Executive Director

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Full Time, mostly remote

Salary range: $75,000 - $85,000 annually, based on experience and expertise

To Apply: Please send your resume and a cover letter to info@equitykids.org. Please write in the subject line “Executive Director”

Mission: Equity Kids explores ways of rejecting racism to make racial injustice a thing of the past.

Organization Overview: Equity Kids was founded in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd when our blended family recognized the stark differences the impact of racial injustice had on our family members of Color and our White family members.

Following months of study and discussions by three generations of White family members, a multiracial group of family members created Equity Kids. Equity Kids works with the next generation to explore ways of rejecting racism to make racial injustice a thing of the past. We accomplish this by creating racially and culturally diverse learning communities where children build cross racial friendships while exploring race and culture.

Learn more at www.equitykids.org

Position Overview: Equity Kids, a growing nonprofit focusing on counteracting racial and social injustices, is seeking a dynamic and experienced Executive Director. The Executive Director will report to the Board of Directors and fulfill a range of responsibilities as the organization’s top staff leadership position. The Executive Director translates the core mission of Equity Kids into clear, measurable goals and multi-year strategies. The Executive Director will effectively implement all board directives, strategic planning, and fundraising initiatives to ensure short-term and long-term goals are met. The Executive Director will directly manage key staff and the day-to-day operations of the organization, while acting as a liaison between the board and the staff.

In addition, the Executive Director serves as the voice of the organization, provides ongoing stewardship of stakeholders, and builds relationships with partner organizations, policymakers, media, and others.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership and Management: The Executive Director’s primary responsibility is to lead and manage the organization. Key leadership and management responsibilities and tasks of the Executive Director include:

  • Strategic Planning: The Executive Director pilots the creation and implementation of strategic plans to support the organization’s objectives. They maintain strong financial, administrative, fundraising, program evaluation and communications systems, The Executive Director must be able to balance high-level administrative duties with interpersonal leadership.

  • Human Resources – In doing the above, the Executive Director takes on recruiting, hiring, training, reviewing, and retaining key employees. They maintain a climate which attracts, keeps, and motivates a diverse staff of top-quality people.

• Board Development: The Executive Director must cultivate a collaborative and transparent working relationship with the Equity Kids Board, ensuring open communication and assisting board development to ensure a diverse and inclusive board, keeping the board fully informed on operation and programmatic progress. The Executive Director also works to onboard new board members, create clear members’ expectations, guide through self-evaluations and help develop fundraising skills.

• Fundraising and Development:  

The Executive Director drives revenue generation, manages major donor relationships, and manages grants and campaign execution. The Executive Director serves as the primary driver of financial sustainability and will collaborate with the development and finance committees to set realistic annual revenue goals and manage viable funding pipelines. These would include: 

• Major gift solicitation

• Foundation and grant funding

• Individual gifts and donor relations: 

• Events

• Income-producing program activities

• Financial Management The Executive Director is responsible for ensuring that all financial actions comply with all legal requirements for a non-profit organization, that all finances are kept current, and that the organization is fiscally responsible with all resources. The Executive Director will coordinate closely with the Treasurer on financial matters.

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Equity Kids is committed to eliminating racial injustice. The Executive Director is expected to reflect commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging as well as intersectionality of race, gender and gender expression, life experience, sexual orientation, and disability.

• Organization Vision and Communication: The Executive Director will:

• Effectively communicate the organization's core mission, vision and funding needs.

• Passionately engage and energize Equity Kids’ staff, volunteers, board members, donors, committees, alumni, partners funders, and others.

• Lead external communication efforts, including newsletters, social media, and donor relations.

• Position and hiring details: Qualifications:

  • 2-4 years leading development and outreach work for a non-profit institution

  • Demonstrated management experience in non-profit and education field

  • Experience and commitment to working in multicultural settings

  • Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred

  • Proficiency in Google and Microsoft applications

  • Multilingual (preferred)