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Bridges Homeward

Cambridge, MA

 

Bridges Homeward provides high-quality support and advocacy for children, adults, and families to develop and nurture safe, permanent relationships and maximize individual growth.

 

THE SEARCH

 

Bridges Homeward, formerly Cambridge Family & Children’s Service, one of the premier providers of permanency-focused programming in Greater Boston, seeks a dynamic and experienced leader to serve as its next Executive Director. Bridges Homeward’s next Executive Director will bring a deep passion for positively reshaping the lives of children, youth, adults, and their families – drawn to the agency’s ethos of “family and connection for all.”

 

Since its founding in 1874, Bridges Homeward has evolved into a leading-edge, multi-service agency providing services across five program areas: Adoption, Developmental Disabilities Services, Family Services, Family Support and Stabilization, and Intensive Foster Care. The agency’s continuum of care and holistic approach to the delivery of services yield significant benefits for the families, children, and adults it serves. Each of Bridges Homeward’s programs is defined by permanency; the agency does not seek quick fixes but instead takes an in-depth and personalized approach to ensure the people they serve develop healthy, permanent relationships and are living in safe, stable, and loving homes.

 

In FY2022, Bridges Homeward supported 1,000 children, families, and adults, helping them thrive and build resiliency and power for themselves and their loved ones. The agency’s FY2023 budget is $6.9 million, and it employs about 100 part-time and full-time employees, including a leadership team of six. A 19-member board of directors governs the agency.

 

Bridges Homeward’s Executive Director, working closely with the board and staff, will provide strategic vision and leadership to the agency, leveraging its unique strengths to continue to meet the ever-evolving needs of children, adults, and families in Greater Boston. The Executive Director will reinforce the strength and quality of Bridges Homeward’s portfolio of services, innovating and expanding where necessary, and will anticipate and prepare for shifts in the policy landscape in which the agency operates. They will effectively build high-impact partnerships and steward relationships with various stakeholders, including government agencies, sister agencies, community organizations, and funders. They will secure Bridges Homeward’s financial health through the cultivation of diverse funding sources. They will also ensure that Bridges Homeward’s administrative infrastructure is effective in its scope and scale and invest in the agency’s ongoing diversity, equity, and inclusion work. 

 

The next Executive Director will believe strongly in the power of strengthening family connections and increasing individual growth for all people the agency serves. They will bring leadership experience in an organization similar to Bridges Homeward in its complexity, programs, and funding model and will be familiar with what it takes to be successful at the helm of a human services organization today. They will be a thoughtful, facilitative, and collaborative leader of people; an effective partner with external constituencies; and a knowledgeable fundraiser. They will also bring measurable evidence of having consistently centered the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion in their work and will understand the necessity of culturally competent and responsive care.

 

APPLICATIONS, INQUIRIES, AND NOMINATIONS

 

Bridges Homeward has retained Isaacson, Miller, a national executive search firm based in Boston, to assist in this search. All inquiries, nominations, and applications (including resumes and one- to three-page letters of interest responding to the opportunities and challenges outlined in the full profile) should be directed in strict confidence to the search team below. Applications will be reviewed as they are submitted. To be assured full consideration, please submit materials by Monday, May 8, 2023.

 

Bridges Homeward anticipates a salary range of $180,000 to $200,000 for this position, commensurate with experience.

 Tatiana Oberkoetter, Annah Wells, and Phillip Petree

Isaacson, Miller

Bridges Homeward Executive Director Search

 

Bridges Homeward is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to maintaining an environment in which employees and clients are treated equally without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, genetic information, or military status. Any discrimination based on an individual's protected status will not be accepted or tolerated. It is our goal to provide equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment and to prevent any unlawful discrimination or harassment of any individual working at or with Bridges Homeward. Bridges Homeward is committed to hiring minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities in all areas of its workforce with a goal of equal employment opportunities for all qualified people.