​CALBHB/C Executive Director
Competitive Salary
Virtual Office
​Position requires travel

​POSITION DESCRIPTION (PDF)
Position open until filled.
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The work of CALBHB/C is currently managed by an
all-volunteer Governing Board.

The Executive Director is the key management leader of CALBHB/C, responsible for overseeing the administration, regional collaboration and strategic goals of the organization. Other key duties include securing funding, facilitating collaboration with allied organizations, and facilitating strategic decision-making. The position reports to the CALBHB/C Governing Board, “The Board”. 

CALBHB/C is a statewide organization, supporting the work of California's 59 local Mental Health and Behavioral Health Boards and Commissions.  

General Responsibilities:

1) Organization Mission & Sustainability: Work with board and staff/contractors to ensure that the mission is fulfilled through regional collaboration, statewide communication, training programs, regional and statewide leadership, and strategic issue advocacy goals

• Facilitate communication with CALBHB/C Governing Board, 5 Regions  and 59 Boards/Commissions to ensure ongoing support and collaboration
• Facilitate communication and collaboration with allied organizations
• Ensure ongoing training to local boards and commissions
• Organize CALBHB/C Governing Board and local Boards/Commissions around strategic issue identification and advocacy
• Facilitate sustained statewide and regional leadership

2) Operations:

• Financial Performance and Viability: Sustain and develop resources sufficient to ensure the financial health of the organization
• Contract Administration:  Tracking, reporting and invoicing.
• Fiscal Management:  Budget Development, Tracking, Fiscal Reporting, Administration
• Communications:  Administer/Maintain Website, Social Media, Contact Data, Newsletter and email communication with 59 Boards/Commissions.

Professional Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree
• Transparent and high integrity leadership
• Five or more years senior nonprofit management experience, or commensurate experience in other business/government sector, especially related to mental or behavioral health advocacy
• Solid, hands-on, budget management skills, including budget preparation, analysis, decision-making and reporting
• Strong organizational abilities including planning, delegating, meeting planning and task facilitation
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with nonprofit leadership
• Ability to collaboratively form strategic plans for CALBHB/C to staff, board, volunteers and funders
• Knowledge of fundraising strategies and donor relations unique to nonprofit sector
• Skills to collaborate with and motivate board members and other volunteers
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Ability to interface and engage diverse groups of volunteers, mental health consumers and family members of consumers, funders, allies and public officials
• Demonstrated ability to oversee and collaborate with staff and/or contractors
• Strong public speaking ability

Actual Job Responsibilities:

1. Planning and operation of annual budget
2. Establishing employment and administrative policies and procedures for all functions and for the day-to-day operation of the CALBHB/C
3. Collaborating with CALBHB/C leadership to present a public face (to the organization’s constituents, the media, public officials and the general public) that reflects organizational goals, concerns, achievement and strategic direction
4. Establish and maintain relationships with various organizations throughout the state and utilize those relationships to strategically enhance CALBHB/C’s Mission
5. Report to and work closely with the Board to seek their involvement in fiscal, organizational and advocacy decisions
6. Supervise and collaborate with CALBHB/C staff and/or contractors
7. Strategic planning and implementation
8. Facilitate CALBHB/C Board and committee meetings in collaboration with CALBHB/C leadership.
9. Facilitate ongoing CALBHB/C leadership including Nominating process and Elections
10. Travel to support regional directors and boards throughout CA
11. Oversee communications efforts (Quarterly Newsletter, MailChimp, Zoom)
12. Review and approve contracts for services
13. Other duties as assigned by the Board