Description:
As the future phases of The Underline come online, FUL is focused on continuing its decade of innovation, inspiration, imagination, and sustained excellence. This involves seeking public and private funds to maintain, operate, and program the physical space at first-class levels. For this critical work, the CEO will leverage an extraordinarily visible project that enjoys a tremendous sense of community ownership and goodwill while traversing and enhancing varied communities, existing fundraising efforts with high levels of activity across giving levels, a well-connected and activated Board, and a rapidly growing and evolving South Florida region that embraces philanthropy.
While FUL will consider a broad range of backgrounds, the ideal candidate will have the following qualifications/experience:
- Commitment to the mission and values of FUL as well as passionate and thoughtful about creative urban placemaking.
- Demonstrated success in institution-building; able to engage and expand stakeholders and the base of support. Experience working directly with a board of directors is important. Preference for experience working at the forefront of change in transportation, environment, and urban community development initiatives.
- Demonstrated success in private fundraising.
- Superb verbal and written communication skills with the stature, demeanor, and comfort level to serve as a highly visible and public-facing ambassador of FUL in community, cultural, and civic environments.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and project management skills.
- Track record of effective team management and agility in toggling between strategic leadership and hands-on execution; ability to lead and motivate staff and stakeholders at all levels with clear goals and shared accountability. Experience leading, recruiting, evaluating, and developing professionals and contributing to the ongoing fostering of a results-oriented, multiracial/multicultural workforce. Experience managing budgets and revenue forecasts.
- Values-driven and committed to personal and professional development. Elevates institutional goals and values beyond personal gain, ensuring efforts are mission-focused and quality driven. Unimpeachable integrity and commitment to the highest standards of professionalism.
- Confident, emotionally intelligent, servant leader with a solutions-oriented mindset. A sense of humor and perspective, and a penchant for transparency, consultation, and collaboration.
- Culturally competent with respect to issues such as racial, cultural, religious, sexual, and gender identity with the interpersonal skills and sensitivity to develop and sustain impactful relationships with an array of diverse constituencies.