Physician Executive

The Executive Director of Physicians for Social Responsibility-Pennsylvania reports to the Board of Directors, and is responsible for the organization’s consistent achievement of its mission and financial objectives. Grant Writing and Management
This is a part-time employee contract, 20 hour per week for 6 months at a compensation of $35 per hour. A permanent position is the desired goal contingent upon performance and funding.
Provide leadership in developing program, organizational and financial plans with the Board of Directors and staff, and carry out plans and policies authorized by the board.
Maintain official records and documents, and ensure compliance with federal, state and local regulations.
Maintain a working knowledge of significant developments and trends in the field.
Ensure ongoing local programmatic excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality of finance and administration, fundraising, communications, and systems; seek and build board involvement with strategic direction for both ongoing local operations as well as for the national rollout.
Lead, coach, develop, and retain PSR’s nonprofit’s high-performance senior management team
Establish sound working relationships and cooperative arrangements with community groups and organizations.
Expand local revenue generating and fundraising activities to support existing program operations and regional expansion while simultaneously retiring building debt.
Deepen and refine all aspects of communications – from web presence to external relations with the goal of creating a stronger brand.
Cultivate excellent relationships with local media, provide oversight for PSR’s presence in the social media
Ensure that job descriptions are developed, that regular performance evaluations are held, and that sound human resource practices are in place.
Maintain a climate which attracts, keeps, and motivates a diverse staff of top quality people.
Be responsible for developing and maintaining sound financial practices.
Jointly, with the president and secretary of the board of directors, conduct official correspondence of the organization, and jointly, with designated officers, execute legal documents.
Responsible for the fiscal integrity of PSR Phila, to include submission to the board of a proposed annual budget and monthly financial statements, which accurately reflect the financial condition of the organization.
Managing grants and sponsors that include researching grant opportunities, completing applications for funding, writing grants and overseeing the subsequent funding.
Design the national expansion and complete the strategic business planning process for the program expansion into new markets.
Begin to build partnerships in new markets, establishing relationships with the funders, and political and community leaders at each expansion site.
Be an external local and national presence that publishes and communicates program results with an emphasis on the successes of the local program as a model for regional and national replication. #