SCRAP Site Director (Close not indicated)

Site Director

SCRAP Creative Reuse - PDX

Portland, Oregon

40 hours/week 

Salaried-Exempt 

$43,680 annual salary

Health Premium Reimbursement Plan 

Paid Time Off 

Monthly craft allowance of $25 that expires at the end of each month. 

Reports to: National Administrative Team 

Direct Reports: Local staff 

 

JOB SUMMARY 

The Site Director provides onsite leadership that will best serve the needs of SCRAP and the growing reuse community in Portland, OR. The Director oversees operations, community outreach and local fundraising. They cultivate relationships with local stakeholders and participates with staff in community engagement as the primary SCRAP Ambassador. The Site Director is responsible for managing the local staff and operation functions. 

 

Duties include, but are not limited to: 

General Administration  

  • Ensures that SCRAP PDX operations align with the mission and long-range strategies in a consistent and timely manner

  • Participates in developing strategic goals

  • Works with the National Admin Team to create and implement work plans

  • Operationalizes strategic goals

  • Prepares written reports

  • Monitors program metrics

  • Oversees the staff and work flow functions

  • Oversees programs and services – reporting to the National Admin Team

  • Oversees building maintenance and repairs

  • Approves and signs non-binding agreements

Supervision and Personnel Management 

  • Creates an environment for empowering staff development and team work

  • Maintains confidential employment records

  • Approves employee payroll on time

  • Approves time off requests

  • Mentors staff

  • Responsible for all hiring, development, disciplinary and terminating responsibilities for staff – with final approval from the National Admin Team

  • Maintains a positive and productive work environment at all times

  • Reports to the Operations Director regarding potential HR issues

  • Ensures compliance with State Statutes and best employment practices

  • Adheres to wage and hour laws

  • With the National Admin Team communicates and maintains board-approved Employee Policies

Financial Management  

  • Ensures that programs operate within budget

  • Develops an annual operations budget with Finance Director and Board Treasurer

  • Approves expenditures within budget

  • Leads the planning and execution of local fundraising activities

  • Establishes, maintains and executes a robust fundraising plan to achieve Board-approved fundraising goals

Community Engagement  

  • Reviews and approves all external communications from SCRAP PDX

  • Ensures that all external communications are consistent with SCRAP branding guidelines (see Brand Book). Ensures that advertising, newsletters, promotional pieces and other branded communications are submitted for brand checks.

  • Builds relationships with local stakeholders

  • Acts as a primary SCRAP Ambassador to the community

  • Represents the programs and points of view of the organization to local agencies, organizations, and the general public

  • Establishes and maintains sound cooperative and working partnerships, with schools, government agencies, peer agencies, and for-profit businesses

  • Prioritizes incoming outreach requests with staff

  • Positively and creatively raises the awareness of SCRAP PDX and its programs throughout the community

  • Develops creative solutions with local stakeholders and partners to receive mutual benefit from events, activities, and publicity

Qualifications  

  • Four-year Degree in Business, Administration, Finance, Environmental Studies, Arts Management or Equivalent Work Experience

  • Retail management experience

  • Experience managing 5-10 employees

  • Nonprofit experience either as an employee or a member of the board of directors

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

  • Experience in grant writing a plus

  • Work in the reuse sector a plus

Qualities  

  • Must have a passion for SCRAP’s mission

  • Must have an understanding of the creative reuse sector

  • Must have a commitment to reuse

  • Must be an exceptional team player who exercises independent judgment and can work independently or with a team

  • Must be highly organized, have exceptional time-management skills and reliable

  • Emotional intelligence

  • Experience creating and maintaining operational manuals

  

Expectations of all SCRAP Staff  

  • Work as part of a team with other staff, programs, volunteers and Board of Directors to fulfill SCRAP’s mission

  • Communicate effectively and focus on good stakeholder/community relations

  • Stay current with the environmental services community and sources of information and referrals

  • Stay current with developments in recycling and reuse, including legislation and availability of recyclable materials markets

  • Stay current in non-profit best practices

  • With other staff, be an ambassador for SCRAP in the national community

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