Executive search for nonprofit and charitable organizations.
Hawthorne Recruitment finds mission-aligned senior leaders for nonprofit and charitable organizations across Halifax and Atlantic Canada.
Hawthorne Recruitment runs retained executive and professional searches for nonprofit and charitable organizations across Halifax and Atlantic Canada. Based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, the firm finds executive directors, chief executives, development and program leaders, finance leaders and board members for organizations where mission and leadership quality are inseparable. Every nonprofit search gets the same rigour as any corporate mandate.
The nonprofit talent market in Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada's nonprofit and charitable sector is significant in scale and deeply rooted in the region's communities. It includes social services, arts and culture institutions, health foundations, community development organizations, advocacy groups and sector associations. Many of the region's most important leadership roles sit here.
The talent market is distinct from the private sector. Senior nonprofit leaders move between organizations, between sectors and between Atlantic provinces. The strongest candidate for a role may come from another nonprofit, from government, from healthcare or from professional services. Knowing where to look, and who to call, is not something a job posting can replicate.
Roles in scope
- Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
- Director of Development and fundraising leadership
- Director of Programs and service delivery leadership
- Chief Financial Officer and finance leadership
- Communications and marketing leadership
- Board member and governance recruitment
What makes a strong nonprofit leader
The best nonprofit executives bring operational credibility, skill with stakeholders, a real partnership with their board and genuine alignment with the mission. Hawthorne assesses for all of these, the leadership profile and the values alignment as well as the resume, because that is what determines whether a placement lasts.
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