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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: CEO, RECOVERY BEYOND

Are you an experienced organizational leader with a deep passion for helping people recover from substance use disorder? Do you want to lead a promising early-stage nonprofit with an effective program helping people achieve and maintain long-term sobriety?

Recovery Beyond (https://recoverybp.org/) a Seattle-based 501(C)3 organization, is transitioning from a volunteer-led organization to a professionally led and scalable organization pursuing ambitious goals to foster healthy, sober living. Since 2011, Recovery Beyond has been piloting a new approach to enhance and support addiction recovery programs, one that has posted sobriety rates more than double the current national average—a program with true potential to help solve the enormous challenge of substance use disorder that affects us all.

Recovery Beyond is an ambitious organization with encouraging results, including publicity by major companies such as REI, whose video feature of our work reached over 1 million. As media coverage and awareness of our healthy lifestyle support program grows, we seek to grow our organization and extend our program’s benefits to increasing numbers of individuals seeking help to maintain a healthy, sober lifestyle filled with joyful, fun activity and a supportive community.

Summary

Under the direction of the Board of Directors, the CEO is responsible for overall management and operation of Recovery Beyond and protection of the organization’s financial assets, while ensuring compliance with Board directives and applicable grantor, federal, and state legal and financial reporting requirements.

Responsibilities

The CEO is responsible for overall program development and implementation, operations, fundraising, staffing, marketing, and public relations for Recovery Beyond, a Washington State registered charitable organization and designated 501(c)(3) non-profit private research and education corporation, providing guided activity and community support to individuals in addiction treatment programs.

Executive Leadership:

• Demonstrated content knowledge of Substance Use Disorder and its treatment.
• Ensures that Recovery Beyond has a long-range business and operations strategy that achieves its mission, and toward which it makes consistent and timely progress.
• Demonstrates quality of analysis and judgment in business and financial planning, program planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Serves as an effective advocate and spokesperson and represents the organization to agencies, organizations, and the general public.
• Shows creativity and initiative in creating new programs.
• Finds opportunities to present the organization to the community, and leverages the Board and volunteers to create awareness, engagement, and advocacy.
• Demonstrated ability to establish relationships with other non-profits to build networks that strengthen Recovery Beyond’s ability to deliver services to its participants

Fundraising and Marketing:

• Develops realistic, ambitious fundraising plans.
• Successfully involves the Board of Directors and other volunteers in fundraising.
• Demonstrates success in executing fundraising activities to reach targets.
• Oversees development and implementation of marketing, communication, and PR.

Staff Management:

• Ensures that job descriptions and performance evaluations are best practice and achieved.
• Encourages staff development and education.
• Assists program staff in relating their specialized work to support the total program and outcomes of the organization.
• Ensures that policies and procedures are in place to maximize volunteer involvement.
• Cultivates a climate of excellence, accountability, and respect.
• Recruits new staff and volunteers as needed for growth and impact.

Finance and Administration:

• Assures adequate control and accounting of all funds, including developing and maintaining sound financial policies and practices.
• Assures that funds are disbursed in accordance with contract requirements and donor designations.
• Ensures that all programs are adequately documented and effectively administered.
• Stewards official records and documents.
• Ensures compliance with federal, state and local regulations and reporting, including filing annual IRS 990s, payroll withholding, and other reporting.

Education and/or Experience

An undergraduate degree from an accredited four-year institution is required; an advanced degree is preferable. The Board seeks candidates with demonstrated management, leadership, and fundraising ability; a successful track record of leading and growing an organization is preferred.

Three years+ experience with nonprofit leadership, board governance, individual and corporate fundraising, business strategy, team building, organizational development and performance enhancement.

We encourage candidates currently in recovery to apply.

Physical Demands

The CEO is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, speak, and hear. The position requires extensive computer use, and the employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Travel

The CEO must be able to travel to attend conferences, trainings, and other events as required to acquire and maintain proficiency in fulfilling the responsibilities of the position.

Compensation

$75K and benefits to start, with substantial opportunity for increases in compensation with successful performance.

To Apply

Please email a resume and cover letter that summarizes your successful nonprofit leadership experience to mperry (at) recoverybp.org

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $75,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental Pay:

• Bonus pay

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Work Location:

• Fully Remote

Work Location: Remote