We’re Hiring:
Chief Executive Officer

Key Responsibilities
Vision and strategy:

• Collaborates with staff, Board, and key stakeholders to set clear goals aligned with the organization’s mission.
• Partners with the Board on the strategic visioning of the organization during the next chapter of WTEF’s service to the DC community.
• Serves as the face of the organization proactively positioning WTEF as DC’s lead organization to use tennis as a tool to empower students to get excited about education and living a healthy lifestyle.
• Provides strategic oversight of the organization ensuring it successfully achieves the key deliverables outlined by senior leadership and the Board.
• Acts as a thought partner to the Board on all aspects of finance and operations, including program changes, future business strategy, and appropriate investments.
• Effectively stewards the human and fiscal resources of the organization in ways that achieve the organization’s goals while contributing to the immediate and long-term success.

Operations and financial management:

• Provides the leadership and vision and strategy that inspires staff and ensures operational excellence.
• Cultivates a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture that promotes collaboration, team-work , innovation, and accountability.
• Thoughtfully engages with staff at all levels of the organization, actively soliciting feedback, fostering transparency, and recognizing employee contributions.
• Ensures that the organization’s programs are of the highest quality, create positive impact, and fulfill WTEF’s mission and vision.
• Develops and institutes metrics for monitoring and evaluating the performance of WTEF afterschool programs.
• Monitor and analyze financial performance against budget projections, identifying potential variances and implementing corrective actions.
• Forecast future financial needs, including revenue generation and expense management, to ensure long-term financial stability.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant accounting standards, regulatory requirements, and internal controls.
• Oversee the annual audit process, working closely with external auditors to ensure accurate financial reporting and minimize audit findings.
• Implement data-driven decision-making processes to optimize resource allocation and improve efficiency.
• Foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement, encouraging staff to identify opportunities for cost savings and revenue growth.
• Fosters and cultivates positive relationships with nonprofit partners, relevant professional groups, donors, and volunteers.
• Works closely with the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors; communicates clearly and timely on matters impacting WTEF.
• Collaborates effectively with the Board Chair and other members of Board leadership and ensures that the Board of Directors is properly supported by WTEF staff.

Resource development:

• Meets/Exceeds WTEF’s annual fundraising goals.
• Plays an active role in donor cultivation and stewardship by maintaining and growing a portfolio of major donors and key philanthropic partners, attends galas and other events, supports and manages the development team, and hires a Director of Advancement.
• Effectively stewards existing funding relationships with individuals, corporations, foundations and DC government agencies.
• Strategically manages, grows and reimagines WTEF’s earned income portion of its revenue model.