Executive director Jobs in Boston, MA

Boyden is proud to be partnering with Adoptions With Love in their search for their next Executive Director. Adoptions With Love is seeking a compassionate, inspiring, mission-driven, people-centered non-profit leader to advance this highly respected agency. The Executive Director will oversee a devoted staff of 6 employees, dedicated to supporting the needs of birth mothers and adoptive families. The Executive Director will be an empathetic and collaborative leader with experience working with families, always keeping the child at the center.

Adoptions With Love is in a strong financial position, with the majority of funding generated from client fees. The incoming ED will have the opportunity to assess opportunities for growth while maintaining a culture of caring that makes Adoptions With Love such a unique organization.

Reporting directly to the Board of Directors, the Executive Director will lead the implementation of policies and programs to carry out the agency's mission, vision, and priorities. The successful candidate will bring a strong background in clinical case management, staff leadership and management, community outreach and advocacy, external relations, strategic planning, finance, and human resources. The incoming leader will partner with the board to set the direction of Adoptions With Love for years to come.

Areas of Responsibility

Job Responsibilities :

• Oversee all operational and clinical functions of the agency including clinical supervision of adoption social work staff and administrative staff, supervision of finance, operations, marketing, licensing, and adoptive placements.
• Manage and continue the professional development of clinical social workers, bookkeeper, operations manager, and birth parent coordinator.
• Act as single point of accountability for resolving complex adoption issues and state-by-state adoption laws and regulations.
• Develop and manage annual budget (currently $2MM per year) and ensure agency delivers on all key financial targets.
• Review the agency's advertising spending monthly and make adjustments to marketing plans as appropriate.
• Review all marketing materials to ensure adherence to agency mission and adoption law across relevant states.
• Obtain appropriate consultation for implementation of policies and goals of the agency.
• Initiate and maintain communication with maternity social workers in major local hospitals. Schedule and provide educational in-service training with maternity hospital staff and maintain an ongoing record of all activity.
• Build and maintain relationships with attorneys and agencies with whom AWL partners across the United States.
• Work cooperatively with the agency's legal counsel to ensure the security of each adoption and the rights of each child, birth parent, and adoptive parent are upheld.
• Oversee adherence to DCF and EEC regulations and interfaces with the Licensor assigned to the agency. Ensure bi-annual licensing renewal continues.
• Ensure that the AWL clinical staff provides the proper legal, counseling, and medical referrals for each birth parent and adoptive family.
• Handle a modest caseload of birth parents, in order to maintain continuous involvement in the adoption process.
• Oversee initial orientation and education with prospective adoptive couples introducing them to the agency's philosophy, goals, and services to children, birth parents, and adoptive parents. Best practice would be for the ED to conduct some orientations to ensure consistent understanding of the client base.
• Manage the HR function including payroll, insurance, and benefits.
• ED is expected to spend 80% of time in administrative work including clinical supervision and 20% in direct care clinical work with birth mothers and adoptive couples.

Qualifications and Experience :

How to Apply

Adoptions With Love has partnered with Boyden Executive Search. For more information about this opportunity or to submit a cover letter and resume, please email :

Adoptions With Love is a private, non-profit, full-service, licensed domestic adoption agency. For 38 years, we have been assisting expectant / birth parents to make loving and thoughtful adoption plans for their children. Adoptions With Love also helps prospective adoptive parents build or expand their families through adoption.

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