Executive Director
- Potrero Group
- Moss Landing, CA, USA
Job Description
The Elkhorn Slough Foundation seeks a dynamic, experienced Executive Director to lead its land conservation, restoration, education, and partnership efforts within the Elkhorn Slough watershed and surrounding communities.
The Executive Director is responsible for the overall leadership and management of the organization and ensures its fiscal health and sustainability. The Executive Director will guide ESF into its next era following the retirement of a long-term leader who has built a strong foundation of partnerships, conservation impact, and fundraising success.
The Executive Director sets ESF’s core strategic vision and oversees operations, resource development, and partnerships. The Executive Director is the face, voice, and heart of the organization and ESF’s ambassador to local, regional, and national conservation communities, including the National Estuarine Research Reserve System.
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Qualifications
ESF seeks a leader with high-level fundraising and relationship skills and a proven ability to navigate complex, changing organizational and mission delivery environments. The ideal candidate will demonstrate values-based leadership, possess an engaging personality, and bring the confidence, humility, and emotional intelligence necessary to work effectively with a talented staff, an engaged board, and essential partners at a pivotal time in ESF’s history.
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Benefits
This is a full-time, exempt, benefit-eligible position. The anticipated annual salary range for this position is $185,000–$225,000, commensurate with experience.
Application Instructions
Visit potrerogroup.com/elkhorn and select “Apply Here.” Please include a resume and a cover letter describing your qualifications that match the position criteria.
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Potrero Group provides strategy and business planning, organizational effectiveness, and nuanced board and leadership search services to mission-driven organizations. We particularly specialize in nonprofits that partner with public institutions, primarily in the parks, public lands, and conservation sectors.