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Young Women United (YWU) seeks vivacious leader who will fulfill my feminist, youth-centered, queer friendly, culturally diverse mission statement. You must be passionate about social justice and building community for young women of color in Albuquerque, well-endowed with organizational skills, and experienced with grassroots organizing. Can you collaborate with multiple community partners and ignite passion in others? Do you have a fetish for fundraising? Love to surround yourself with fabulous, fierce young women of color? If you are highly skilled in oral and written communication and have sound judgment on critical issues, then you have found your match! YWU seeks a visionary leader who isn't afraid to exercise control and assume the position... of Executive Director. I don't need you to promise forever, but I have my needs and will expect you to commit to our relationship for a minimum of three years. You'll be compensated in more ways than one!
Organization Summary
Young Women United is a community organizing group created by and for young women of color in Albuquerque. We come together to develop leadership, empower our communities, and take action to strengthen the health of our communities and families and reduce the violence around and against us. YWU engages our members, leaders, and activists in organizing for social justice, mind-body transformative practices, and movement building within local and national social justice movements.
YWU is member-led and centered around three sister circles: Circle of Strength for young women ages 13-19, Circle of Fire for women ages 19-35, and our Mamas Justice Collective for women interested in birthing justice and revolutionary parenting. Our change making work is focused on improving the access that young people have to quality health care, de-stigmatizing young families and building educational equality for pregnant and parenting teens, improving access to prenatal care and treatment for substance using pregnant women, ensuring that women of color and low-income women have access to a range of birthing options, and defending reproductive rights and building reproductive justice. The women and families most impacted by the issues are at the forefront of our community organizing efforts.
YWU is a family friendly, queer and trans inclusive space for self-identified women of color.
Position Description
Young Women United is seeking a dynamic leader who is deeply committed to building community and creating social change, and who has experience with organizational leadership, supervision, fundraising, budgeting, and guiding community organizing strategies. The Executive Director ensures that YWU is achieving its mission and embodies the values of a member-led organization. The Director supports a capable staff and cultivates a stable resource base while building a culture of respect, accountability, and mentorship that empowers young women of color. Primary responsibilities include:
- Managing a highly capable staff team to carry out their work with energy, creativity, and passion
- Overseeing the planning and evaluation of all YWU programs and campaigns for social change.
- Developing and managing an annual budget of over $300,000.
- Cultivating a stable resource base through grant-writing and reporting, maintaining relationships with foundations and individual donors, and working with staff and members to implement grassroots fundraising strategies.
- Building strong and accountable relationships with allied leaders and organizations.
- Ensuring clear and consistent communications with the Board of Directors to enable them to provide strategic direction and oversight for the organization.
- Integrating mind-body strategies for transformative justice through all levels of the organizations.
Required Qualifications
The ideal candidate is a high-performing strategist and a skilled and passionate communicator who provides vision and leadership to local and national movements for reproductive and social justice. The position requires strong people skills, excellent writing abilities, and the capacity to exercise sound judgment and take on new challenges. This person should have demonstrated success with fundraising, at least 2 years of experience with supervision, and at least 3 years of experience working within social justice movements and leading community based social change strategies. The position requires strong planning and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects with overlapping deadlines. This person must be able to travel and commit to frequent evening and weekend hours.
People of color, queer, and gender non-conforming people are strongly encouraged to apply.
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Please email your cover letter, resume and 3 references to the YWU Hiring Committee at board@youngwomenunited.org. In the cover letter, please address why you think Young Women United's work is important, what motivates you to work for social justice within a community of young women of color, and the skills and experiences that make you the best person for this position.
No phone calls, please. Due to the high volume of applications, only those selected for further discussion will be contacted.
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- PO Box 8490, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87198, United States
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- Education requirements
- No requirement
- Employment type
- Full time
- Professional level
- None specified
- Salary range (annual, U.S. $)
- 42,000 - 45,000
- Salary details
- Negotiable DOE
- Benefits
- Generous benefits include health insurance, childcare assistance, pension plan, paid sick leave, paid vacation, and paid holidays.
- Job function
- Writing and editing, Management, Media Relations, Fundraising, Grants administration, Activism, Budgeting,Presentation Skills, Advocacy,Communications, Planning, Supervision,Public policy, Community Organizing, Project management
- Owner's areas of focus
- Health and medicine, Community Organizing, Grassroots Campaigns, Family,Social Justice, Youth, LGBT, Anti-Oppression, Reproductive Justice, Anti-violence, Race and ethnicity, Women
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