Executive Director

Affordable Housing & Community Development Specialist

January 8, 2025

Resident Manager II

January 13, 2025

The Executive Director plays a critical role in the CoC and leads a team of professional staff at the BKRHC. They will have overall strategic and operational responsibility for the BKRHC. The Executive Director reports to the BKRHC Executive Board and is responsible for maintaining working relationships with the CoC’s Executive and Governing Boards to coordinate fiscal and governing responsibilities, including program development, execution of the organization’s mission, goals, policies, and representation of the BKRHC within the community.

Position Overview:

The candidate should have experience collaborating with an Executive or Governing body to ensure that all CoC responsibilities are fulfilled within the purview of associated bylaws and governance charts. They will have experience in community engagement with various stakeholders of differing backgrounds and levels of education. They must be politically astute and comfortable with navigating within a landscape where homelessness is a key focus of community leaders, CoC members, and the public. The successful candidate will have the energy, motivation, and enthusiasm to drive the work and set clear expectations with data-driven goals and outcomes. The Executive Director must possess experience and excellent business acumen to ensure that work is completed efficiently and transparently. They must have a solid foundational knowledge of budgeting and finance. They must be able to manage a portfolio of projects at various levels and have experience in project management ranging from project genesis to contract execution.

The Bakersfield-Kern Regional Homeless Collaborative is an independent 501(C)3 nonprofit organization that works to reduce the impacts of homelessness in Kern County through collaboration with CoC members and the general public. The BKRHC acts as a fiscal agent and collaborative applicant tasked with coordinating the work within the CoC. Governed by a 9-member Executive Board and 21-member Governing Board, these entities work in partnership with the BKRHC to ensure that the CoC maintains its fiscal and operational duties. The BKRHC is comprised of homeless service providers, City and County officials, Kern County citizens, business owners, individuals with lived experience of homelessness, youth, veterans, native and indigenous peoples, and everyday people wanting to make a difference. BKRHC’s mission is to ensure everyone in Kern County has a permanent place to call home. Through this vision, the BKRHC is responsible for the development, update, and implementation of the 10-year plan to end homelessness, known as “The Strategic Plan to Address Homelessness”.

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APPLICATION PROCESS:

To be considered, please submit a resume, cover letter, and five work-related references (who will not be contacted in the early stages of the recruitment) to: https://koffassociates.com/bkrhc-executive-director/. Resumes should reflect years and months of positions held, as well as size of past organization(s).