<div dir="ltr">Just the messenger, but it looks like quite a unique position in the STEM education non-profit world:<div><br><div><a href="https://technicallygoodjobs.com/job/598860-chief-executive-officer-summer-science-program">https://technicallygoodjobs.com/job/598860-chief-executive-officer-summer-science-program</a></div><div><br></div><div><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">Chief Executive Officer, Summer Science Program<span style="font-weight:normal"> </span></h2><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">The next Chief Executive Officer of the Summer Science Program will have an exciting and rewarding opportunity to help build SSP’s next phase of unprecedented growth and impact. The Chief Executive Officer, an energetic, entrepreneurial systems-builder, provides overall vision, leadership, and strategic direction for SSP’s national programs and funding initiatives. Reporting to and actively engaging with SSP’s Board of Trustees, the Chief Executive Officer, a highly visible leader in the national science education community, will have considerable latitude and discretion in advancing and advocating for the growth and expansion of SSP. A fully remote position, the Chief Executive Officer will advise and inform the Board of Trustees on strategic issues affecting SSP and will work closely with the Board to ensure SSP’s vitality, sustainability, and continued success. With the potential of growing SSP’s infrastructure, SSP provides a unique career opportunity to shape and leave one’s individual imprint on this incredible international educational resource for many years to come.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">The Chief Executive Officer will have experience in leading and building strong and effective teams for all areas of SSP’s operations, program, finance, fundraising, marketing, and member relations components. At this phase, there is currently a national team of eight remote and part-time staff who support the Chief Executive Officer. SSP’s senior management team is comprised of a Chief Academic Officer, Operations Director, and a Member Relations and Development Manager. There will be an expectation to hire additional full- or part-time staff over the next four years, including expanding the organization’s resources and benefits for staff. Estimated financials for operations anticipate an ever-increasing operating budget of approximately $2 million and greater.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">The new Chief Executive Officer will start from a highly advantageous position, inheriting a financially diverse and stable budget including an endowment and financial assets of over $6 million. The Board of Trustees expects the new Chief Executive Officer to assist them in developing and implementing a strategy for SSP’s continued growth with a focus on continuously improving and expanding its education, fundraising, and partnership programs. This strategy will include ever-increasing levels of engagement and collaboration with leading funders, donors, and partners to communicate the value of supporting SSP. The Chief Executive Officer will maintain and establish positive, productive, and long-term relationships with new and existing individual donors, foundations, corporations, and universities. In order to be successful, the next Chief Executive Officer must be a skilled listener, communicator, and relationship builder who can articulate clear and compelling cases for support that ensure the growth and vitality of one of the nation’s premier providers of summer science programs for exceptionally motivated teens with untapped potential.</p><h2 style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">Major Objectives</h2><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">Within the first 12 to 18 months, the Chief Executive Officer will achieve the following major objectives:</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Plan and lead a successful strategy and change management process to build and expand fundraising, programs, and staffing.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Develop a professionalized operational infrastructure that ensures a well-integrated national team and on-site program faculty.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Continue to grow and enhance SSP’s fundraising and resource base to ensure a financially sustainable foundation.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Cultivate, solicit, and secure key new funding partnerships with new and existing major donors and sponsors.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Build positive, meaningful relationships with SSP’s Board of Trustees, academic affiliates, alumni, parents, volunteers, donors, sponsors, and other key stakeholders.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Provide a bold vision and the necessary leadership for continuous high-quality annual programs and for reviewing and securing effective college campus partnerships to ensure the most optimal sites for SSP’s summer programs.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Meet one-on-one with campus managers and faculty to listen to and understand how best SSP can meet their unique resource needs and improve the recruitment of new staff.</p><h2 style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">Responsibilities</h2><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">The Chief Executive Officer will have the following primary responsibilities:</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45">LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT</strong></p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Lead, recruit, hire, inspire, and grow SSP’s dynamic, talented team of professionals, ensuring a support staff that is diverse in its representation and reflects the SSP community.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Actively work to maintain an equitable and inclusive workplace and promote a culture of mutual respect, collegiality, and collaboration.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Ensure ongoing program excellence, rigorous program evaluation, implementation of program enhancement, and consistent quality of finance and administration, fundraising, communications, and systems.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Regularly evaluate program components to measure successes and communicate them to the board, donors, sponsors, and other constituents.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Engage and energize SSP faculty, volunteers, trustees, alumni, academic partners, and donors.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Cultivate and collaborate with organizations and individuals that will enhance and benefit SSP.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Work in partnership with the Board of Trustees, building stronger governance and effective board involvement with strategic direction for ongoing operations and new programs.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45">FUNDRAISING AND COMMUNICATIONS</strong></p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Continue to develop a comprehensive fundraising program to reach SSP members and non-members, high-net worth individual donors, private sector organizations, foundations, and government agencies in order to broaden SSP’s financial base.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Deepen and refine all aspects of external communications with the goal of strengthening SSP’s brand and raising SSP’s visibility nationally in STEM education.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Oversee efforts to support future capital and endowment campaigns and strategic funding projects.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Be an ambassador for SSP to philanthropic, academic, and other communities.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45">STRATEGIC PLANNING AND EXPANSION</strong></p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Lead an effective expansion strategy and strategic planning process for program and campus expansion in cooperation with the board.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Work with the board to ensure that SSP has the resources and processes to be sustainable for decades to come.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Advise and recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve SSP’s strategic goals.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Build effective partnerships at each new host campus while maintaining existing campus partnerships that remain positive, beneficial, and productive.</p><h2 style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">Qualifications</h2><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">The ideal candidate will bring most of the following qualifications and skill sets:</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• A deep, passionate commitment to SSP’s mission, vision, values, programs, and initiatives.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• A minimum of five to seven years of senior-level leadership experience in building successful programs and teams related to either an educational, member-based, or non-profit organization comparable to SSP, including experience with strategic planning, performance management, board relations, fundraising, public relations, and communications.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Demonstrated ability to bring strategic thinking and leadership in understanding revenue potential and program dynamics to support a cause or mission.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Visionary, innovative, and strategic leadership with an ability to develop, inspire, mentor, and lead highly committed teams.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• A track record in successful fundraising, particularly success in individual, foundation, and corporate giving, either as a nonprofit executive or as a volunteer leader.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Successful experience in empowering, building, and maintaining productive relationships with a nonprofit Board of Trustees.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Strong project management skills with experience in planning and organizing meetings.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Excellent budgetary and financial forecasting and analytical and management skills, including an ability to manage and interpret MOUs, contracts, and other legal documents.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Strong interpersonal, listening, and motivational skills with an ability to generate enthusiasm among all major constituents and stakeholders.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Excellent communication skills with an ability to inspire, including strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• A capacity to acquire an understanding of SSP’s unique work in immersive science education with ability to translate this work into attractive reasons to give funding support.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Technologically savvy, and ideally familiar with social media and communication technology.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• Ability to work remotely with a flexible schedule and travel as needed, including evenings and weekends.</p><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university; an advanced degree would be an advantage, including a STEM educational background.</p><h2 style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">Application</h2><p style="margin:25px 0px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.45;font-size:16.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">The Summer Science Program has retained Campbell & Company to conduct this search. The team for this project includes Dan Nevez, Vice President, and Kole Farrise, Associate Consultant. The salary range for this position is $230,000–$250,000 and includes a generous benefits package. This is a 100% remote opportunity.</p><div><br></div></div></div></div>