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Bay Area Director GreenLight Fund San Francisco Bay Area, CA

The Opportunity

GreenLight Bay Area is currently seeking a dynamic, passionate, and collaborative Director to work in collaboration with and serve as a thought partner to the Bay Area Executive Director. The Director will manage the day-to-day programmatic operations of the team, ensuring on-track progress on the site’s ambitious plans towards programmatic impact.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work at the intersection of social entrepreneurship and community need and to build and support a portfolio of high-performing nonprofits to confront the community’s most pressing challenges. To see the full job description, please click here: https://www.dsgco.com/search/21975-greenlightbayareadirector/.

Candidate Profile

The Bay Area Director will be an experienced, innovative, and collaborative director with exceptional project management, communication and relationship-building skills. While no one candidate will possess every quality outlined for this position, the successful candidate will bring many of the following professional qualifications and personal attributes: 

• Authentic passion for GreenLight’s mission and commitment to the Bay Area community  • Proven commitment to bringing a racial equity lens to their work and deep understanding of how systems of oppression have affected communities experiencing poverty  • 10+ years of experience with a successful track record in fast-paced, entrepreneurial environments holding positions of increasing responsibility  • Experience building relationships in Bay Area’s philanthropic, nonprofit and/or business sectors, as well as knowledge of the critical social issues affecting low-income residents in the area  • Creative, collaborative, entrepreneurial, and action-oriented with an eagerness to roll up one’s sleeves and work hands-on to manage towards site goals and success  • Passion for and a demonstrated commitment to social entrepreneurship and social change  • Demonstrated experience developing effective working relationships with people from a wide array of backgrounds and leading groups with a collegial and team-building approach • Experience executing competing priorities with excellence • Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to represent GreenLight Bay Area in an engaging and dynamic manner  • Experience in writing and submitting grant proposals and reports is a plus

Contact

Koya Partners l Diversified Search Group has been exclusively retained for this engagement, which is being led by Cassie Scarano and Ariella Pasackow. To apply, please submit a compelling cover letter and resume by filling out our Talent Profile: https://apptrkr.com/6061342 no later than April 11, 2025. All inquiries are strictly confidential.

To apply, visit: https://apptrkr.com/6061342

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