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Executive Director
ORGANIZATION: Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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6 people are interested
The Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild seeks an executive leader who will have oversight of three historic ships and a large, diverse volunteer base located at Philadelphia’s Penn’s Landing.
The Ship Guild has been primarily a volunteer managed organization since inception in 1985. The historic ships include the 116 year old wooden tall ship Gazela, tug boat Jupiter and the work barge Poplar. In 2015, Gazela and Poplar were hauled out for hull inspections and Gazela was confirmed to require extensive hull repairs. While the ship remains active in local waters, the Guild must transform its operations from sailing to dockside programming.
The guild is pursuing capacity building grants while seeking donor based funding for this position. Ideally, a candidate brings executive leadership for motivating board and volunteers alike in strategic fundraising and office management.
Qualifications include H.S. Diploma, office management experience, familiarity with MS Word & Excel, customer service, and strong organizational and interpersonal skills. This is a one person office that may have volunteers available for support in various areas. The person must be self-directed and has the ability to work independently.
Compensation is minimal, though with successful grant and donor solicitation, increased salary requirements will be considered.
Please include resume or work/education history with response.
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About Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild
Location:
301 S. Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19106, US
Mission Statement
The Ship Guild's mission is to preserve, share and operate our historic vessels. Our mission is enhanced by programs which bring lessons of seamanship, traditional sailing and maritime culture to the public. Our volunteers are people of all ages, backgrounds and skills who share a love of historic vessels and maritime history.
Description
The Ship Guild operates and maintains the tall ship Gazela and the historic tugboat, Jupiter, both home-ported in Philadelphia and docked at Penn's Landing at Market Street. The Ship Guild is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Volunteers with the Guild share a strong commitment to preserving Philadelphia's maritime tradition. The ships rely on the contributions of time and effort from our volunteers to stay afloat.
There are many opportunities to become part of this effort whether your interests are woodworking and rigging, engineering, historical research, sailing, or marketing and presentations. As a volunteer you become part of a crew. You will work alongside the professional officers doing as they do. One minute you may find yourself manning the helm, later painting decks. Our crew earns hours toward sailing by volunteering time towards restoration, outreach, or dockside maintenance programs.
Whether you share your daily skills, or learn new ones, you will find a niche in this diverse organization.
All volunteers are asked to join the Ship Guild.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
301 S. Columbus Blvd (office)2nd FloorPhiladelphia, PA 19106
DATE POSTED
September 19, 2017
SKILLS
- Bookkeeping
- Salesforce
- Basic Computer Skills
- Executive Admin
- Capacity Planning
- Organization Design
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- 25-40 hours, occasional weekend
- Please send resume with response.