Executive Director Just Roots Chicago

Primary Responsibilities:

• Organizational Sustainability: Serves as the primary person responsible for the financial and operational sustainability of the organization


• Relationship Building: Serves as the primary person responsible for cultivating and stewarding long-term relationships with donors, funders, and strategic partners, including other organizations and communities experiencing food insecurities


• Management: Supervises three director-level positions and fosters a culture of professional growth and joy for all team members


• Board Partner and Liaison: Serves as the main point of contact for the Board, fosters individual relationships with all Board members, and works with Board leadership to ensure thoughtful onboarding of new members, smooth leadership transitions, and a healthy new member pipeline


• Strategic Planning: Leads implementation of Just Roots' strategic plan and primary responsibility for envisioning program development and tracking progress towards vision and goals


• Fundraising: Leads all development initiatives, including donor stewardship, fundraising events, grant writing, and development of earned revenue streams

Other Responsibilities:

• Ambassador to healthcare institutions, local community organizations and business, and other urban agriculture entities with the goal of building supportive relationships


• Leads all finance work, including budgeting and accounting


• Cultivates and elevates the environmental links between urban agriculture and social and racial justice for the organization and the team