Interim Executive Director

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $12.5k / month

⏰ Full Time

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👔 Director

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California Environmental Justice Alliance

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11 - 50 employees

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Non-profit • Social Impact

California Environmental Justice Alliance is a statewide, community-led alliance that works to achieve environmental justice by advancing policy solutions. CEJA unites powerful local organizing from communities most impacted by environmental hazards, including low-income communities and communities of color, to create change at a statewide level. The alliance empowers approximately 35,000+ residents across California, focusing on alleviating poverty and pollution through policy advocacy and community engagement.

📋 Description

• Provide strategic and values-aligned leadership for CEJA in partnership with member organizations, staff, and the Board • Oversee CEJA’s alliance program work and plans, program Directors, policy priorities, electoral priorities, and decision-making with member organizations • Serve as primary liaison with consultants as needed • Supervise, coach, and support diverse Program and Administrative Director-level staff • Assess training and development needs and promote organization-wide leadership and skill development • Develop a high-performing, team-oriented environment grounded in democratic participation, clarity, accountability, and leadership development • Work with the permanent CEJA team and Board to assess and recommend a long-term leadership structure • Oversee budget development, cash flow, analysis, reporting, grants, internal controls, compliance, operations, and administration of CEJA’s 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) entities • Partner with the Finance Director and Political Director to track and report required lobbying activities • Represent CEJA to funders and maintain relationships with member organizations, movement partners, public officials, funders, media, and other key audiences • Work with the Development and Communications Director on fundraising strategy, funding opportunities, funder conversations, meetings, and message development • Oversee governance strategy, financial health, organizational performance, risk, and accountability with the Board • Surface and transform tension and facilitate conflict resolution between individuals and organizations • Support the unionized workplace and ongoing union contract negotiations • Steady the organization during a 6–12 month executive leadership transition and help hand off a healthy organization to future leadership • Participate in regular travel, approximately eight times per year, mostly in California

🎯 Requirements

• At least 10 years of nonprofit leadership experience, including at least five years at the executive level • Excellence in organizational management, including supervising and coaching diverse staff and developing an effective team • Change management experience • Strong financial management skills, including budget preparation, analysis, reporting, forecasting, and decision-making • Knowledge of 501(c)(3) nonprofit administration, governance, record-keeping, and cost allocation • Knowledge of environmental justice or environmental health, including cumulative impacts, pollution, toxic exposures, climate change, and frontline communities • Self-confidence, emotional maturity, and capacity to serve as a lead thinker and strategist within a fast-paced alliance • Diplomacy, professionalism, tact, excellent relationship management, and demonstrated conflict-resolution and tension-transformation skills • Outstanding written and verbal communication; ability to build understanding across audiences and serve as an organizational spokesperson • Ability to manage multiple priorities with close attention to detail and work flexible hours as needed • Must be a resident of California • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, Public Administration, Business Administration, Nonprofit Management, Political Science, or Organizational Leadership • Candidates with 10+ years of progressive executive-level nonprofit leadership will be fully considered in lieu of an advanced degree

🏖️ Benefits

• No benefits; position is explicitly not eligible for benefits • Remote work within California • Opportunity to be considered for the permanent Executive Director role through a separate interview process

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