About This Role
Leading the Main Street Aurora (MSA) program, a 501(c)3 entity, is the core of this role, working with the MSA Board of Directors to foster a more active, vibrant, and sustainable downtown. The Executive Director is responsible for the development, execution, and documentation of the program, focusing on organization, promotion, design, and economic vitality.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate activity of Main Street program committees, ensuring that communication between committees is well established
- Manage all administrative aspects of the Main Street program, including purchasing, record keeping, budget development and accounting, preparing all reports required by Indiana Main Street program and by Main Street America, assisting with the preparation of reports to funding agencies
- Encourage a cooperative climate between Main Street’s interests and local public officials and help build strong and productive working relationships with appropriate public agencies at the local and state levels
- Advise merchants in the Main Street district on MSA program activities and goals and assist in the coordination of joint promotional events that attract people to the MSA district and/or earn revenue for the program
- Spend a minimum of five (5) hours per week interfacing with downtown business owners
- Assist and coordinate downtown promotional events/activities through the planning, design and implementation stages
- Assist in economic strategies to increase retail in the downtown, attracting new users into existing facilities and expanding market opportunities
- Develop and maintain contacts with media sources to disseminate program information to the general public
- Supervise any necessary temporary or permanent employees, as well as professional consultants
- Annual attendance at the National Main Street conference
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Executive Committee
Requirements
- Education and/or experience in one or more of the following areas: commercial district management, economics, finance, public relations, planning, business administration, public administration, retailing, volunteer or non-profit administration, architecture, historic preservation and/or small business development
- Must be sensitive to design and preservation issues and must understand the issues confronting downtown business people, property owners, public agencies and community organizations
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential
- In office attendance and set hours required
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