Executive Director, La Pena

Title: Executive Director

Reports to the Board of Directors

Position Summary:

La Peña Cultural Center’s mission is to promote peace, social justice, and cultural understanding through the arts, education and community action.

The E. D. is the Chief Executive Officer of La Peña Center, reports to the Board of Directors, and is responsible for the organization's achievement of its mission and financial objectives. This position is primarily responsible to carry out the strategic plans and policies as established by the board of directors. The E. D. must have knowledge of significant developments and trends in the field of the arts especially the arts that links artist, activists, to communities working for social justice as well as possess thorough knowledge of non-profit management.

Duties and Responsibilities:

-Fund Development (earned and contributed)

-Financial Oversight

-Community and Public Relations

-Human Resource Oversight

-Facilities Management

-Program Oversight

-Support Board Relations

-Café Social Enterprise Oversight

Competitive Qualifications:

·    A strong commitment to the mission, goals and work of La Peña Cultural Center
·    Experience working with people of all ages, socio-economic backgrounds, ethnicities, and sexualities and gender orientations
·    Experience developing, launching and managing social entrepreneurial approaches to fundraising
·    Strong strategic, analytical and planning skills
·    Maintain a view of the overall business situation when making decisions and setting policies
·    Able to coordinate, prioritize and organize a number of activities with multiple components requiring independent follow through and attention to detail
·    Comfortable in a multi-task environment with frequent interruptions and short deadlines, and some times a high degree of pressure
·    Excellent oral and written communications skills with the ability to motivate and direct people
·    Effective interpersonal skills necessary to interact with management, staff, and audience members, funders, donors, and artists
·    Intermediate Excel, Word and Power Point skills
·    Willingness and ability to work long hours often outside a normal Monday through Friday and 9am to 5pm schedule
·    Bi-lingual (English and Spanish)
·    3 years of managerial experience

Position starts April 1, 2013.  Salary range $60-$70,000 DOE, plus benefits.  This is a full-time exempt position.

For a complete DETAILED job description please visit us on line at www.lapena.org (email  search@lapena.org ).

Application process:  Send cover letter and resume by Feb. 18, 2013.
No phone calls nor faxes.  Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

Our mailing address is:
La Peña Cultural Center

3105 Shattuck Ave

Berkeley, CA 94705