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<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Organization: ICLEI Local Governments for
Sustainability<br>
<br>
Position: Regional Director Midwest Regional Office<br>
<br>
Location: Chicago, IL<br>
<br>
Website: www.icleiusa.org<br>
<br>
ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability<br>
<br>
Regional Director Midwest Regional Office<br>
<br>
Chicago, IL<br>
<br>
Background<br>
<br>
ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability USA (ICLEI) is the largest and
oldest association of local governments in the United States that is focused
specifically on sustainability, climate protection, and climate change
adaptation. The organization has experienced five years of sustained membership
growth to more than 600 local government members today. ICLEI serves its
members through a network of regional offices that customize and deliver a
diversified offering of services to regional membership communities.<br>
<br>
ICLEIs Regional Offices serve as the front line of member services, directly
providing value to members through participation opportunities and various
tools, resources, and services. ICLEI Midwest Region includes Ohio, Kentucky,
Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas,
Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota. As of the end of 2009, there were
approximately 80 local government members of ICLEI within the region.<br>
<br>
Reporting to the Deputy Executive Director Membership & Regional Impact,
the Regional Director develops and implements a consistent, comprehensive and
collaborative strategy to provide local governments within the Midwest Region
access to locally-relevant technical resources, expertise, and leadership
necessary to advance sustainability and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
The Regional Director has direct responsibility for managing the Office P&L
and other resources to ensure operational sustainability.<br>
<br>
General Profile of an ICLEI Director<br>
<br>
Competencies and Characteristics<br>
<br>
In addition to having strong and demonstrated management competencies and
skills, an ICLEI Director is also a resourceful entrepreneurial manager building
out a region within ICLEIs membership network. Success in the Regional Director
position will therefore require:<br>
<br>
· high and sustained energy: the Director is both a sprinter and a
long-distance runner;<br>
<br>
· the ability to work in a fast-paced work environment with multiple parallel
work streams;<br>
<br>
· strong people skills: the Director must be a relationship- and team-builder;<br>
<br>
· a very clear and stable sense of strategic direction: the Director is a
navigator who charts a logical course, aligns parties to the course, and helps
them all stick to it;<br>
<br>
· ability to communicate ICLEI expertise: the Director is comfortable with
technical issues and details, is able to understand the diverse technical work
of ICLEI members and staff, and can communicate about ICLEI expertise to both
technical and non-technical audiences in an accurate and compelling way.<br>
<br>
Skills<br>
<br>
The required management skills of the Regional Director position include:<br>
<br>
· Team recruitment, development, and leadership, and human resources
management;<br>
<br>
· Fundraising and proposal development;<br>
<br>
· Financial and human resources planning;<br>
<br>
· Financial management and budgeting;<br>
<br>
· Strategic partnerships development, contracting, and management;<br>
<br>
· Sales, to grow both the size and engagement level of the Midwest membership.<br>
<br>
Qualifications for a Regional Director Include<br>
<br>
· At least three years of senior management responsibility over a membership or
professional association, or community-facing department of one of more of the
following:<br>
<br>
o a non-profit organization,<br>
<br>
o a private company,<br>
<br>
o a government;<br>
<br>
· One or more successful career experiences as a senior manager overseeing the
market introductions and growth of a new service or product in the non-profit
or private sector;<br>
<br>
· At least two years experience working directly with local government(s) in an
elected office, professional staff position, or consulting capacity;<br>
<br>
· A graduate degree in environmental science, policy, or management, or at
least two years of senior professional experience in an related function;<br>
<br>
· At least one senior professional position with direct annual grant and other
revenue generation responsibility at the level of a quarter million dollars or
more per annum;<br>
<br>
· Excellent writing skills;<br>
<br>
· Excellent verbal communication skills;<br>
<br>
· Ability and availability for business travel on a minimum bi-weekly basis.<br>
<br>
Application and Selection Process<br>
<br>
The Regional Director position is open to both internal and external applicants.
Applications will be accepted until 5 pm EST on February 10, 2010 and must be
submitted as PDFs via email to:<br>
<br>
K.C. Boyce<br>
<br>
Deputy Executive Director â€" Membership & Regional Impact<br>
<br>
<a href="mailto:kc.boyce%40iclei.org">kc.boyce@iclei.org</a><br>
<br>
An application should include the following materials:<br>
<br>
· Letter of application<br>
<br>
· Full resume<br>
<br>
· Three to five references with contact information<br>
<br>
Applicants should plan to be available for telephone interviews during the week
of February 15-19.<br>
<br>
ICLEI USA reserves the right to make changes to the selection process and will
notify all applicants about any changes at the earliest possible time.<br>
<br>
ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability USA, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity
Employer. Women, people of color, veterans, and members of other
underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.<br>
<br>
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