DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Act as an advocate for patient care and ensure patient safety by providing a safe environment for all patients, reducing and preventing errors, practicing responsible reporting of adverse events and safety concerns, and providing evidenced-based care.
• Work with Executive Director and Department Chairpersons to develop and attain bottom line targets for all service lines and strategic short and long-term objectives for clinical, academic, and financial growth and performance.
• Attract, develop, and retain a strong team to manage the operations of the PCU, including both clinical and clerical staff.
• Work with Department Chairpersons and medical staff to assist with physician recruiting and enhance physician relations, and to ensure physician input on Unit operations and programs.
• Provide sound fiscal leadership: prepares and implements annual operating, capital, and academic budgets; prepares regular variance and productivity reports, oversee acquisition of medical equipment, assist in negotiation of contracts and agreements, monitors and ensures effective use of resources in service delivery, and performs other related duties.
• Monitor and enhance Unit outcomes through ongoing activities such as patient satisfaction surveys, industry benchmarking, quality assessments, and other indicators.
• Support the research and education efforts of the Departments in the PCU.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable local, state, and national regulating bodies.
• Lead the PCU in working with the Marketing and Communications division to develop marketing strategies for the departments.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or health administration; advanced degree or equivalent experience and current pursuit of an advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum ten years of health or hospital management experience in a progressively more responsible role including operations, program planning, and significant bottom-line responsibility.
• Evident depth of understanding of health care management and how hospitals function
• Mission-driven, self-starting executive with “fire in the belly” when it comes to patient care
• Track record of results in launching new initiatives and of successfully retiring or restructuring existing programs and initiatives
• Collaborative, team-oriented leader with significant management and staff development experience; successful mentor; workforce planning experience helpful
• Innovative problem solver who is “not afraid to break the mold”
• Highly skilled and savvy communicator, solid negotiating skills
• A successful “change agent” who has led or contributed to turnaround initiatives in settings with an academic component
• Demonstrated ability to plan, coordinate, direct, evaluate, and manage multiple high-level projects while scanning the marketplace for new growth opportunities

Compensation:  Competitive with negotiable benefits.  

For consideration:  See Info for Candidates

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide overall leadership to all League of American Orchestras fund development initiatives to reach established goals: Annual Fund campaigns (major gifts, leadership giving, individual giving, corporate sponsorships, and regional and national foundation funding), and campaign management.
  
• Develop and implement the League’s development strategy enabling the organization to increase giving both inside and outside the League’s current donor footprint.
  
• Serve as principal staff person to Campaign and Development committees and assume staff leadership of the $25 million Campaign for a New Direction.
  
• Work closely with the President and CEO and Governance Committee to assist in the strategic cultivation, recruitment, and retention of new board members and to assist in managing institutional governance issues.
  
• Provide strategic support to the CEO on his fund raising activities.
  
• Execute all managerial responsibilities related to operation of the Development Department: prepare revenue and expense budgets; set goals and objectives for staff and perform ongoing performance assessment; recruit, manage, motivate, train, and evaluate staff and their activities.
  
• Provide fiscal stewardship of department: consistently monitor and evaluate fundraising programs, provide accurate and meaningful progress reports, tracking, and analysis.
  
• Collaborate with the Vice President of Finance and Administration to ensure financial and accounting integrity of contributed revenue.
  
• Develop and nurture relationships with development professionals in member orchestras.
  
• Deepen Board-level participation in direct fundraising activities, including personal solicitations.
  
• Assemble the development leaders of member orchestras to tackle priorities in orchestra fundraising; contribute development-related agendas for mid-year and annual conferences.
  
• Join forces with Program Department to align fundraising with program priorities.
  
• Participate as a senior team member in a broad range of institutional planning in collaboration with the President and CEO and Board leadership, set short, mid-range and long-term fundraising goals, identify funding priorities in the context of strategic institutional planning, and develop new, entrepreneurial approaches to revenue growth.
  

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree and eight to ten years in fundraising, at least five of which should be as a senior manager and include working with boards and recruiting and coordinating volunteers
  
• Experience in membership-driven cultural arts environments with emphasis on performing arts
  
• Exceptional skill at cultivating and sustaining authentic relationships with donors, board members, and other key constituents
  
• Confident, personable and comfortable representing the League to high-level orchestra executives and volunteers
  
• Proven track record in all facets of fundraising including annual campaigns, planned and major gifts, capital, and endowment campaigns, and special events, as well as nuts and bolts of data analysis and reporting, prospect research and cultivation, and database management
  
• Demonstrated ability to motivate board members to take a more active role in development initiatives
  
• Outstanding written and spoken communication skills, exceptional conversationalist
  
• Positive, energetic big-picture individual with solid leadership, management, and organization skills
  
• Proactive approach to development activities including identification and pursuit of timely opportunities
  
• Overall strategic agility, ability to conceptualize and execute, and capacity to articulate a visionary approach to initiatives that will enhance the long-term financial integrity of the League of American Orchestras
  
• Creative, innovative problem solving style
  
• General knowledge of standard fundraising database programs

Compensation:  Competitive with excellent benefits.  

For Considerations:  Applicants and sources may call or send credentials (reference "League of American Orchestras") immediately to:

Rebecca Ruben Smith, Herbert C. Smith, or Jennie Dawes
H C SMITH LTD
20600 Chagrin Boulevard, Suite #101
Shaker Heights, OH 44122-5344

E-mail: rrsmith@hcsmith.com or info@hcsmith.com
Phone: (216) 752-9966
FAX: (216) 752-9970
(800) 442-7583
www.hcsmith.com
Our client is an equal opportunity employer.

UNIQUE LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY FOR SEASONED PERFORMING ARTS EXECUTIVE

H C Smith Ltd is proud to represent Revels, Inc. (www.revels.org) in its search for EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. Revels is a Boston area organization that helps build community through its staged performances celebrating the cycle of the seasons and through the power of traditional song, dance, storytelling and ritual from cultures around the world.

Founded in 1971 by music educator John Langstaff, Revels offers a full season of rich theatrical and musical performances, workshops and community events to Greater Boston and, through its national affiliates, nine other communities across the United States. The mission of Revels is to cultivate authentic cultural traditions and celebrate the cycle of the seasons - through staged performances of song, dance and drama, education programs, and opportunities for participation by all. Revels engages people of all ages with song, dance, drama, and ritual. Programs are designed to entertain, nourish the spirit, and build bridges across generations and cultures.

Revels is a performing organization unlike any other. The centerpiece of each season and the base on which Revels was founded is The Christmas Revels, a themed celebration of the winter solstice. The Christmas Revels runs for 16 performances in Sanders Theatre at Harvard University, drawing over 15,000 patrons. The ensemble is composed of a large volunteer chorus of adults and children who work alongside professional performers at the highest level of their craft. Each year’s Revels integrates the audience into a community in another time and place where 21st century Americans can get a sense of the ritual and celebratory life of a different culture. All Christmas Revels performances involve audience participation in singing and dancing and include several anchor elements which do not change from year to year, and which the audience clearly has come to view as essential parts of the Revels experience. On one occasion, when the directors tried to leave out The Sussex Mummers Carol, the audience stood and spontaneously sang it on its own.

With the Christmas Revels as a base, Revels has expanded its offerings into year round programs. The extensive education program, a core element of the Revels mission, includes children’s workshops, school residencies, and educational “salons” for adults. The Revels Repertory Company is a 40-member ensemble of amateur singer -actors of all ages from 20 communities augmented by professional performers as needed. A Revels Rep performance is also a trip back in time and place – you’ve joined a meeting about emancipation or a seaside town’s welcome-home celebration of its whalers, or you find yourself strolling through Appalachia beside a New England songcatcher. Videos of Revels performances can be viewed on the Website.

The Executive Director of Revels must possess an imaginative spirit, an open mind, and solid managerial skills. Reporting to the Board of Directors, this leader will develop and implement strategies for achieving the mission of Revels. In addition to overseeing the business aspects of the organization, the Executive Director is responsible for the overall administration of productions, fund-raising, marketing, product development and distribution, relationships with national affiliated companies, and educational activities. He or she will have a personable, genuinely collaborative approach to management and leadership, and will have experience and a high degree of comfort helping an organization through a period of change. The selected individual will bring dynamic leadership and proven ideas and strategies for expanding fundraising activities and cultivating a Board. Expanding audiences will also be a priority. The ideal candidate will have a background in the performing arts or producing organizations.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide overall executive leadership to staff, oversee an operating budget of $1.5 million, and formulate, secure board approval of, and administer all organizational policies and procedures in pursuit of the Revels mission
• Ably and enthusiastically represent Revels to donors, volunteers, existing and potential collaborators, community organizations, national affiliates, and the public
• Provide leadership in developing and expanding fundraising activities and strategies; explore ways to incorporate endowment, planned giving, and major gift initiatives
• Strengthen the Revels brand, using traditional and new social media
• Working with the Board of Directors, initiate board development and staff succession planning to address current and future organizational needs
• Guide the board and staff in developing, adopting, and implementing a long-range plan
• Collaborate with the Artistic Director and Music Director to realize artistic goals
• Attract and develop staff; create and sustain a work climate that motivates and inspires; provide opportunities for professional training and growth
• Diversify membership of board, staff, repertory company, and audience members
• Cultivate ideas for new products (books, recordings, gift items); negotiate use of Revels intellectual property by affiliated and non-affiliated organizations
• Manage and nourish the relationship between Revels and its affiliate organizations; protect Revels’ intellectual property and monitor artistic quality of public events
• Manage the organization’s relationships with other institutions

CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree desired; advanced degree in management with arts emphasis a plus
• Extensive management experience in a performing arts organization
• Visionary leadership with ability to see the big picture
• Success in fundraising and ease at donor relations
• Contagious enthusiasm about both the legacy and potential of Revels
• Strong belief in arts experiences for all ages including work with schools and community organizations
• Deep understanding and appreciation of the importance and value of participatory arts experiences
• Solid operational, budget administration and financial management skills; willingness to delegate routine managerial duties
• Proven track record of engaging volunteers in meaningful, long-term relationships
• Strong written and oral communication and presentation skills; dexterity at developing and communicating institutional vision across a wide range of constituencies
• Energy, approachability, poise; ability to collaborate with a wide variety of personalities and communities
• Ability to develop and manage an institutional advancement strategy; familiarity with contemporary issues and methods of fundraising and institutional image building a plus
• Ability to function effectively and gracefully in a complex, highly creative environment

COMPENSATION: Competitive salary and benefits package.

IMMEDIATE RESPONSE REQUIRED: Applicants and sources should call or send credentials to:

Rebecca Ruben Smith – Revels
H C SMITH LTD
20600 Chagrin Boulevard, Suite #101
Shaker Heights, OH 44122-5344

E-mail: info@hcsmith.com, subject “Revels”
Phone: (216) 752-9966
FAX: (216) 752-9970
(800) 442-7583
www.hcsmith.com
Our client is an equal opportunity employer.