Preterm: Executive Director Jobs

Preterm Cleveland is seeking a permanent Executive Director to replace our current interim Executive Director. This position is full time, exempt, in-office in Cleveland Ohio. The Executive Director reports to the Board of Directors and works directly with the Preterm Union.

Salary range: $105,000- $115,000

Preterm is proud to be a unionized clinic committed to pay equity. Our salary bands reflect the level of responsibility each employee holds in their position and limit extreme pay differences between frontline staff and managerial staff.

Organizational Overview:

Preterm is an independent, nonprofit, feminist abortion and sexual health clinic that provides abortion care, birth control, miscarriage treatment and STI testing and treatment to people from the Cleveland area and across the state of Ohio. Founded in 1973, Preterm provides about 4,500 abortions annually and offers abortion care through 21 weeks, the legal limit in Ohio. Preterm is a state-licensed ambulatory surgery center with more than 40 staff members and a budget of nearly $5 million, $1 million of which is granted back to patients to subsidize abortion services.

At the core of Preterm’s work is its patients. Every day, pregnant people and their loved ones walk through the clinic doors looking for respect, empathy, support, and safe, affordable abortion care. To ensure access to abortion services, Preterm provides financial assistance to its low-income patients who come to Preterm from across Ohio and the Midwest. Additionally, Preterm trains medical students and residents from several regional hospitals in first and second trimester abortion care and is certified by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC). Preterm’s clinic is a “green” building, with a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB) certification at the silver level. Active in advocacy at the national level, Preterm is a member of the National Abortion Federation (NAF), the Abortion Care Network (ACN), and the National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF).

In 2014, Preterm expanded its services to offer more comprehensive sexual health care, while keeping abortion at the center of its work. Preterm offers miscarriage treatment and patient navigation services in response to ever-more restrictive regulations that limit access to abortion services in Ohio. Additionally, Preterm actively engages the community in reducing stigma through the dissemination of real-life stories.

In its advocacy efforts around reproductive rights, Preterm works closely with coalition partners in the region and nationally and serves as plaintiff in key litigation. In April 2019, Ohio Governor DeWine signed a law banning abortion as early as 6 weeks of pregnancy. The Dobbs decision that overturned 50 years of precedence set by Roe also constrained abortion provision in Ohio. Preterm and its partners sued the state and won, and then launched a public awareness campaign to combat confusion about the status of abortion access and legality and spearheaded the launch of www.abortionislegalinohio.com.

Duties:

Sustainability and Financial Strategy

• Lead the formulation of annual organizational priorities and strategic objectives
• Cultivate major donors and grow relationships with program officers at granting foundations to optimize development support for services
• Ensure annual audit and 990s are complete in partnership with the Director of Finance
• Assess needs of stakeholders, including staff, patients, board members, and community members
• Ensure implementation of Board and committee decisions
• Management of the budget to ensure financial solvency
• Develop and evaluate potential new services so that Preterm is responsive and meets the changing needs of those it serves
• Provide executive oversight of the organizational budget, including:
• Assess existing and/or potential fundraising structures and practices and optimize development support for services
• Preparation of annual budget with the support of Board of Directors and Director of Finance

Advocacy, Organizational Culture, and Values Alignment

Internal

• Lead organizational communications and messaging in partnership with the Communications Manager
• Develop, evaluate, and advance organizational practices that center equity, transparency around decision-making, accountability, and support
• Provide leadership, evaluation, and strategic direction to the Director of Finance, Director of Operations, and Development staff
• Provide oversight and management of Preterm’s affiliated physicians

Outward-Facing

• Provide high-level leadership to critical local, state-wide, and national legislative, policy, and advocacy efforts
• Support Preterm’s visibility as a consistent, values-aligned community presence that strengthens the organization’s reputation to new patients as a safe, trusted, welcoming, and accessible place for high quality patient care
• Deepen and expand Preterm’s community engagement strategies
• Positively represent Preterm in regional, state-wide and national dialogue about abortion and reproductive health

Administrative

• Manage hiring and discharge of director-level staff and support other directors in hiring and discharge of staff
• Prepare and maintain necessary program records, including documentation of service lines, grant reports, and coalition work
• Provide regular updates to the Board, including ongoing communications as well as a monthly Executive Director report at each monthly board meeting
• Oversee organizational compliance to all federal, state, and local laws and ensure regulations are consistently followed
• Provide final approval of exhibits, materials, and reports for Board and committee work

This is not an exhaustive list of duties, though these are the general tasks that comprise this job.

Application info:

Please submit your resume via the Workable application system along with a cover letter answering the following questions:

• How would the principles of reproductive justice impact and intersect with the way you lead?
• Why are you interested in leading an abortion clinic? Why Preterm specifically? Why now?

Applications will not be accepted through any other avenue. Please do not call the clinic about this position. If you have any questions, email Ryan Clopton-Zymler, head of the search committee at [email protected].

• Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis with the goal to close the application window on August 25th, 2023. Candidates must be available for interviews in September and October and be able to start the position in December of 2023.
• If you need accommodations for either applying or interviewing for this role, please contact Ryan Clopton Zymler, head of the search committee at [email protected]

A diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace makes Preterm a more relevant, more creative, and more resilient organization. We encourage people from all backgrounds, ages, abilities, and experiences to apply. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or caregiver status, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

A Note to Potential Candidates:

Studies have shown that women, trans, non-binary folks, and BIack, Indigenous, People of Color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they meet every single one of the qualifications as described in a job description. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organization, and we are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job. That candidate may be one who comes from a background less traditional to our field of work, and that’s okay. We would strongly encourage you to apply, even if you don't believe you meet every one of the qualifications described.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Strong meeting-based communication skills (written and oral)
• A minimum of 5 years of abortion clinic, reproductive rights, or adjacent nonprofit service provision experience in a management role
• A commitment to Preterm values andReproductive Justice
• Strong project management, time management, and planning skills, with a demonstrated ability to take the initiative and drive projects forward independently
• Experience with both individual and team workflow and performance management
• A personal and professional commitment to ongoing development in anti-racist and equity-centered communication, policies, and procedures
• Knowledge and experience with foundation-based fundraising as well as individual and major donor fundraising
• Knowledge around fiscal compliance, risk assessment, and HR compliance in a nonprofit setting
• Ability to evaluate daily tasks against organizational priorities
• Proficiency using a computer to perform work-related tasks. Familiarity with Google Suite, Office 365, collaborative file storage systems, and project management systems like Asana

Competencies & Assets desired for the role:

• Clear written and verbal communication
• Adaptability
• Experience working with unions
• Reliable communication with swift response time
• Attention to detail
• Transparency and ability to work collaboratively with staff
• Comfort with digital communication (Zoom) and using remote work tools to move projects forward
• Relationship management
• Ethical standards based in equity and justice
• Ability to care for oneself and extend that care to staff in a sometimes stressful environment

Benefits

Benefits include: Health insurance including medical, vision, dental, and life insurance paid 80%, generous PTO accrual, 10 paid holidays, and equitable 401k contributions. Employees may add dependents to health and dental coverage, and Preterm will cover half the premium costs of qualified dependents. Preterm also covers travel to conferences as well as coaching and other professional development activities for this role.