Director of Search for Nonprofit Executive Search - Washington, United States - Good Insight

Description

Director of Search

Good Insight

Status:
Full-time, exempt


Salary:
$120,000 with bonus opportunities


Reports to:
Chief Executive Officer


Location:
Working remotely from Greater DC region (Baltimore/Richmond) required

Good Insight is seeking a Director of Search to join a rapidly growing executive search firm serving the nonprofit sector.

They will lead national searches for nonprofit CEOs, association executives, and philanthropy professionals, joining a team of people with a shared commitment to antiracist approaches within nonprofit talent acquisition.

About Good Insight

Founded in 2013, Good Insight is an award-winning, woman-owned retained executive search firm with a mission to connect good causes to great leaders.

We help nonprofits, funders, and associations plan leadership transitions, recruit exceptional executives across the U.S.

Good Insight is headquartered in Washington, DC with a team working remotely from their home offices. The Director of Search should have availability between the core hours of 10 AM and 4 PM ET.

Client demands sometimes require work outside of normal business hours (i.e., evenings and weekends), which we offset with flexible hours.

Regional and national travel is required to support client engagements (10-15%).

We are building a team of people who use their work to make the world a better place. We trust our team to be self-starters and semi-autonomous.

We do not believe in "work hard, play hard." We want employees to love their work and have a rewarding life outside of the office.

We believe that our collective liberation requires restoration and we try to model that behavior ourselves with realistic deadlines, collective time off, and encouraging work-life boundaries.

Position Overview

The Director of Search plays a leadership role on our consulting team as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to clients, cultivates an extensive network among prospective nonprofit leaders, and plays an active role in our efforts to build an antiracist consulting practice.

This position reports to the CEO and has no direct reports.

All applicants must demonstrate advanced understanding of racial equity, barriers to nonprofit leadership presented by structural racism and white supremacy culture, and a personal commitment to advancing racial justice.

They have high standards for nonprofit leaders and boards and stay current with research, thought leadership, and trends in nonprofit leadership development.

They will be driven by connecting with accomplished professionals and the opportunity to help shape the future of the nonprofit sector.

Key responsibilities of the Director of Search include:

Project Administration

• With the Search Associate, develop project management plans and monitor deadlines and deliverables for client projects.
• Plan and lead all clientrelated meetings, communications, and presentations.

Plan and Prepare for Searches

• Build rapport with search committee members and hiring managers to understand and assess each client's hiring needs, priorities, and trends.
• Create a custom discovery process and stakeholder engagement strategy (interviews, surveys, focus groups) to gain comprehensive understanding of the nonprofit, industry, and position requirements.
• Identify and communicate key trends, challenges, and opportunities based on the stakeholder engagement. With Search Associate, draft findings into reports to share with the Search Committee.
• Develop tools, processes, and products that ensure an equitable and inclusive recruitment process that addresses implicit bias (i.e., affinity bias, confirmation bias, etc.).

Assess, Select, and Onboard Finalists

• Develop structured interview protocols and scorecards that reflect the position's key criteria and support best practices to mitigate implicit bias during the hiring process.
• Help Search Committee with onboarding plans to assure a strong start to the role and provide day checkins to incoming executive and board members as needed.
• Refer clients to technical resources, including consultants, associations, and coaches.

Other Responsibilities

• Represent Good Insight at industry conferences, panels, and events.
• Pursue business development opportunities with Good Insight's ideal clients.
• Build a network of nonprofit leaders. Follow current and impending leadership transitions.
• Develop thought leadership on Good Insight's equitable hiring practices, trends in leadership transitions and talent acquisition, and barriers to building a diverse workforce.
• Build proficiency and share knowledge in antiracism in order to cocreate new approaches to executive search and help clients constantly challenge biases and outdated practices.
• Participate in opportunities to strengthen relationships among a remote, dispersed team.
• Ensure consistency of Good Insight's brand across multiple platforms.
• Gain additional expertise through training