Living Goods Hiring for Executive Director USA at Washington, DC Full Time

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About Living Goods

Delivering Data Driven Care Door to Door to Over 6 million People:

Living Goods saves lives at scale by supporting digitally empowered community health workers who deliver care on call, making it easy for families in need to get their health needs met. Funders, governments, and public health leaders all recognize Living Goods as one of the most deeply impactful, efficient, and influential community health platforms. Living Goods serves as the principal community health and technology partner to three counties with a total population of over 100 million people.

• Saving Lives: Two independent randomized control trials show Living Goods is reducing child deaths by 25-30%. Where LG works, 95% of children are born in facilities, and 95% of kids fully complete their immunizations.
• Delivering at Scale: Living Goods supported CHW’s provide care for over 6 million people. LG serves as the primary community health and digitization partner to Kenya, Burkina Faso, and Uganda.
• Low Cost: Perhaps the greatest challenge in scaling community health is doing so at a cost that countries can afford. Living Goods delivers comprehensive community care, including compensation, supervision, medicines, and digital tools, for under $3 per capita annually.
• Technology Leadership: Over 10,000 health workers use LG’s Smart Health platform to provide accurate guided diagnoses, ensure timely follow-ups, and deliver performance data in real-time.
• Leading Funders: LG is supported by many of the leading global health funders, including: The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, The Skoll Foundation, Elma Philanthropies, Virgin Unite, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, GAVI, USAID, The Global Fund, and many others.

About the Role:

Living Goods seeks an exceptional and visionary leader to join our team as the Executive Director, USA. This role will be responsible for driving our organization’s mission and impact by leading our external efforts, fundraising and business development, communications, and advocacy. As a member of the Living Goods global executive team, this position s to the CEO and leads the fundraising/business development, communications, and advocacy teams. The role oversees an overall team of 20, including three direct s at the head of function/Director level. Please note that this is also a global leadership role; some team members are based in Africa and Europe.

Due to its location, the Executive Director USA must be ready and able to act for/represent the CEO in the USA. The role also includes senior operational and administration responsibilities detailed below.

This role is for an experienced senior external strategist and team leader who knows how to partner with a capable CEO and larger leadership team, design and deploy systems, tools, and resources to position their team for success year after year. The Executive Director, USA must have strong leadership, management, organizational, and interpersonal skills, and an ability to inspire their team, work collaboratively across the organization, and leverage the wider leadership team.

Key Responsibilities

Fundraising:

• Create a fundraising vision and oversee a comprehensive fundraising strategy to support Living Goods’ mission and growth, drive fundraising best practices across the organization, and galvanize a culture of fundraising in Living Goods. Work with leadership and development team to operationalize fundraising strategy and achieve annual revenue targets of approximately $25-30 million. Revenue streams include foundations and corporations, major gifts, as well as bi-lateral and multi-lateral funding.
• Routinely represent the organization to fundraising partners, including foundations, corporations, global institutions, and individual donors. Deepen Living Goods donor relationships with consistent and meaningful engagement opportunities.

Communications and Advocacy:

• Oversee the communications team to ensure Living Goods’ mission is compellingly and persuasively communicated across channels and ensure Living Goods’ impact is recognized and celebrated. Oversee advocacy team to influence funding, policy, and practice across primary health care and promote community health workers, healthcare access, and equity.
• Act as a thought partner to the CEO and lead communications, external impact, and influence.
• Contribute to organizational leadership, bridging gaps between fundraising, communications, and advocacy teams and fostering increased collaboration and optimized workflow across departments.
• Participate in strategic planning, staffing, and budgeting.

Team Leadership:

• Lead, manage, and develop a high-performing cross-functional team of 20 total team members, including 4 direct s, providing mentorship and guidance to drive success in fundraising, partnerships, and advocacy initiatives.
• Supervise three department/head of function leads, reviewing their performance and providing thoughtful support and guidance.

USA Operations:

• Oversee all USA operations and personnel-related matters. This includes partnering with the CFO and finance team to manage offices/leases, ensuring legal and regulatory compliance, acting as a signatory on bank accounts, and managing payroll and benefits administration.

Essential Qualifications, Experience & Attributes:

• Experience: Minimum of 10 years of progressive leadership experience in fundraising, partnership development, communications, and advocacy within the non-profit sector, including at least 5 years in senior external leadership/fundraising roles.
• Fundraising Expertise: Proven track record of fundraising success, raising significant amounts annually in a nonprofit setting with additional experience in communications and advocacy. Proven success in soliciting and closing 6- and 7-figure gifts/grants from philanthropic foundations, bilateral and multilateral donors, corporations, and major gifts. Demonstrated success in designing and implementing fundraising strategies that have achieved substantial revenue growth. Demonstrated ability to influence key stakeholders, including senior leaders.
• Relationship management: Exceptional and proven relationship-building and fundraising abilities. Experience cultivating donors and developing strategies to ensure their continued engagement.
• Strategic Thinker: Proven ability to develop and execute strategic plans that drive organizational growth and impact. Ability to think big picture and be a detail-oriented implementer who can mobilize teams to translate strategy into plans and results.
• Leadership Skills: Strong track record of hiring, developing, and managing high-performing, remote, cross-cultural teams to achieve ambitious, measurable results.
• Data/systems: Experience fortifying systems, including CRM, and creating organizational structure and process management.
• Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to serve as a compelling advocate for Living Goods work.
• Experience working within a multi-country diverse, complex organization with networked structures and multiple stakeholders.
• Passion/mission alignment: Strong alignment with Living Goods’ mission and values.

Personal/Professional Attributes:

• Collaborative relationship builder with a deep understanding of Living Good’s mission.
• Ability to operate effectively at both the strategic and tactical levels.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Willingness and availability to travel to Africa three times a year (typically Burkina Faso, Kenya, or Uganda). Be available for additional travel in the USA.
• Intellectual curiosity, flexibility, and self-motivation.
• Commitment to the highest standards of professionalism, integrity, excellence, diversity, and equity.
• Passion for the organization’s mission and work.

Terms of Appointment:

The salary range for the role will be in the low $200,000 USD; the final offer will be based on the candidate’s experience.

Information on the role’s competitive benefits package, including health insurance and bonus opportunity, can be shared upon request.

Role Location:

The role is remote. The candidate can be based anywhere in the USA East Coast; preference is for Washington DC or NYC. We will consider other locations, especially if a large fundraising market, for exceptional candidates.

Due to the time zone differences between our USA-based team, our Country Offices, and the location of other global staff, USA-based staff are expected to be available for early morning meetings starting at 7 am EST.

Living Goods is an equal opportunity employer and will consider every qualified applicant for employment. Living Goods does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.

Our current job openings are displayed on our website, where you can search for open positions and apply directly. Living Goods does not offer any positions without an interview and never asks candidates for money. If you are asked for money, we strongly recommend that you do not respond and do not send money or personal information.

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