Managing Director Role Description & Expectations
Organization Background Detroit Horse Power is a 501©3 nonprofit that teaches social-emotional skills to Detroit youth through riding and caring for horses. Current programs bring participants to partner barns outside the city for free horseback riding summer camps and an after-school program. At the same time, Detroit Horse Power is moving forward in partnership with Detroit Public Schools Community District to reactivate a demolished school site within Detroit’s city limits by constructing a new urban equine education center. This unique development will make DHP’s programs scalable and accessible while strengthening the neighborhoods where our students grow up.
Description & Expectations Detroit Horse Power seeks a Managing Director with extensive previous nonprofit leadership experience to guide day-to-day operations and programming oversight. This full-time role will cover a significant range of organizational responsibilities and will work in close partnership with the Executive Director. This position is based in the city of Detroit with responsibilities of moderate travel throughout southeast Michigan for program activities and community engagement.
The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic about jumping into a start-up environment and bring a skillset that can establish sustainable structures and procedures for the organization to thrive by applying best practices and lessons learned from previous nonprofit experience.
Key Responsibilities This position will take over day-to-day organizational management of Detroit Horse Power’s current operations in consultation with the Executive Director, while being available as a resource for the fundraising and facility development work the Executive Director is leading. Managing Director responsibilities will include:
● Human Resources — Establish a positive team culture. Implement organizational systems such as hiring, onboarding, performance reviews, benefits, and more.
● Finance — Coordinate book-keeping and financial reporting. Serve as liaison during annual financial audit.
● Compliance — Maintain nonprofit administrative requirements (Form 990, charitable solicitation registration, state nonprofit annual filing). Update insurance policies as needed.
● Strategic Operational Projects — Investigate opportunities to improve organizational health and efficiency as needed (ex: sustainable student transportation solutions)
● Program Oversight — Serve as direct report for Program Manager, guiding program strategy
● Site Development Insight — Partner with Executive Director to address strategic and tactical next steps on path to opening future horseback riding facility on vacant land within three years
Managing Director Role Description & Expectations
Skills & Qualifications
● The optimal candidate will have at least 10 years of professional experience, with 3 or more years in nonprofit executive leadership.
● Experience working in Detroit and/or an educational nonprofit setting will be highly valued.
● Leadership qualities in organizational development, guiding the transition from start-up to maturing nonprofit
Compensation & Benefits Detroit Horse Power values the talent of its team members and offers compensation based on an individual’s experience and the organization’s financial capacity.
Diversity and Inclusion DHP is committed to recruiting staff, board members, and volunteers who represent different races, ages, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and socio-economic backgrounds. We are dedicated to fostering diversity of all forms throughout all levels of our organization. People of color, those who grew up in an urban environment or those with non-traditional backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
Qualified applicants should submit their resume and a letter of interest to hiring@detroithorsepower.org by 5pm on March 6, 2020.