Waukegan Main Street is seeking a fulltime professional to head our organization as Executive Director. Applicant needs to be results oriented, high energy, collaborative and creative and experienced in economic development. Waukegan, Illinois is a city of 90,000+ and our ED will serve as liaison between our organization and a 15-member working board as well as City staff, community, state and national organizations and volunteers.

Duties

Job duties include directing and implementing annual work plans in accordance with the Main Street approach, maintaining and growing an annual budget of $200K, and coordinating 200 volunteers.

Qualifications

BA, excellent communication and organizational skills are required; marketing, volunteer management and fundraising experience preferred.