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Executive Director

Overview

SEEP is seeking an Executive Director who is a well-rounded, innovative leader with the ability to inspire others to leadership. The ideal candidate is passionate, charismatic and entrepreneurial with the gravitas and ability to articulate big ideas, inspire staff to achieve, strengthen membership, and increase and diversify funding. The successful candidate can guide strategic proposals, has a strong professional network, and is savvy with public relations.

The Executive Director is responsible for driving the success of SEEP’s mission by leading and delivering on the current strategic objectives and setting those for the future. S/he will:

• Build on and develop the tremendous reputation of SEEP and lead the organization to increase its influence, strengthen membership, broaden the base of financial support, multiply alliances, and enhance its impact.
• Represent SEEP at the highest levels of dialog with members, funders and other global stakeholders.
• Inspire and develop Board members, staff, funders and partners toward exceptional commitment, teamwork, contributions and performance.

The top priorities for the Executive Director are:

• Pursue SEEP's Mission.
• Develop and strengthen value-add relationships with members and other strategic partners.
• Expand and diversify funding partnerships and revenue streams.
• Support SEEP staff to ensure strong performance and engagement.
• Ensure SEEP's financial integrity, including good fiscal discipline and planning.

Key Responsibilities

Vision and Leadership

• Promote a common vision that enhances SEEP’s impact.
• Communicate the SEEP vision and strategy to external and internal constituencies to maintain a clear identity for SEEP and continuous alignment with the mission.
• Guide SEEP’s evolution in the face of an ever-changing development landscape.

Fundraising

• Lead fundraising for SEEP including identifying potential donors, supporting or leading program design and proposal process, and ensuring productive donor relationships.
• Manage relationships with existing and potential donors and explore new creative partnerships to expand the funding base.
• Explore effective methods of resource mobilization, including developing staff capacity and hiring consultants.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Lead engagement with member organizations and ensure that member needs and demands are understood and utilized to improve services.
• Ensure alignment between member interest and SEEP thematic areas and overall strategy.
• Represent SEEP externally to stakeholders, including peer networks, policymakers, research institutions, think tanks, donors and other prospective partners.

Management

• Take ownership of the SEEP strategy and establish credibility and trust with the staff.
• Maintain a healthy and stable organization with an effective management structure, facilitating an environment in which staff work as a true team.
• Guide staff recruitment and development, ensuring staff professional capacities are nurtured and strengthened and staff are motivated to deliver excellent results.
• Ensure financial health by overseeing the development and implementation of budgets, funding proposals and earned income strategies and fulfillment of reporting and other donor requirements.
• Provide leadership on programmatic initiatives in SEEP’s priority thematic areas as well as the SEEP annual conference and other SEEP events.
• Ensure SEEP is effectively communicating the organization’s focus and insights in order to elevate SEEP’s influence and impact.

Board Relations

• Advise the Board of Directors of the organization’s activities, opportunities and challenges.
• Collaborate with the Board of Directors on matters of governance and ensure the Board approved policies and budgets are implemented.
• Prepare institutional and other reports for the Board of Directors to enable them to carry out their duties.

Qualifications and Experience

• Relevant experience in international development, including knowledge of practice, trends, and actors in inclusive market development. Expertise in at least one of the following technical tracks is pivotal financial inclusion, women’s economic empowerment, economic recovery, resilience, or food security.
• Deep awareness of and commitment to market system development and the role of facilitation in driving systemic change.
• Experience living and working in a developing country for 5+ years is preferred.
• Proven success in operating in a member-based organization that values members’ learning and practitioners’ perspectives and delivering results that are relevant to SEEP’s mission preferred.
• Experience working with a geographically dispersed and culturally diverse group of international members.
• A superb networker/fundraiser with the vision, passion, creativity and intellect to drive the engagement of major funders.
• Ability to leverage new trends and amplify the SEEP message in a changing development and funding environment.
• Savvy communicator with natural networking abilities, strategic messaging and a confident public speaker.
• Strategic and entrepreneurial leadership, proven experience in business model development, planning and analysis.
• Proven experience in recruiting, building and leading a lean team of highly motivated professionals and inspiring team members to adopt and achieve ambitious objectives.

Education

• An advanced degree relevant to international development (e.g., business administration,
  law, sociology, anthropology, economics, international studies, etc.)

Language & Travel

• Fluency in English; proficiency in another language highly desired.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally, including to challenging locations.
• If based in Washington, DC 10-15% travel; if based outside Washington, DC 20-25% travel.
• Legally authorized to work in the U.S.

To learn more about this opportunity, please contact:

Tory Clarke, Partner, Bridge Partners, tory.clarke@bridgepartnersllc.com

Janet Albert, Partner, Bridge Partners, janet.albert@bridgepartnersllc.com

Multimedia Design Associate

About the Position

SEEP is seeking a highly creative, detail-oriented, and organized individual to oversee and produce a broad portfolio. More specifically, the Multimedia Design Associate will spearhead the design of innovative learning products, collateral materials and organizational presentations. S/he will also develop and update digital knowledge platforms, support design and development updates to SEEP websites, and lead the design of visual elements (iconography, infographics, multimedia). The Multimedia Design Associate will also coordinate with outside designers and vendors, overseeing execution and ensuring quality control.

Measures of Success

The Design Associate will be successful if s/he:

• Elevates the SEEP brand through effective digital design
• Maintains a vibrant and engaging visual dimension to SEEP platforms and products
• Expands the range of SEEP’s learning product formats, both print and digital, to accommodate the evolving needs of adult learning and a diverse global audience
• Introduces new ways of packaging and delivering knowledge through various mediums of delivery
• Ensures consistent quality and timely delivery across production pipelines through effective communication and collaboration with SEEP’s internal teams and external vendors

Position Responsibilities

• Lead the development and design of SEEP’s knowledge products and platforms
• Design, format, and edit learning outputs for a global audience
• Design and layout projects in-house (print and digital), working within organizational branding standards and adapting standards where specific outputs require
• Optimize publications to make them easy to digest, reader-friendly, visually engaging and with interactive navigation
• Manage the SEEP publications pipeline. Liaise between internal teams and external service providers (translators, copyeditors, contract designers, etc.) to set and meet deadlines.
• Oversee SEEP’s web platforms, ensuring quality control processes in the development and posting of new material
• Create new graphic banners, iconography, infographics and chunkable learning content for websites and social media
• Serve as point-of-contact for troubleshooting technical glitches with web host
• Execute interactive and animated components of digital projects
• Manage the development and maintenance of offshoot web platforms. Optimize responsivity, pageload, SEO, for diverse audiences
• Support SEEP’s international conferences and institutional materials
• Prepare or direct preparation of all print materials, including agendas, presenter templates, name badges, event collateral, signage
• Assist with pre-event marketing and promotion, including the development of event logo and visual identity

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience in graphic and multimedia design, the production of publications and collateral materials, and web design.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience (multimedia design & development, multimedia technologies, graphic design, web design, etc.) preferably for an international non-profit organization.
• Specialized Bachelors degree. Graduate degree a plus.
• Advanced knowledge of Adobe Indesign and Photoshop is required. Familiarity with other Adobe Creative Suite applications like Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Edge is an asset.
• Fluency in HTML and CSS coding is required. Basic knowledge of Java is an asset.
• Significant experience and familiarity working with a general web CMS. Experience with Wordpress CMS a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to work within designated budgets.
• Self-starter who takes initiatives and can handle complex, technical design projects.
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment, juggle multiple competing priorities against tight deadlines across international time zones.
• Ability to interact effectively with senior and junior-level team members and stakeholders, both internally and externally, in an international and multi-cultural environment.
• Available to work full-time and be based at our office in Rosslyn, Virginia.

SALARY COMMENSURATE WITH EXPERIENCE

To apply, please email your cover letter and resume to recruitment@seepnetwork.org by Thursday, January 31, 2019.

Candidates are highly encouraged to include examples of learning products they have designed and websites they have worked on, as well as any experience with innovative multimedia formats.

Only applicants that are selected for interviews will be contacted.  No phone calls please.