Executive Director

Are you a visionary, strategic leader with a passion for workers’ rights? Do you thrive on building strong coalitions and resilient organizations? Jobs With Justice San Francisco (JWJSF) is seeking an Executive Director (ED) to guide the organization’s campaigns and operations.

About Jobs with Justice San Francisco

Jobs with Justice San Francisco (JWJSF) is a long-term, multi-racial alliance of labor unions, worker centers, and community groups supporting workers’ rights and fighting for economic, racial, and gender justice. Our member groups represent service workers, domestic workers, healthcare workers, educators, city workers, seniors, people with disabilities, tenants, students, and more. Our coalition connects people—workers, Black and Brown people, immigrants, queer and gender-oppressed folks—to build collective power and win real systems change.

Responsibilities

• Fundraising
  • Lead overall fundraising strategy, including foundation and grassroots
  • Lead foundation fundraising, including prospecting, funder relationships, and grant management (tracking, proposal writing, and reporting)
  • Cultivate philanthropic partnerships and serve as a thought leader with the funding community
  • Oversee grassroots fundraising, including member dues, annual gala, sustaining donors, etc.
• Coalition Leadership & Organizing
  • Manage relationships with coalition members (Steering Committee & E-board), including check-ins and conflict resolution
  • Plan and lead coalition meetings, events, and member engagement
  • Attend member actions and speak as appropriate
  • Maintain strong relationships with external partners/allies
  • Coordinate policy positions with members and the Legislative Committee
• Strategy Development and Campaigning
  • Build shared agenda and strategy across the coalition with E-board and Leadership Team
  • Coordinate long- and short-term strategies, including campaign planning and responsive decision-making
  • Ensure member participation in strategy, tactics, and campaign evaluation
  • Represent JWJSF in media and movement spaces
  • Support staff with campaign implementation
• Organizational & Staff Management
  • Ensure effective systems for HR policies, performance evaluations, and compliance
  • Monitor JWJSF’s finances, including budgeting, resource allocation, and internal controls
  • Support a healthy and inclusive culture in collaboration with the Staff Culture committee
  • Collaborate with Leadership Team on the above
  • Provide supervision to 3–5 staff, fostering strong communication, coordination, and leadership development
• Governance + E-board Management
  • Oversee governance of E-board and Steering Committee, ensuring regular meetings and effective engagement
  • Coordinate with Executive and Finance Committees on fiduciary duties and compliance
  • Ensure timely elections and adherence to bylaws, legal, regulatory, and CBA requirements

Requirements

• 8+ years leading labor and/or community organizing efforts, ideally in a coalition setting
• 2+ years in nonprofit leadership
• Proven experience with foundation fundraising
• Strong ability to grow and maintain coalitions, uniting ally leadership around a common agenda
• Exceptional relationship-building skills and ability to handle conflict between individuals and organizations
• Strong leadership to coach, motivate, delegate, foster accountability, and build positive team culture
• Resourceful in prioritizing and investing in people/systems while driving toward clarity and solutions
• Advanced organizing skills: strategic/political analysis, campaign development, power mapping, and navigating complex political landscapes
• Demonstrated commitment to addressing racial, gender, and class oppression in organizational practice
• Personal integrity, credibility, confidentiality, and dedication to mission
• Emotionally intelligent, self-reflective, aware of positionality and power; able to give and receive feedback
• Strong verbal and written communication, effective online and in person

Working Conditions

• Ability to work at a computer for extended periods, communicate via phone/text, email, and video conferencing
• Occasionally lift and carry up to 25 pounds (accommodations available if needed)
• Travel: must be able to travel weekly within the SF Bay Area, regularly statewide, and occasionally nationwide
• Our staff promotes a positive, collaborative, and supportive environment. While some periods are busier than others, JWJSF’s culture strongly supports and encourages work/life balance
• Flexible hybrid schedule, with time both in the office and working remotely. Offices in San Francisco (near Civic Center BART) and downtown Oakland (near 12th St BART)
• Regular in-person meetings and events in San Francisco, some of which take place in the evening and on weekends

Pay

The salary range for this position is $120,000–$145,000 annually, depending on experience.

Benefits

• Paid vacation that starts with 3 weeks for new employees and increases thereafter
• Additional paid leave during a scheduled 2-week winter break
• 401(k) contributions rising from 3% to 12% of salary, no employee match required
• 100% employer-paid premiums for high-quality family healthcare, vision, and dental coverage through our union health and welfare fund