Executive Director

Key Duties & Responsibilities: Lead the organization with courage and purposeful action. Build upon NEE's strategic vision, providing long-term direction and delineating the organizational activities to be pursued and the capabilities needed. Facilitate effectiveness and success through rigorous reflection, and consistent quality of finance and administration, fundraising, communications, and systems. Ensure timelines and resources needed to achieve strategic goals. Engage, energize, and support NEE staff, board members, partner organizations, and funders to define and fulfill their contributions to the mission; instill a strong sense of partnership and cohesion across the organization; use open channels of communication to reinforce a culture of excellence toward achieving the highest standards of practice. Develop, maintain, and support a strong board; Serve as ex-officio of each committee, seek, and build board involvement with strategic direction for both local and national opportunities. Lead, coach, develop, and retain a high-performance team. Build and maintain effective systems to track scaling progress, implement clear metrics of success, and regularly evaluate program components, to measure successes that can be effectively communicated to the board, funders, and other stakeholders. Develop and maintain relationships with press locally, regionally and nationally - oversee press releases, and work to amplify influence on many levels, including social media. Sustain and grow the budget. Expand revenue generating and fundraising activities to support existing and future program operations. Serve as the principal spokesperson for the organization. Oversee engagement to deepen and refine all aspects of communications—from web presence to external relations—with the goal of creating a stronger brand and greater visibility. Build and utilize external presence and relationships to garner new opportunities. Advocate for and support the development of progressive and sound public policies. Determine and oversee the implementation of programmatic activities. Solidify NEE's reputation as an effective leader in the movement for climate justice and the democratization of New Mexico's energy economy in order to foster sustainable and climate resilient, just, and inclusive systems that center the needs of low-income and communities of color. Work with and support staff to develop a comprehensive plan to strengthen, continually refresh, and enrich NEE's strategic goals. Over the next 3 years - design and execute expansion plans, including geographic and programmatic. Build partnerships in new markets, establishing relationships with funders, the political sphere, and community leaders. Serve as an articulate and persuasive spokesperson on behalf of the organization establishing a local, statewide, and national presence while publishing and communicating program results with an emphasis on the successes of the local program as a model for replication. With the Board of Directors and supported by senior staff, translate NEE's organizational strategy into annual operating plans covering finance; compliance; governance; policies and procedures; and HR/administrative needs. Ensure that the organization develops sound annual budgets; builds the organization's financial strength and stability; and oversees financial management and administration. Lead and motivate direct reports to advance employee engagement and develop a high performing managerial team. Oversee all operations and business activities to ensure they produce the desired results and are consistent with the overall strategy and mission. Make high-quality investing decisions to advance NEE's goals and resources. Enforce adherence to legal guidelines and in-house policies to maintain the company's legal compliance and business ethics. Review financial and non-financial reports to devise solutions or improvements. Qualifications & Experience Cultural competence to work in and with communities of color. The ideal candidate will have an intimate knowledge of racial, economic, and social justice struggles. Demonstrated commitment to environmental, climate, and economic justice with working knowledge of sustainable community development, clean energy, environmental planning, and/or economic development. Ability to effectively collaborate and build coalitions with diverse groups of disparate interests including community, labor, industry, and government. Demonstrated history of financial management and fundraising in support of a high figure organizational budget, with over $1million in new annual revenues. A 10-year track record of mid- to senior-level management experience including regionally or nationally scaling a performance- and outcomes-based organization and staff. Excellence in organizational management with the ability to attract, manage, develop, and coach a high-performing team; set and achieve strategic objectives; and work with the Board and partners to scale the work. Experience developing and operationalizing strategies that have taken an organization to the next stage of growth. Persuasive and passionate written and verbal communication skills; strong marketing and public relations experience; and the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders and cultures with excellent interpersonal and multidisciplinary project skills. Past success working with a Board or steering committee with the ability to cultivate existing member relationships. Strong commitment to a collaborative work style with Board, staff, and other key stakeholders. Action-oriented, entrepreneurial, adaptable, and innovative approach to planning Passionate, trustworthy, positive, mission-driven, and self-directed. A fast learner and creative problem-solver.