Clean Water Action/Clean Water Fund Chief Executive Officer
Washington, DC Preferred
(CA, MD, MA, MI, MN, NJ, PA, RI, TX, and VA Flexible)
The ideal candidate for this role will be a collaborative and communicative leader who understands how to lead through inspiration and motivation.
While no one candidate will possess every quality outlined for this position, a successful candidate will bring many of the following professional qualifications and personal attributes:
- Passion for Mission and DEJI
- Strong commitment to CWA’s mission and values in the water, environmental, climate, and policy and advocacy space
- Comfortable working with state and national staff in a complex organization where diversity of thought is valued and appreciated
- Excitement to build on the organization’s strength with the ability to take a long-term, thoughtful approach to achieving organizational goals
- Commitment to the organization’s DEJI goals and demonstrated experience embedding these values throughout the organization
Strategic Vision and Leadership
- Cultivate a strong working relationship with CWA’s Board and staff
- Shape a unifying strategy to support all activities within CWA
- Demonstrated ability to be a strategic leader and articulate a vision for the organization
- Ability to set priorities decisively, delegate responsibilities, assure accountability and allocate resources to ensure results
- Ideally will bring community organizing and/or electoral campaign experience
Business and Financial Acumen
- Brings strong experience with strategic financial oversight and a comprehensive record of managing various functions of an organization
- Steward and engage CWA’s Board around the work of the organization
- Oversee all financial, operational, and administrative functions in partnership with CWA staff
- Be a builder with the ability to set priorities decisively and allocate resources to ensure results
Strong Fundraiser and External Ambassador
- Brings an entrepreneurial approach to revenue generation and an understanding of nonprofit finance, grantmaking, and various revenue streams
- Will serve as an external ambassador with media, donors, partner organizations, and other important constituents and representing CWA’s values to the community at large
- Oversee fundraising and other revenue-generating strategies, including support from individual donors, foundations, governments, and corporations to consistently support current and new initiatives
- Demonstrated success in developing and executing revenue-generating and fundraising strategies in support of an organization’s mission
Organizational Leadership
- Demonstrated success in team leadership, with a successful track record of recruiting, inspiring, and retaining a diverse, mission-driven team
- Apply a focus on thoughtful and intentional organizational development with a commitment to professional growth for team members at all levels
- Dedication to building a workplace centered in equity and fairness, with demonstrated appreciation for driving conversations around race, class, gender, and other aspects of identityx
- Success managing a highly accomplished and effective staff with a focus on collaborative leadership and strong racial justice, gender justice, and social equity lenses
In addition, strong candidates will offer:
- Demonstrated experience in people management, including nurturing and enabling talented and diverse people
- Dedicated experience centering DEJI throughout the work and institutionalizing how it shows up in an organization
- Strong leadership, with the ability to drive organizational change, collaborate, and build consensus internally and externally
- Effective writing and communication skills across varied formats and context
Koya Partners, the executive search firm that specializes in mission-driven search, has been exclusively retained for this engagement. Please submit a compelling cover letter and resume to Alicia Salerno here. All nominations, inquiries, and discussions will be considered strictly confidential.
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Clean Water Action is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages applications from people of color, persons with disabilities, women, and LGBTQ+ applicants.