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Executive Director
Chicago Cultural Alliance
Salary Range: $90,000 – 100,000/yr + benefits
Overview:
The Chicago Cultural Alliance (CCA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Our mission is to connect, promote, and support centers of cultural heritage for a more inclusive Chicago. We unite over 50 Chicago-area cultural heritage museums, centers, and historical societies that span 23 neighborhoods and 11 suburbs in the Chicago area and represent over 40 different cultures from around the world.
Job Summary:
The Executive Director of the Chicago Cultural Alliance serves as the chief administrative and executive officer and has primary responsibility for the organization’s financial sustainability, fundraising, operations, external relationships, and continued growth.
This is an external-facing, development-forward leadership opportunity. The Executive Director will inherit a base of philanthropic, corporate, and community relationships, while also having the opportunity to build a more sophisticated and diversified development operation. The successful candidate will personally cultivate relationships with high-capacity individuals, corporate leaders, foundations, and community partners. This is a position ideal for an individual with the ability to strategically maximize the financial resources of the CCA while motivating the staff.
The Executive Director provides overall organizational and operational leadership, overseeing a budget of approximately $700,000 and leading a team of three. The Executive Director will manage organizational priorities, support a talented team, and ensure that revenue growth translates into programmatic growth.
Application:
If interested, please send a cover letter, CV/résumé (with at least three references), and writing sample addressed to CCA Hiring Committee ([email protected]) with “CCA Executive Director” as the subject. We ask that cover letters do not exceed 2 pages in length using size 12 font. Suggested writing sample might include a grant proposal, appeal letter, exhibit text, or other public-facing work.
Only complete applications that include a cover letter, CV/résumé (with at least three references) and writing sample will be considered.
Development Director
Intuit Art Museum
Salary Range: $80,000-$85,0000 p/a
Overview:
Intuit Art Museum (IAM) champions the diverse voices of self-taught art, welcoming both new and familiar audiences. Located in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood, Intuit is a premier museum of self-taught art. IAM collects and exhibits work by artists who often work outside the mainstream due to societal, economic or geographic barriers that have prevented them from pursuing formal training in the arts. Yet, they have developed a sustained artistic practice. The Museum’s mission is grounded in the ethos that the instinct to create is universal, and the arts must embrace, represent and be accessible to all.
Job Summary:
The Development Director leads Intuit Art Museum’s comprehensive fundraising strategy in partnership with the President and CEO and the Board of Directors. As a leader in fostering a culture of philanthropy, the Director cultivates relationships with major donors, drives fundraising initiatives and spearheads a message of impact across the organization.
The Development Director reports to the president and CEO and supervises a full-time development associate and a part-time grant writer.
Application:
To apply, please send your cover letter and resume to Lisa at [email protected]. Please use the subject line “Development Director Position.”