Executive Director

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee programs and initiatives to ensure alignment with the organization’s mission and strategic goals; support staff in planning, implementation, and evaluation to achieve impact and maintain high standards of quality and accountability.
• Lead fundraising and resource development efforts. Cultivate relationships with key funders, donors, and partners; develop additional strategies for growth and beneficial partnerships.
• Effectively supervise and support managers and staff in a fully remote workplace—including the Deputy Executive Director, Research Director, Violation Tracker Project Director, full-time and part-time staff, and contracted workers—to foster a healthy, collaborative, and cohesive workplace.
• Provide organizational leadership that encourages strong connections across program teams, grows staff capacity, equity, and shared accountability and trust.

The Executive Director leads Good Jobs First in promoting transparency and accountability policies that ensure public investments result in quality jobs, strong labor standards, and fair distribution of resources, often highlighting how subsidies disproportionately benefit large corporations rather than small businesses or workers.

Required Competencies:

• Minimum of 4 years of leading a nonprofit organization or large program team. Experience must include staff management, board relations, and organizational development.
• Demonstrated success in fundraising and resource development. Excellent donor relations skills and understanding of the funding community.
• Excellent communication skills—both written and verbal—with the ability to convey complex concepts clearly and effectively to diverse audiences.
• Strong financial management skills, including budget preparation, analysis, decision-making, and reporting. Bachelor’s Degree or higher.

Compensation and Benefits:

• $140,000 to $160,000 salary commensurate with qualifications and experience
• Benefits package that includes a platinum-level PPO healthcare policy plan (including dental and vision) 100% employer-paid premium
• 403(b) retirement plan with generous employer contribution
• Professional development benefit
• Generous PTO policy including vacation, most federal holidays, the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, and parental leave

Good Jobs First is a national policy resource center that tracks and analyzes federal, state, and local-government economic development subsidy deals and programs, promoting transparency and accountability policies that ensure public investments result in quality jobs, strong labor standards, and fair distribution of resources.