Northern California PGA Foundation

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Leadership & Management:

• Ensure ongoing programmatic excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality of finance and administration, fundraising, communications, and systems; recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve the strategic goals.

• Actively engage and energize NCPGA Section Members & NCPGA Foundation volunteers, board members, event committees, alumni, partnering organizations, and funders.

• Develop, maintain, and support a strong Board of Directors; serve as ex officio of each committee; seek and build board involvement with strategic direction for both ongoing local operations and integration of PGA REACH

• Lead, coach, develop, and retain the NCPGA Foundation's high-performance team, 

• Ensure effective systems to track scaling progress and regularly evaluate program components, so as to measure successes that can be effectively communicated to the board, funders, and other constituents.

Fundraising & Communication:

• Expand revenue-generating and fundraising activities to support existing & new program operations

• Deepen and refine all aspects of communications—from web presence to NCPGA Member communications to external relations with the goal of creating a stronger brand for PGA HOPE NC & the NCPGA Foundation

• Use external presence and relationships to garner new opportunities

Planning & Donor Development:

• Evaluate the possible expansion to include all three pillars of PGA REACH; if determined to move forward, complete the strategic business planning process for the addition of the Youth & Diversity pillars, and rebrand to NCPGA REACH

• Build partnerships in the new pillar areas, establishing relationships with the funders, political leaders, and community leaders.

• Be an external presence that publishes and communicates program results with an emphasis on the successes of the local program in support of national PGA REACH goals.

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

The Director will be thoroughly committed to the NCPGA Foundation's mission. Specific requirements include:

• Bachelor's degree in nonprofit management, business, communications, or a related field (preferred).

• Highly developed strategic thinking and execution skills that allow him/her to successfully lead and manage projects, groups, or organizations to achieve desired results

• Demonstrated success in fundraising with a proven track record of expanding an organization’s donor base through collaborative relationship-building

• Superior relationship-building and interpersonal skills, which enable rapport-building with internal and external stakeholders. Preferred: broad networks of relationships in Northern California

• Unwavering commitment to quality programs and data-driven program evaluation

• Past success working with a Board of Directors, with the ability to cultivate existing board member relationships

• Experience with donor management software

• Strong written and verbal communication skills; a persuasive and passionate communicator with excellent interpersonal and multidisciplinary project skills

• Military experience/knowledge is desirable

• Action-oriented, entrepreneurial, adaptable, and innovative approach to business planning

• Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people

• Passion, idealism, integrity, positive attitude, mission-driven, and self-directed

• Knowledge of the NCPGA Section and the PGA of America is desirable