Job Opening: Executive Director
This job opening has passed. We will be contacting eligible candidates within the next two weeks.
Seeking Zero-Waste Visionary
with Budgeting Prowess
The next iteration of Raven Recycling Society, Raven ReCentre, requires a maverick, with the ability to lead and inspire, while ensuring day-to-day efficient, cost-effective operations. Our 35-year-old zero waste social enterprise is a cutting-edge organization, with a vision for the future. We’re now ready for a leader to take our recently rebranded, re-envisioned organization to the next level.
Starting date: TBD
Salary range: $90-120,000
Position: Full-time, permanent
Benefits: Health spending account & Common Good Retirement Savings with employer contribution
With a staff of over 30, Raven ReCentre serves the population of the Yukon, through its facility in Whitehorse. As the Executive Director for Raven, you lead the organization, manage a significant budget, advocate for better waste management practices with the territorial and municipal governments and keep Raven ReCentre positioned as a leader in progressive material management processes, through the creation and implementation of new zero waste initiatives.
Who are we?
We are a Board of 9 directors. Several of us have been on the Board for 10+ years. We come from a wide range of professions – educators and academics, biologists, business people, administrators, community developers – and we’re unified by our passion for the work of Raven ReCentre.
We’re solid. Raven owns a large piece of land, its equipment and its building, all located in an industrial area just outside of downtown.
Our current ED has been with us for 3 years, has transformed the organization, and is ready for some down time. Our last ED was with us for 25 years.
Who are you?
You are a Zero Waste visionary, a whiz with budgets and a seasoned business operator, who is flexible and a problem solver.
You are an innovator who understands the bigger picture of zero-waste initiatives and the challenges of progressive waste-management endeavours in a northern territory.
You have the ability to assess Raven ReCentre’s potential, within an ever-changing industry. And you know how to make new and exciting cost-recovery initiatives happen. You are professional and well-spoken and can use your diplomacy and negotiation skills when working with governments, while building partnerships and connections.
You like living in a small city that has big opportunities, and have the patience to work on a long-term Zero Waste vision for the territory.
You are experienced in working with Boards and appreciate a group of Board members who will guide you through the Carver Governance Model.
You have a sense of humour and are committed to the natural environment. You’re excited by this position and can’t wait to talk to us!
Application Instructions
Apply to raven.boardofdirectors@gmail.com before May 1, 2024. The posting will remain active until filled.
Full Job Description
Position Summary
The Executive Director (ED) of Raven ReCentre Society (Raven) receives direction from a volunteer Board of Directors (Board), under the Carver model of governance. The ED leads the organization to ensure Raven meets its Ends (otherwise known as goals) as a social enterprise, providing zero waste services across the Yukon. They have the prerogative to define their own duties and responsibilities to fulfil the Board Ends. Raven ReCentre has led the charge on recycling and reuse for over 35 years. It is a non-profit social enterprise with a diverse revenue stream and staff. Raven owns and operates the Raven ReCentre, its land and building, and is moving its focus away from non-refundable recycling, to operating an Eco-Centre that provides multiple opportunities for Yukoners to participate in reuse, repair and recycling.
The Executive Director holds responsibility for generating revenue, managing Raven’s workforce, its infrastructure and programming - the entire Raven operation. The Board is a policy governance Board and as such, intentionally removes itself from nearly all day-to-day operations. Raven has a significant role to play in leading Zero Waste initiatives within the territory, in a financially viable and sustainable manner, applying a vision that is forward thinking and inspired.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
The Executive Director sets the direction and determines the activities of the organization, within the Ends, as defined by the Board.
Job Duties
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● Providing leadership, inspiration, direction and support within the organization
● Serving as the liaison between the Board and the organization
● Acting as a professional, diplomatic, knowledgeable spokesperson for Raven
● Developing and maintaining professional relationships with relevant government, business and industry employees, as well as elected officials - municipal, territorial, First Nation, federal
● Collaborating with other ‘like’ service organizations to ensure best practices, information sharing and capacity building
● Projecting Raven to the public as a social enterprise that takes its territorial role seriously, acts with integrity, and operates under the highest professional standards at all times
● Ensuring a model of customer service throughout the business
● Maintaining accountability with the Board through meeting reporting requirements, attendance at monthly Board meetings, attendance at governance training meeting(s) (1-2 a year) and at occasional special Board meetings and leading the Annual General Meeting.
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● Developing, administering all budgets and financial projections in a fiscally responsible manner
● Managing the efficient and effective use of the agency’s resources
● Identifying and resourcing capital funding
● Negotiating funding agreements or contracts, and ensuring contractual obligations are met
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● Designing and managing projects and programs to fulfill the Ends
● Providing knowledge, industry-based experience and current trend info to Board
● Suggesting opportunities for the Board to develop their knowledge of Zero Waste possibilities
● Ensuring Raven is a leader on progressive Zero Waste initiatives
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● Developing policies and procedures as required
● Overseeing the management of all Raven’s assets, ensuring their security and maintenance
● Overseeing and developing risk management policies and procedures, protecting the organization, its employees and the Board
● Overseeing the recruitment and management of all employees, ensuring they follow safe work practices, and adhere to Raven policies and procedures
● Ensuring consistent training and professional development of Raven’s management team
● Ensuring regular staff communication and information dissemination
● Identifying industry trends and imminent legislation
● Overseeing comprehensive asset management of all of Raven’s assets (buildings, vehicles, equipment, machinery and human resources) ensuring their maintenance and security – including the development of risk management policies and procedures
Other related duties as required.
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You pivot fast, adapt quickly, you’re responsive to opportunities and you’re adept at change management in a mid-sized business. You engage in active self-care, ensuring a healthy, responsible work-life balance.
Required Qualifications
● Dedication and commitment to Zero Waste
● Degree, diploma or certificate
● Experience in a leadership position which requires advanced visionary thinking, strategic planning and partnership building skills and abilities
● Experience operating a business or social enterprise
● Demonstrated commitment to the community
● Proven supervisory experience in a setting that promotes teamwork, trust, and integrity
● A commitment to safety and to ensuring a safe work environment
● Ability to develop and manage a complex budget
● Excellent oral and written communication skills
● Excellent time management and organizational skills
Preferred
● Strong social conscience
● Experience in working with a Board of Directors
● Policy governance understanding
● Experience living and working in the North