Co-CEO - Community Passageways

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Another Source’s client, Community Passageways, is recruiting a Co-CEO specializing in operations and programs to complement our leadership team and further enhance our organizational capabilities. Community Passageways operates with Co-CEOs—one focusing on outreach and advocacy and another focusing on operations and programs. Both are integral in strategic planning and shaping the direction of the organization. This role is based in Seattle, WA.

ABOUT COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS :

Community Passageways exists to eliminate the need for the criminal legal system for youth and young adults. We offer felony diversion, gun violence prevention and other high-stakes services where community-based organizations rarely see system support. Our programming brings committed relationships centering on love, compassion, and consistency. We use community to heal community, planting seeds of hope, self-respect and vision to unlock the promise of our youth while fighting to dismantle the systems of oppression that threaten to take that promise away.

Why We Matter:

Over the last 20 years, we have seen a sharp decline in the number of young people in detention across King County. But as overall numbers decreased, our juvenile legal system has had an increasingly and disproportionately harmful impact on youth of color, particularly Black youth. While only 10% of King County’s 2 million residents are Black, they make up almost half of the detention population on any given day and more than half of felony offenses.

Community Passageways has worked with hundreds of young people with felony charges with the aim of diverting their charges and keeping them in the community. In the end, most of them spent no time in detention and the average young person saw an 80% reduction in their length of sentence. The young people kept in the community through their dedication and our support have gone on to enroll in college, start businesses, graduate from high school, and help rebuild our communities.

The Role:

The nature of this work requires widely divergent areas of expertise from our leadership. We require leaders with the capacity to work in deep partnership with community and system partners as well as to operate the day-to-day functions of a growing organization. To deliver this capacity, Community Passageways operates with Co-CEOs—one focusing on outreach and advocacy and another focusing on operations and programs. Both are integral in strategic planning and shaping the direction of the organization.

As the internally-oriented Co-CEO focusing on operations and programs, you will play a pivotal role in administering and sustaining the work of our organization. Reporting to the Board of Directors, your primary responsibilities include overseeing the programs, operations, finance, and administration teams to ensure efficient and effective delivery of our mission. Your leadership will be crucial in maximizing impact, ensuring operational sustainability and compliance, and fostering a culture of joy, care, celebration, and authenticity within the organization.

In this role, you will directly manage a diverse team of 65 employees. Your leadership will be instrumental in guiding the Chief Operating Officer (COO), Senior Controller, Chief of Staff, and Director of Programs, as they execute their respective roles and responsibilities. Together, you will work towards achieving our organizational goals while upholding the values and ethos of Community Passageways.

KEY RESPONSIBILITES  

Finance

Fundraising

Management

Programming

Operations

Strategy and Governance

QUALIFICATIONS   

At least five years of executive-level experience as a successful leader of a related nonprofit organization, including a proven track record of growing organizational capacity, financial acumen, and programmatic impact.

Experience as a leader serving a community-centered, anti-racist, highly effective organization with a strong staff culture.

Leadership experience or lived experience that enables you to act as a credible messenger and ambassador of anti-racism.

Experience managing staff with a wide range of relevant skills, needs, and lived experiences.

Ability to understand, anticipate, and hold responsibility for financial, program, human resources, legal, operational, and other issues and opportunities facing the organization.

Ability to earn trust, inspire support, and elevate voices from a wide-range of stakeholders–young people to elders, community-based organizations to system officials.

Deeply understand and actively work to dismantle the systemic racism and other forms of oppression impacting our communities.

A commitment to integrity and justice with a long-term perspective of possibility.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS 

This is a full-time, salaried position. Each Co-CEO will be offered between $150,000 and $200,000 annually plus benefits.

For a comprehensive overview of the job requirements and responsibilities, we invite you to explore the full job description athttps://6126385.hs-sites.com/executive-search-landing-page-template-0

Community Passageways is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Another Source works with their clients, on a retained project basis. We are committed to building inclusive candidate pools as we partner with hiring teams. Veterans, women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. As you read through the job posting and review the list of qualifications (required and/or preferred), please do not self-select out if you feel you do not meet every qualification. No one is 100% qualified. We encourage you to apply and share your story with us.