executive director,
statewide association

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UPDATE: POSITION FILLED

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Supporting Families Together Association (SFTA) is Wisconsin’s statewide member association for local and regional organizations committed to making every early childhood a great one.

 

We're recruiting an Executive Director for this amazing nonprofit. 

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Please apply confidentially, or share this with a friend.

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Read the detailed job description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employer:

Supporting Families Together Association (SFTA)

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Location:

Madison, Wisconsin

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Responsibilities include:

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• Leading SFTA (18 staff, $12 million budget) in the achievement of its mission of cultivating a system of organizations and professionals across Wisconsin to promote quality, strengths-based, early childhood services in all communities.
   

• Overseeing the development, implementation, and evaluation of SFTA’s programs and services.
   

• As the public face of SFTA, leading fund development, communication, and advocacy.
   

• Representing the SFTA membership, and the broader field of early childhood education and family support, on various coalitions and cross-sectoral working groups, committees and teams at the state and national levels.

 

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Experience sought:

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This role requires significant related professional experience with demonstrated success at a leadership level, in these areas:

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• Full-cycle project management of programs with complex monitoring and compliance requirements: design, proposal writing, implementation, evaluation.

 

• Staff supervision encompassing day-to-day staff management, employee performance reviews, hiring and termination, and an understanding of employee benefits and employment law.

 

• Identification of funding opportunities, and oversight of fund development strategies and campaigns, including grant-writing.
   

• Public relations and advocacy, including the development and execution of issue, media, and communications plans, and an understanding of legislative and policy processes.
   

• Successful engagement with a nonprofit Board of Directors.
   

• An understanding of early childhood systems, programs and services delivery preferred.

 

 

For more information:​

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• Read the detailed job description