TITLE: Executive Director

REPORTS TO: Ultimate Chicago Board of Directors

GENERAL SUMMARY: Ultimate Chicago seeks an energetic and visionary leader to manage and accelerate the growth of Ultimate Frisbee in the Chicagoland area. The Executive Director will be the face of the organization within the broader community and will work to grow our relationships throughout the region. The selected candidate for this role will manage the operations of the organization and will seek to improve the quality and quantity of UC services, most notably our leagues which run year‐round. The job will require work on some nights and weekends.

Principal Responsibilities

Recruit and manage all volunteers, including tournament directors, any extra league commissioners, team captains, etc.

Plan, market, organize, and implement local Ultimate leagues, clinics, camps, and tournaments, including managing the operational budgets for each event and/or project. Our new hire will be expected to attend most of these offerings in person. Since most events occur on weeknights and weekends, the hours for the job will not align with a normal nine‐to‐five.

Support outreach for all youth programs including, but not limited to, school gym demonstrations, meetings with school administrators, school‐based awareness events

Represent UC at all events and strengthen the sense of our UC community including the increase of two‐way communication between the new hire, the Board and our constituents.

Further improve UC reserves and the health of UC finances, by helping the board anticipate and mitigate any budget risks, as well as establish new revenue sources, and pursue sponsorships and grants. The new hire must bring in additional revenue to support the position.

Manage purchasing, sales, and distribution of merchandise

Manage logistics including storage (UC storage locker) of equipment/materials and track and manage rentals

Communicate with UC constituents through UC web properties and social media

Coordinate and grow relationships with field managers. The new hire must pursue new local athletic fields for UC teams and events.

Work to expand the reach of the UC geographically and demographically

Create and foster relationships with organizations with similar goals

Collaborate with existing programs and organizations to further the mission of UC

Update and maintain documents for UC policies and procedures

Create and manage committees of constituents to explore policies or operations changes, provide suggestions to the board, or to accomplish discrete tasks.

Attend monthly UC Board of Directors meetings to report on the progress of organizational goals and work with the Board to determine budgets, deadlines, and policies