Chief Executive Officer

Search for the Chief
Executive Officer, The Africa Center

Harlem, New
York

The Africa Center
seeks an inspirational, trailblazing, and operational executive
leader to serve as its next Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to drive
its mission of transforming the world’s understanding of Africa,
its Diaspora, and the impact of the people of African descent on
the world. The CEO will work in close partnership with the Board of
Directors and a lean, dedicated staff to secure and steward
external resources, execute the strategic plan, build out a site
and up an organization, take new actions to renew profitability and
connect African communities in the United States with the
continent. This new leader will have expertise in driving
institutional strategy and repositioning an organization, and they
must be able to inspire and coalesce diverse stakeholders toward
common goals. The next CEO must be a successful fundraiser able to
navigate the complexities of New York City and bring a proven
ability to raise and diversify philanthropic sources and funding
streams. The next CEO must also be a strong fiscal, operational,
and personnel manager who can build sustainable structures that
ensure the future success and longevity of the Center. As a highly
visible and accessible leader with gravitas, an entrepreneurial
spirit, and compassion, the CEO will craft and amplify a compelling
narrative that builds community around a place of gathering to
celebrate African innovation across business, culture, and policy.
The Africa Center is located in Aliko Dangote Hall at One Museum
Mile on Fifth Avenue in Harlem, New York.

Since 2018, The Africa Center has focused on five thematic areas
– diaspora, media and representation, cultural expression, climate,
and technology – while growing a local and international audience
as it builds its flagship Fifth Avenue headquarters in phases.
These themes capture elements of the currently dynamic world and
areas where the continent could greatly impact and
benefit. Today, The Africa Center (TAC or the Center) serves
as the hub for the exchange of ideas around culture, business, and
policy related to the continent. The Center advances thought and
action around Africa’s global influence and impact on collective
and shared futures in collaboration and engagement with individuals
and institutions with shared values.

The Africa Center works to transform the understanding of the
world’s oldest continent, which also boasts its youngest
population. Encompassing culture, policy, and business, the Center
will operate locally and globally to transform the perception and
impact of the continent by promoting partnership, collaboration,
and dialogue between Africa and the United States and beyond. The
Center will host visual, performing, and digital arts
presentations; develop and disseminate innovative educational
tools; convene focused, thoughtful peer-to-peer exchanges; and
sponsor innovative policy research. The Center is both a home and a
platform providing a community for people of African descent and
those interested in Africa, in addition to a global stage
showcasing African ingenuity and talent.

An attractive compensation package with a starting salary of
$200,000 will be offered to the successful candidate.

The Africa Center has retained Isaacson, Miller, a national
executive search firm, to assist with this important recruitment
and to help identify outstanding candidates. Please direct all
inquiries, nominations, and applications electronically and in
confidence to:

Sarah James, Tiffany Weber, Iliana
Gonzalez, and Siobhan Hanley

Isaacson, Miller

 https://www.imsearch.com/open-searches/africa-center/chief-executive-officer

The Africa Center provides equal employment opportunities
(EEO) to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion,
sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.