Executive Director

Saving Grace Humane Society

Job Description

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - SAVING GRACE HUMANE SOCIETY

Saving Grace Humane Society has partnered with Anderson Impact in its search for a mission aligned, data driven Executive Director to lead the organization’s next stage of growth.

The ideal candidate is an empathetic, confident, and approachable leader with strong communication skills, integrity, and emotional intelligence who fosters empowerment, innovation, collaboration, and unity.

This Executive Director should be a skilled fundraiser and ambassador who strengthens the organization’s brand and builds relationships with donors, partners, and stakeholders. They work closely with the Board on governance, recruitment, and diversification, as well as the overall vision and strategy, and oversee the annual budget of approximately $1.7M.

A proven change manager, the Executive Director advances operational excellence and animal welfare standards, provides strategic direction for all programs, ensures sustainable financial support, and manages organizational resources while upholding core values.

The ideal candidate is an inclusive leader who listens, trusts staff expertise, builds a unified team, uses data to drive decisions, and elevates others. This role offers an opportunity for an experienced, entrepreneurial leader to expand the organization’s impact.

As the leader of Saving Grace, the Executive Director is responsible for guiding the administration, programming, and strategic planning for the organization while working in concert with an experienced executive team and Board of Directors.

The Executive Director is the face of the organization, its primary spokesperson, and cultivator of relationships with donors, community leaders, the veterinary community, animal welfare organizations and advocates, government officials, media, volunteers, and other key stakeholders to promote animal welfare and the mission of Saving Grace.

The Ideal Candidate:
• Is an experienced, compassionate, and collaborative leader with a commitment
to the mission of Saving Grace.
• Has significant and successful experience working with a Board of Directors.
• Has demonstrated success in raising philanthropic support, particularly from
major and sustaining individual donors.
• Has demonstrated the ability to build, engage and leverage strategic
partnerships.
• Has sound fiscal, business management, and human resources skills.
• Is experienced in understanding financial statements for planning, monitoring,
and evaluation of organizational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Is committed to ensuring an organizational culture of inclusivity, collaboration,
respect, and accountability.
• Has exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, strong personal
integrity, and an ability to build effective relationships at all levels.

Required Experience & Education:
• Minimum 3 years’ executive-level experience in:
- Financial management of budgets of $1M-$2M
- Securing gifts of five figures and above
- Leading and developing teams
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Knowledge of all aspects of fundraising, including grant-writing, public
speaking, social media, and donor relationships.
• Able to exercise sound judgment and maintain a professional demeanor during
all interactions with the public, partner agencies, donors, staff, and volunteers.
• Proficiency using the Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel.
• Ability to work well with, help guide and train new staff and volunteers within
the organization.
• Preferred:
- Experience working in the non-profit sector, animal welfare experience, and
advocacy a plus
- Certification in Animal Welfare Advancement (CAWA)

To review the full opportunity prospectus and application instructions, visit https://www.andersonimpact.com/executive-opportunities