Employment Opportunities

 

Chief Executive Officer

Job Description

Sustain SC is a nonprofit organization with a mission to connect the sustainability goals of business in South Carolina with local solutions for the benefit of our economy, environment, and people. With the continued growth of the organization, we are seeking a Chief Executive Officer with strong leadership, managerial, and fundraising experience with a background in economic development, external affairs, corporate sustainability, or related management level experience as well as credible experience in the conservation community. Leadership, team building, problem-solving, work ethic, professionalism and integrity are paramount.

This individual will work closely and collaboratively with Sustain SC’s Founder, Board, Senior Vice President, and consulting team.

Objectives

Executive management: board, staff, contract employees

  • The organization seeks to transition from an ideation and creation cycle to fine tuning the internal organizational structure and processes phase

  • Needs to embrace and execute both a leadership and managerial role

  • Implement programming versus visionary

  • Strong board management skills

Strategic growth of the organization

  • Cultivate and manage organization partnerships

  • Manage Pillars/ Roadmap to Sustain SC implementation

  • Develop short and long term goals for the organization and the key tasks and objectives to be successful

Revenue

  • Oversight and management of the overall budget

  • Responsible for cash flow, salaries, and financial health of the organization

  • Generate revenue through membership, sponsorship, consulting opportunities, philanthropic donations, and other sources that mirror the mission

  • Approval of expenses

Membership

  • Responsible for creating membership and fundraising metrics and goals

  • Cultivate and solicit membership investors

  • Create strategies to engage and recruit new members

  • Retain current Sustain SC members

  • Enhance Sustain SC’s membership ROI and benefits for membership

External Affairs

  • Manage the integrity of the brand

  • Decision maker for communications timeline and PR

  • Speaker for top speaking engagements on behalf of Sustain SC

Watershed Resource Registry

  • Implementation of next steps and direction for WRR

Land and Water Action Fund

  • Oversee hiring process for program director

  • Solicit funding

  • Match projects with funding

Spearhead the Annual Summit

  • Manage and invite key VIPs to attend and or speak

  • Create programming for the event

Day to day organization operations

  • With the assistance of Team, implement the employee handbook

  • Track and approve PTO and other FTE benefits

  • Ensure scope of work is being met and/or exceeded by consulting teams

  • Be willing to take on any necessary task to execute operations

Skills, Competencies, and Core Values 

  • Goal oriented: Driven by key metrics, focused, and achieves goals

  • Organization: Strong organizational and project planning skills with a proven track record of cross-functional implementation 

  • Communication: Ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbally, to both internal and external stakeholders. Must be forward facing and engaging. 

  • Professionalism: Conduct and productivity must exceed the needs of the organization and internal team

  • Integrity: Making ethical, transparent, and well-intentioned decisions

  • Accountability: Owning decisions made and their outcomes

  • Respect: Treating all employees, members, and stakeholders professionally

  • Trust: Nurturing positive relationships at all levels of the organization and with external partners, members, and donors

  • Teamwork: Working cohesively and collaboratively with others

  • Creativity: Finding new ways of thinking, learning, and doing

Experience and Education

  • Minimum Level: 10 years in economic development, external affairs, corporate sustainability, conservation, philanthropic fundraising or related management level experience

  • Preferred Level: 15+ years 

  • Bachelor's Degree required

This position will be remote pending potential establishment of a formal office; employees must live in South Carolina. Routine travel throughout the state of South Carolina as well as out-of-state meetings will be required. Candidates must have a valid driver’s license.

Salary range is $130,000 - $165,000, or commensurate with experience.

Please send your resume and cover letter to Sarah Sprinkle at sarah@sustainsouthcarolina.org by November 20, 2023.