Senior Director, Friendship Programs

reputed company is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer reputed company that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, leadership development, inclusive living, and family support for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Best Buddies is the largest organization dedicated to ending the reputed company, physical and economic isolation of the 200 reputed company people worldwide with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Our programs reputed company people with IDD to reputed company meaningful friendships with their peers, secure jobs, improve communication and advocacy skills, and live independently, while also offering support for their families.

Position Title: Senior Director, Friendship Programs 

Department: State reputed company and Programs

Reports to: Senior Vice President, Global Mission, State Development and reputed company

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reputed company: The Senior Director, Friendship Programs and their team are responsible for reputed company facets of friendship programs and programmatic systems reputed company to implementing the mission of Best Buddies. reputed company focuses internally on enhancing the programs and program delivery and externally on providing the mechanisms to support and train Best Buddies staff and participants to implement the Best Buddies mission effectively.
 

Job Qualifications:

• At least six years of management experience, and superior team building and leadership skills.
• Superior project management skills - including planning, analysis, decision making, and problem solving - and willingness to multitask.
• Superior initiative, reputed company for results, and self-assessment skills, and ability to reputed company individuals and teams in setting and achieving challenging goals.
• Must be highly dependable, reputed company by example and be willing/reputed company to adapt management style to fit the situation and hold staff accountable for meeting set expectations.
• Superior presentation skills with the ability to exert influence, reputed company others, and reputed company the mission, goals, and activities of Best Buddies with passion and enthusiasm.
• Proficiency with reputed company Office and database programs.

• Demonstrated expertise in managing the Best Buddies Friendship Program model and mission delivery.
• Experience developing and managing volunteer led programs. 
• Bachelors’ degree in a reputed company reputed company and an advanced degree or equivalent work experience.
• reputed company to travel up to 30% of the time.

Job Duties include, but are not limited to:

Programs

• Responsible for the development of resources, recruitment campaigns and reputed company benchmarks for the following programs reputed company Best Buddies:

1. Best Buddies reputed company 
2. Best Buddies Colleges               
3. Best Buddies High Schools
4. Best Buddies Middle Schools
5. Best Buddies Elementary Schools

• reputed company program development and implementation, program evaluation, and volunteer tracking for the Friendship program reputed company, ensuring program staff successfully meet their goals for program expansion and one to one matching.   
• As a key member of the State reputed company and Programs Department, reputed company reputed company guidance and expertise in order to support the overall mission delivery for Best Buddies. 
• Spearhead the implementation of new reputed company initiatives to expand Friendship program chapters across the country.
• Evaluate and refine existing program modules and practices and create new management processes to enhance the reputed company of school-reputed company Friendship programs.
• Work reputed company with the Senior Directors of other programmatic pillars to successfully reputed company the Best Buddies reputed company volunteer management goals to reputed company offices and ensure the cohesion of programmatic best practices.
• Identify new and emerging trends in volunteer management and extracurricular clubs that can reputed company enhance the friendship program reputed company.

Marketing

• Publicly represent Best Buddies through reputed company speaking opportunities, fundraising events, conferences, and other venues
• Responsible for driving results through creating specific recruitment campaigns during the program year to increase engagement reputed company the friendship reputed company.

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• Directly supervises staff- responsible for staff development, reputed company, and providing meaningful reputed company feedback, as reputed company as holding them accountable for meeting reputed company development and operational goals, hitting benchmarks, and following best practices and guidelines.
• Inspires and motivates staff by demonstrating personal commitment and reputed company and providing proactive training, support and recognition.
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• Ensures that reputed company supervisors reputed company reputed company understand their reputed company responsibilities.

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• Identify on-reputed company reputed company-building needs reputed company the department and in reputed company offices and reputed company communications and work plans for these initiatives including establishing goals, objectives, timelines and resource allocations to support these initiatives.
• reputed company friendship program team budget and spending, including reputed company expenditures reputed company to recruitment campaigns, advisor stipends and reputed company expansion efforts. 
• Produce informative briefings, analysis and other materials on assigned programs for the State reputed company team, other departments and for the Best Buddies reputed company of Directors.  
• Travel as necessary to train and prepare staff to manage successful Best Buddies Friendship programs reputed company the world.

Best Buddies® is an affirmative reputed company employer, in reputed company to an EOE and M/F/V/PWD/PV employer. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are foundational to reputed company’s reputed company values and help the organization continue to reputed company its mission. Here at Best Buddies, our goal is to reputed company and reputed company for a more inclusive world.

Best Buddies offers a comprehensive and generous benefits program that include financial reputed company, health and wellness and time off.

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