critical self-reflection; value the well-being of self and others by managing stress levels and work/life balance.
Location: The role is virtual within or easily commutable to the Greater Toronto Area.
First year priorities
- Leverage the framework in place to continue the creation and implementation of a sustainable revenue source from sponsorships and donations.
- Ensure the successful launch of a new tech stack and the ongoing refinement to create optimal performance.
- Ensure Toronto is functioning as a hub with a transferable model to other geographies.
What it takes
You are purpose driven, inspired and motivated by building and implementing with a strong desire to magnify impact and generate results. You are natural in developing relationships, with an innate ability to drive alignment and coalesce achievement around a common goal. You have proven fundraising ability and have established a wide and varied network of prominent and influential people. Creating a sustainable revenue stream drawing on donors and sponsors energizes you. You bring:
- Previous experience driving and achieving targets in a fund-raising role and/or demonstrated competency in building partnerships, sponsorships and strategic alliances to generate sustainable revenue streams.
- Values alignment with the NFP sector.
- Knowledge of the fundamentals of current marketing technology with the ability to direct outreach that is customized and effective with target groups.
- Ability to manage budgets, create financial reports for the Board and create and monitor key performance indicators.
- Influencing and persuading skills, ability to build consensus among diverse stakeholders/perspectives/backgrounds.
- Ability to build and develop a team, with a focus on continuous improvement and operating efficiency.