President & CEO - Urban Neighborhood Initiative

OMNI is honored to be retained by Urban Neighborhood Initiative (UNI) in the search for an exceptional executive to lead the organization as President & CEO. This outstanding opportunity reflects UNI’s commitment to advancing its mission, seeking a visionary leader who can inspire and guide the organization into its next chapter of growth and impact.

Urban Neighborhood Initiative is a Community Development Corporation (CDC) that strives to build communities with purpose on purpose – where every household member is engaged, encouraged, elevated, and educated through the joys of stable housing, quality programming, and impactful services. UNI serves 10 neighborhoods in the urban heart of Kansas City, working in partnership with civic, community, and government leaders to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty and racial inequities caused by decades of neglect and systemic racism. With initiatives ranging from housing development and home repair to youth programming and neighborhood revitalization, UNI is dedicated to creating healthy, thriving communities where children and families can flourish.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction for all strategic and operational planning, programs, and fundraising initiatives to support the continued growth of the organization.
• Serve as the primary spokesperson for the organization. Gather staff, the board and community stakeholders around a clear and compelling vision that crystallizes UNI’s future impact, and centers racial equity and neighborhood power-building in housing and community development.
• Lead and continually develop a strong team to ensure the full accomplishment of UNI’s strategic planning and fulfillment of the mission to improve racial equity and neighborhood health.
• Build strong relationships with Partner Neighborhoods, maintaining and expanding collaborative relationships with organizations, policy makers, and individuals to meet strategic goals and objectives.
• Lead UNI’s Real Estate initiatives, including land purchase, financing, developing, building, marketing, and the management of or sale of properties.
• Ensure fiscal responsibility of the organization including reporting, compliance, budget management, and the cultivation and stewardship of a diverse blend of federal, state, local, and private funds.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated success in a leadership role with an organization of comparable size, scope, and complexity.
• Offer a strong commitment, passion and vision for the mission of building strong, diverse, and equitable communities through strategic partnerships.
• Excellence in organizational management with the ability to coach staff, manage and develop high-performance teams, and to work closely with a Board of Directors.
• Proven fiscal management experience to achieve strategic organizational and programmatic goals.
• Outstanding presentation and communication skills, comfortable serving as lead spokesperson, relationship builder, and fundraiser.
• Knowledge of real estate development, preferably in a Community Development Corporation, including Community Land Trust and Investment Funds highly preferred.
• Passion, idealism, integrity, positive, mission-driven, and self-directed adaptive leadership style.
• Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s Degree preferred.

OMNI is honored to be retained in this search. We appreciate your referrals to professionals who may have an interest in this outstanding opportunity. Formal interest accepted through the OMNI Executive Career Portal.

Please direct all inquiries to:

OMNI Human Resource Solutions

Michelle Anderson, Vice President, Executive Search – manderson@omnihrm.com

OMNI and our clients are Equal Opportunity Employers.