Clean Water Action/Clean Water Fund Chief Executive Officer

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