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ORGANIZATION:
Coastal Gateway Regional Economic Development
Alliance
AREA: Southwest Alabama (Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh,
Escambia, and Monroe Counties)
POSITION: Executive Director of Economic Development
SALARY RANGE: $85,000 - $120,000 (commensurate with
experience)
Executive Summary
Coastal Gateway Regional Economic Development
Alliance (CGREDA) is a rural, five-county alliance
of city and county government and business leaders
committed to job development through (1) business
expansion and retention, (2) new business
attraction, and (3) community development. The ideal
candidate for the position of Executive Director of
Economic Development for Coastal Gateway has a
minimum of 10 years economic development experience,
5 years on-the-ground experience in business
retention and expansion, and 5 years of business
attraction experience with documented track records
of continuous success. The ideal candidate has a
minimum of 10 years proven success in directing
operations of an economic development organization
or a chamber of commerce. The position requires a
high level of financial competence and fiscal
conservatism. The new Executive Director must have a
proven hands-on track record of success in
operations of an economic development business
including investor relations as well as budget
development, review, and oversight. Coordination
with local economic development agencies is critical
to success.
Characteristics
Goal driven and committed to consistent results,
able to demonstrate prior success of goals set and
exceeded.
Open to new ways of doing things and respectful of
others opinions.
Exceptional investor relations track record;
highly respected among investors.
Outstanding communicator producing independent
exceptional communication pieces.
Entrepreneurial and innovative spirit always
seeking new approaches.
Adaptable, flexible, and willing to implement the
ideas of others.
Fiscally conservative internally and externally.
Grant development and proposal writing experience.
Cultural Environment
Coastal Gateway Regional Economic Development
Alliance is a rural, five-county alliance and
requires an Executive Director with the ability to
adapt their personality to fit within local cultural
norms. The position requires that all stakeholders,
investors, and constituent groups feel connected to
the Coastal Gateway leadership and staff and to the
mission of the organization. The new Executive
Director will be able to prove a track record of
exceptional investor relations across a multi-year
period that transcends local and national economic
conditions. The new Executive Director will be able
to demonstrate a history of being proactive in their
approach, open and flexible, willing to readily
apply the ideas of others, and will be able to
demonstrate a proven track record of success in
highly effective constituent communication and
consensus building. The position requires that the
Executive Director is visible and connected
throughout the 5 county region and that both elected
officials and the private sector leadership across
the region views Coastal Gateway as a partner in
their attainment of public and business success.
Strategic Program
The job requires the development and implementation
of an existing industry strategic plan incorporating
portfolio management techniques, performance
scorecards, program benchmarks, and monthly
progress-to-plan processes. In addition the new
Executive Director must have a history of results
driven and successful business attraction programs.
The plan will be designed to gather tactical
information from the private sector, and be used to
build a database of supply chains across the region
that will ultimately be used to identify gaps to
drive targeted industries and specific business
recruitment. The new Executive Director will have a
proven working knowledge of creating an effective
portfolio management program and will be a strategic
goal setter with a documented track record of
delivering tangible results that exceed goals and
expectations of stakeholders and investors.
Staff and Investors
The position requires that the new Executive
Director of Economic Development be a team player
and a team builder, able to garner professional
respect from the broadest possible stakeholder base
and able to motivate the existing Coastal Gateway
staff by building a sense of partnership and
cohesiveness. The position requires that staff is
incorporated into the strategic plan and their
skills utilized to the fullest potential to achieve
goals set forth. Each staff member must be
recognized and integrated into the organizational
strategy as an integral part of the team, assigned
roles that enhance the success of the strategic
goals and broaden the scope of opportunities. The
new Executive Director will build partnerships with
local economic developers, chambers of commerce, and
industrial boards in a way that missions and roles
are clearly defined and all organizations are
working in tandem towards the same set of local and
regional goals.
Requirements
Minimum of a Bachelors degree from an accredited
university in the field of Economic Development,
Business Administration, Marketing Management,
Economics, or related field. Candidates with a
Masters degree preferred.
Minimum 10 years economic development experience
or combination or economic development experience
and private sector experience consulting for or
working with Global 500 companies.
Minimum 5 years of success directly running a
continuous on-the-ground business retention and
expansion program.
Minimum of 5 years of success in conducting
aggressive proactive marketing initiatives and
delivering consistent business attraction success.
Minimum of 5 years demonstrated success in
hands-on management of the operations and financial
details of an economic development organization.
Executive Director must relocate (prefer to
relocate immediate family) to live full time within
the Coastal Gateway region.
To submit a resume, e-mail:
careers@cgeda.net.
Deadline for submission is November 30th, 2010.
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