Job Opening: Executive Director for Read to Succeed Asheville/Buncombe

Are you passionate about social justice and closing the achievement gap between Black and white students in Asheville and Buncombe County? R2S is looking for an experienced nonprofit leader to serve as the next Executive Director.

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Background
Read to Succeed Asheville/Buncombe is dedicated to closing the literacy achievement gap between Black and white students in Asheville City and Buncombe County schools through one-to-one literacy tutoring. We train volunteers in the highly-regarded Orton-Gillingham approach to reading instruction. A flexible, language-based modality of teaching students to read, Orton-Gillingham engages multiple senses–visual, auditory and kinesthetic–to enhance memory storage and retrieval of sounds, syllables, and words.

After training, volunteers are matched with a K-3rd grade student in one of Read to Succeed’s partner schools in the Asheville City and Buncombe County Schools systems. For 1 to 2 hours a week, volunteer reading tutors lead hands-on tutoring sessions with their students in reading, spelling, vocabulary, and writing.

Read to Succeed also organizes literacy programming and events in collaboration with community partners throughout the year.

Full-Time Executive Director (Hiring Summer/Fall of 2020)
The Board of Directors of Read to Succeed Asheville/Buncombe (R2S) is seeking a leader to serve as the next Executive Director (ED). The ideal candidate is an experienced nonprofit leader with at least three years of proven successful nonprofit management. The ED will provide leadership to the organization, manage its day-to-day affairs, and is responsible for directing and formulating plans for achieving the organization’s mission and annual goals, including fundraising from diverse sources; budgeting and fiscal management; operations and human resource management; marketing and communications; and strategic planning. The ED will make it a priority to preserve and build upon the collaborative spirit that exists internally with the board and staff, and externally with the broader nonprofit community, government officials, and other key stakeholders. R2S embraces diversity and equal opportunity.

Qualifications
REQUIRED: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college.

• Commitment to Read to Succeed’s vision and mission.
  
• Record of successful and innovative fundraising with proven experience with individual donors, grant writing, and major gifts.
• Proven track record of visionary leadership with at least three years of senior management experience – including administration, staff supervision, strategic planning, evaluation, budgeting, and organizational innovation.
  
• Extraordinary communicator and relationship builder with a wide variety of stakeholders.
• Demonstrated cross-cultural competency with the ability to prioritize and implement diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to manage organizational operations effectively and efficiently.
• Exceptional financial skills – including budgeting, fiscal management, and analysis.

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