The United Way of Western Nebraska is seeking to hire an Executive Director who will be responsible for the overall and leadership of the organization. Responsibilities would include, but not limited to, planning and coordinating annual fundraising and special events, facilitating effective working relationships with member agencies and community businesses involving numerous outside contacts, ensuring legal compliances, developing short and long range community impact goals, developing strategies to enhance the visibility and role of United Way throughout the panhandle area, ensuring use of sound budgeting and finance practices and supervising paid and volunteer staff. The Executive Director will report to, and work closely with, the Board of Directors. Minimum Requirements: Bachelors Degree with prior Leadership and administrative experience desired. Our perfect applicant will demonstrate enthusiasm for helping others, communicate effectively in writing and conversation with a wide variety of people, demonstrate accountability to meet and exceed goals, be familiar with computers, and be willing to do some limited travel. Application Deadline: Feb 13, 2009 We are an EOE employer. Send resume to: United Way of Western Nebraska, 1517 Broadway, Suite #106, Scottsbluff NE 69361 or Email to Shanna Halstead: shannahalstead@yahoo.com

United Way of Western Nebraska

In 1945 a small group of volunteer businessmen formed the Scottsbluff Community Chest, an independent fundraising association. Its purpose was to raise funds for ten Prominent community charities. That year, the first campaign raised $26,359, which was distributed among those ten agencies.

Throughout the years, other agencies have joined our association. Agency names changed, agencies merged and some simply no longer exist. Today there are 19 member agencies, including one of the original agencies, Boy Scouts.

In the 2007 annual campaign, the United Way of Western Nebraska raised over $330,000. Since their humble beginning, the United Way of Western Nebraska has raised more than $6,780,513 to help those in need and in building a stronger, healthier and more compassionate community?..the United Way.