Executive Director

Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums

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The Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums (BTA) seeks a full-time Executive Director to oversee all aspects of the organization’s strategic efforts and organizational development. The Executive Director will lead the execution of the BTA’s strategic plan, develop the group’s membership and partnerships, and advance its key mission objectives: building and activating the community, developing tools for effective leadership, and publishing insights and guidelines to inform the field at large. The Executive Director will work in close partnership with the Advisory Board and report to the Co-Chairs.

Responsibilities
  • Execute and develop the organization’s strategic priorities

  • Steward and innovatively grow our membership base

  • Envision and support community-building experiences that champion new, strategic perspectives for black trustees, including the organization’s flagship annual convening

  • Facilitate external communications and establish a trusted voice for the organization

  • Initiate key philanthropic relationships and nurture existing support base

  • Create alliances and partnerships with organizations in the field committed to racial equity

  • Oversee data collection and analysis, with the BTA’s data partner, to inform organizational strategy and programming.

  • Keep current with the latest issues in both the cultural field and diversity, equity, and inclusion work; share relevant data with the membership

  • Manage board relations and board meetings

  • Supervise the Program Manager and project subcontractors and vendors (such as strategic communications and data firms, speakers, grant-writers, and others)

Requirements
  • You have earned a bachelor’s degree or comparable experience

  • You embrace iterative learning and have the desire to build something new

  • You are a driven, creative, and collaborative thinker who thrives in an entrepreneurial environment

  • You have strong project management and proven leadership skills, and the ability to consensus-build

  • You have cross-functional management and/or direct supervisory experience

  • You have substantial professional experience in, or an otherwise demonstrated commitment to, the cultural field

  • You have an established record of advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion

How to Apply

Email a cover letter and résumé to jobs@blacktrusteealliance.org with your name and “Executive Director” in the subject line. Please apply by April 21, 2023.

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Posted on March 23