Chief Executive Officer

Position:Chief Executive Officer
Location:Ramallah, with travel throughout Palestine.
Salary:Commensurate with qualifications. Composed of a monthly basic salary and an annual target based achievement bonus
Duration:Renewable Annual Contract
 

Partners for Sustainable Development (PSD) is a Palestinian NGO working towards applying sustainable development approaches in community and economic development. PSD’s programs are implemented through a network of Community Learning and Development Centers (CLDCs) located in Jenin, Salfeet, Nablus, Bethlehem, Hebron and South Hebron.

We are looking for an excellent leader to be part of our dynamic organization. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of PSD is responsible for the development and implementation of the overall 3-year strategic vision of the organization and pursues the development and growth of the organization. The CEO continues to develop the vision and will introduce and build strategic partnerships at the local, national and international levels. The CEO directly supervises the main divisions of the organization. These divisions are research and business development, communications and fundraising, HR, administration and finance.

Summary Description

The CEO of PSD is responsible for the development and implementation of the overall 3-year strategic vision of the organization and pursues the development and growth of the organization. The CEO continues to develop the vision and will introduce and build strategic partnerships at the local, national and international levels. The CEO directly supervises the main divisions or the organization. These divisions are research and business development, communications and fundraising, HR and administration and Finance. The heads of these divisions report directly to the CEO. The CEO reports to the Board of Directors and consults with the Advisory Board on a regular basis. During the first 3-month assignment, the CEO will initially develop deep knowledge of the field related CEO to the main mission of PSD focusing mainly on community and economic sustainable development, core programs operations and business plans. The CEO, along with the Chairman of the Board and the Treasury, is the signatory of the organization. While the Chairman and Treasury sign all the financial transaction with accordance to the Palestinian law, the CEO is fully authorized CEO to negotiate and sign all the partnership agreements locally, nationally and internationally within a defined level of authority.
 
Responsibilities

a-Leadership and Management
-Ensure ongoing local programmatic excellence, program evaluation, and consistent quality of finance and administration, fundraising, communications, and systems; recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve the 3-year strategic plan of PSD.
-Actively engage PSD board members patterning organizations, and funders. This includes building board involvement with strategic direction for ongoing national operations of the organization.
-Lead, coach, develop, and retain PSD’s high-performance management team.
-Ensure effective systems to track scaling progress, and regularly evaluate programs so as to measure successes that can be effectively communicated to the board, funders, and other constituents.

b-Fundraising and Communications

a-Expand local, regional and international revenue generating and fundraising activities to support existing program operations.
b-Deepen and refine all aspects of communications—from web presence to external relations with the goal of increasing potentials for funding and new contracts.
c-Use external presence and relationships to garner new funding and contracting opportunities.
d-Work closely with the board of directors on identifying new potential donors, funding opportunities through new contracts and building partnerships.

C-New Business Development
-Design the PSD program development strategy in lights of the 3-year strategic plan stated in the founding document of PSD.
-Program expansion in areas related to main mission statement of the organization and building local, regional and international partnerships.
-Communicates program results with an emphasis on the successes of PSD programs.


Interested and qualifying Candidates should send their CV and cover letter by email to
 

no later than July 10, 2011.  Please indicate the position you are applying for in the subject line of the email. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.