Executive Director

Status: Full-Time, Exempt 

Salary: $80,000-$95,000, depending on experience 

Reports To: Board of Directors 

Supervises: Office + Faculty Teams 

Location: Brookline, MA - In-Person 

About the Role

The Brookline Arts Center is seeking an experienced, collaborative, and detail-oriented Executive Director to lead the organization into its next chapter. The Executive Director is BAC’s chief executive and organizational steward, accountable for the Center’s financial health, operational effectiveness, people, and long-term sustainability and growth. Working in close partnership with the Board of Directors, the Executive Director will ensure that BAC’s resources, programs, and growth plans remain aligned with its mission and financial capacity.

Experience in the arts sector is desirable but not required. We welcome candidates from nonprofit, education, community-based, cultural, or mission-driven organizations who are energized by BAC’s commitment to accessible, high-quality arts education and prepared to learn the particular opportunities and needs of a community arts center.

The Executive Director reports to the Board of Directors, partnering on governance and strategy while leading day-to-day execution.

Please see the attached PDF for full list of responsibilities.

What We're Looking For

The Executive Director is entering BAC at a critical inflection point, and we are seeking a leader who brings most of the following qualifications: 

• Senior leadership experience in nonprofit, arts, education, or community-based organizations
• Demonstrated financial-management and stewardship experience, including ownership of organizational or departmental budgets, forecasting, cash-flow management, financial reporting, and budget-to-actual decision-making.
• A record of making sound, mission-aligned decisions about spending, staffing, program investment, and organizational priorities.
• Experience managing and developing staff and building effective teams
• Strong operations and systems-thinking ability, driven by an entrepreneurial and proactive mindset and experience building effective operational systems, improving processes, and translating strategy into clear priorities, accountability, and execution.
• Fundraising experience, including donor cultivation and grants 
• Excellent judgment and decision-making
• Strong written and verbal communication with a variety of audiences; a direct communicator who holds high standards with warmth
• Ability to prioritize within a small organization's limited capacity; demonstrated ability to flex and problem-solve as needed
• Genuine passion for arts education and equity-centered programming; experience with a nonprofit Board and/or the BAC community is a plus

The BAC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace. The BAC does not discriminate against individuals based on race, color, religion, age, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, disability or veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

The BAC is dedicated to building a culturally diverse and pluralistic workforce committed to working in a multicultural environment. Qualified candidates from groups historically underrepresented in the arts are strongly encouraged to apply.