diff --git a/_posts/2020-03-25-job-description-interim-executive-director.md b/_posts/2020-03-25-job-description-interim-executive-director.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7921148 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2020-03-25-job-description-interim-executive-director.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +# Job Description: Interim Executive Director +By definition, this is a temporary position. +Code for Nashville has survived for 5 years on short bursts of volunteer leadership. +I feel it is time form a more sustainable organization. + +## Term Length +12 - 18 months. +This position should be temporary, but it may take a while to get established. + +# Commitment +This position is budgeted for at least 15 hours / week. + +## Transition Goals +- Mature Code for Nashville into a sustainable, representative, not-for-profit organization. +- Establish an official membership with voting rights based on pledges of time. +- Recruit a part time leadership team including my replacement(s). +- Recruit advisors who could become our board later (if membership is interested in incorporating). +- Start fundraising and budgeting with donations, grants, and contracts. + +## Ongoing Goals +- Seek opportunities to engage with diverse communities in Nashville. +- Recruit and develop diverse membership and leaderhip more repesentative of the community. +- Facilitate a pipeline of community partners for Code For Nashville. +- Cultivate relationships with non profits and governmental agencies. +- Organize networking, community, outreach, tech events within the group and with other groups. + +# Prioritization +I will generally spend my Code For Nashville time in the following priority: + +1. Resolving any code of conduct concerns +1. Working on goals (see above sections) +1. Supporting (and, if necessary, running) leadership and membership meetings +1. Delegating and unblocking other leadership (including project leads) +1. Supporting specific Code for Nashville software projects + +# Signature +Timothy John Perisho Eccleston 2020-03-25