Chief Executive Officer
About The Position
The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice seeks a dynamic, strategic, and transformational President and Chief Executive Officer to lead the organization’s continued growth and impact. The Institute is a social justice advocacy organization focused on addressing structural inequity and creating just, vibrant, and healthy communities through four program areas: economic justice, criminal justice, environmental justice, and democracy and justice. The President & CEO serves as the Institute’s chief executive and strategic leader and reports to the Board of Trustees. The role provides vision, leadership, and oversight of strategy, programs, advocacy, litigation, fundraising, operations, and external partnerships. The President & CEO is the organization’s primary spokesperson and ambassador, building relationships with community leaders, policymakers, funders, and partners to accomplish the Institute’s work and expand its reach in New Jersey and nationally. The CEO oversees the Institute’s $6.1 million annual budget and $7.7 million endowment and leads fundraising to sustain and enhance the organization’s financial sustainability. The position calls for a thoughtful, decisive strategist who can balance visionary initiatives with operational stability, build trust and buy-in, strengthen the Institute’s reputation as a comprehensive policy and advocacy organization, and navigate the connections among community engagement, policy research, and legal and legislative advocacy.
Requirements
- Demonstrated commitment to civil rights, racial justice, and social equity.
- Deep experience in civil rights, social justice, and/or racial justice advocacy.
- Demonstrated success catalyzing and shepherding consequential policy and advocacy campaigns and coalition-building efforts.
- Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively and build relationships with community leaders, policymakers, funders, and partners.
- Ability to balance visionary initiatives with pragmatic operational stability.
Responsibilities
- Provide vision, leadership, and oversight of the Institute’s strategy, programs, advocacy, litigation, fundraising, operations, and external partnerships.
- Serve as the Institute’s primary spokesperson and ambassador.
- Build relationships with community leaders, policymakers, funders, and partners to advance the Institute’s work and expand its reach.
- Provide prudent fiscal oversight of the $6.1 million annual budget and $7.7 million endowment.
- Lead fundraising to sustain and enhance the Institute’s financial sustainability.
- Catalyze and shepherd consequential policy and advocacy campaigns and coalition-building efforts.
- Build trust and buy-in internally and externally and further develop the Institute’s reputation.
- Navigate the interplay among community engagement, policy research, and legal and legislative advocacy.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
No Education Listed
