Summary
Description
About Greenhouse
Sustainable, generational change in under-resourced communities has proven difficult to achieve. Greenhouse is changing that paradigm by working from within – partnering with the most inspiring young leaders and surrounding them with a powerful, lifelong community. Together, we’re launching and scaling bold initiatives that are transforming communities across our country and the world. Our vision is to create a community of leaders who will evolve the communities of the world. Our values are leadership, community, relentlessness, and accountability. We are a non-profit that operates more like a for-profit. We are change agents who are bold and innovative, optimistic and engaging, gritty and accountable, and builders of relationships and community. We are seeking a high-performing candidate to join our team.
About this role
This is a new position for Greenhouse as we seek to grow the organization and bring in incremental funds and relationships to expand our impact. Reporting directly to the CEO, this person will lead the team responsible for fundraising and relationships with individuals, corporations, and foundations. They will also drive strategy and project management for many of the team’s activities such as campaigns, grants, development boards, systems, results and behavior tracking. Finally, they will directly manage a portfolio of national relationships.
This job might be for you if…
You are exceptional at inspiring, motivating, coaching, and driving others to achieve a high level of performance and quality. You’re a clear and direct communicator when championing successes and delivering critical feedback. You have a positive attitude and focus on solutions. You’re organized, decisive, and excellent at execution. You understand when to customize vs when to be consistent. You listen carefully and have good intuition and judgment navigating nuanced or delicate situations.
Responsibilities include
- Manage 8+ Relationship and Community Managers and Directors, including working with them to grow our community of supporters through a planned approach, coaching, results and behavior tracking, and two-way accountability. This includes team members who work remotely in cities nationwide where we are building our core communities of leaders.
- Work closely with the company’s Officers to support, drive, and execute the organization’s top priorities.
- Exceed $5.5M+ in organization-wide donations in 2025 and plan for future growth of 20%+ year over year.
- Build unity, cohesion, and consistency both within the team and across the organization.
- Drive executional excellence linked to strategy and plans.
- Elevate Greenhouse to be industry-leading related to supporters feeling valued, informed, and personally connected to the organization’s work. You’ll do this by identifying, organizing, sharing and training our team on best practices, processes, and systems for quality and scale.
- Own select relationships with individuals, foundations, and companies that require significant collaboration across the team (i.e. companies that cross multiple states).
The ideal candidate:
- Has a history of success managing fundraising and/or sales teams, and 15+ years of professional experience.
- Is a leader who motivates high performance and enables teams to be at their best.
- Is super positive and solutions-focused.
- Is an entrepreneur in approach and work ethic.
- Is detail-oriented and highly organized, with an efficient approach to managing projects of varying complexity with urgency and timeliness.
- Demonstrates excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Is a curious problem-solver.
- Has a collaborative mindset and approach.
- Familiarity with relevant systems such as Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, Salesforce, and Monday.com is a plus.
- A bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university is mandatory.
To be considered for this position, you must submit your resume and cover letter to our company website: https://greenhousescholars.org/team/now-seeking-executive_assistant_senior_team/
Compensation:
$110,000-140,000 depending on experience
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Paid holidays
25 paid-time-off days
15 work-from-anywhere days
401(k) with company match
… and more
How to Apply
To be considered for this position, you must submit your resume and cover letter to our company website: https://greenhousescholars.org/team/now-seeking-executive_assistant_senior_team/
