Executive Director

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Woori Juntos Executive Director is a key member of a local team that co-creates a long term vision for our organization and co-implements a holistic service-organizing-communications strategy that is driven by our impacted communities.

The Woori Juntos Executive Director will work as part of the Woori Juntos team, and will report to the Woori Juntos advisory board and Movement Strategy Center board.

ABOUT WOORI JUNTOS

Founded in 2021, Woori Juntos empowers impacted Asian and im/migrant communities across Texas through culturally competent services, education, organizing, and advocacy.

We envision a Texas where the most impacted Asians and im/migrants thrive in community and reclaim their power.

ABOUT MOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER

Founded in 2001, MSC is a social and environmental justice incubator, serving as a movement hub for visionaries and emergent networks. Today, MSC provides intermediary functions to advance ecosystem-wide impact by resourcing a robust and maturing ecosystem of leaders, networks and projects, and offering infrastructure support through fiscal sponsorship and philanthropic services.

Our mission is to provide values-aligned, holistic intermediary services enabling access to crucial infrastructure and thought partnership for BIPOC, women and LGBTQIA+ movement leaders, activists and communities challenging intersectional issues of systemic racism, rampant environmental destruction and crippling economic exploitation. MSC is unique in that it does not operate as a singular organization but as a collective ecosystem incubating and accelerating the work of partner projects, which speaks to our values of radical interdependence and love.

MSC’s vision is of a Just Transition from a world of domination, extraction, and violence — where the few live at the expense of the many — to a world of interdependence, liberation, and resilience — where the many govern for the benefit of all. This Just Transition is only possible when the voices of BIPOC, women and LGBTQIA+ leaders are honored, celebrated and amplified, not merely tolerated.

MSC understands that transformative movements change both our systems and the way we think, the way we live, and even who we are. We recognize that we are whole people and whole communities, and because the problems we face are interconnected, our solutions and movements must be interconnected. The way MSC achieves its goals and with whom are just as important as the outcomes.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy and Vision (20%)

• With the Organizing & Policy Director, co-lead the organization’s board and staff to a shared vision of clear goals and strategies that advance Woori Juntos’ mission.
• Exhibit courage and clarity when addressing highly controversial and complex issues.
• Lead collaboratively with the Woori Juntos Advisory Board and Organizing & Policy Director to implement a model of strategic governance.
• Guard the organization's integrity, credibility, non-partisanship, and commitment to our impacted immigrant communities.
• Reconcile stated organizational values with implementation of values internally.
• Ensure strong relationships with staff to advance program, communications, and operational priorities.

Organizational Management (20%)

• Lead effective management practices, ensuring use of best practices.
• Serve as the chief marketer, fundraiser, communicator and spokesperson.
• Champion and value diversity, equity and inclusion at every level of the organization, including board leadership, to strive towards a culture of belonging.
• Oversee and build out the Social Service Department.
• Motivate and maintain a cohesive staff, ensuring strong internal communication and collaboration. Foster a supportive team-oriented environment where independent and innovative thinking is encouraged and staff can act with clarity of mission and purpose.
• Drive a culture of accountability with clear program goals, strategies to accomplish, and regular feedback. Ensure staff have the resources they need to accomplish the work.
• Foster an environment of continuous improvement, learning, and effectiveness.

Budget and Fund Development (40%)

• Oversee fiscal planning and financial oversight, ensuring use of best practices that meet the highest standards.
• Lead a robust fundraising program to protect the organization’s long-term financial stability; steward key donor relationships, identify new major donor prospects, and solicit major donations.
• Anticipate funding needs and seek out opportunities to meet those needs.
• Collaborate with national staff to implement the national fundraising model, participate in nationwide convenings, and ensure that fundraising platforms are used well in the affiliate.
• Ensure that the Board can meet its fiduciary responsibilities by proactively and transparently providing monthly financial reports, conducting regular audits, and engaging the Board in the annual budgeting process.

Public Representation and Community Engagement (15%)

• Work closely and as needed swiftly with the Communications Manager to represent Woori Juntos’ priorities on key issues, articulating the organization’s positions and communicating its mission to increase the organization’s visibility and the public’s understanding of the goals and work.
• Value and empower a diverse set of voices to represent the organization’s positions on its work.
• Grow and expand the Woori Juntos’ visibility and reputation in all parts of the state, developing and maintaining key relationships of influence.
• Maintain strong relationships with the media, guiding organizational strategy and working effectively with the communications staff to maximize local and statewide messaging and to amplify Woori Juntos priorities.

OTHER (5%)

• Other duties as assigned.

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & EXPERIENCE

Direct Experience

• Seven plus years of experience in an immigrant justice organizing role with community-led policy advocacy experience;
• Five to seven years of experience in a finance, communications, and/or operations role;
• Five to seven years of experience in a managerial role supervising other staff;
• Five to seven years of experience in a fundraising role raising over $500,000 in a fiscal year;

Data Management and Technology

• Proficiency in and comfortable using Google Suite, Asana, Microsoft Office, and Zoom for daily tasks and communication;
• Proficiency with organizing software and technologies (e.g., Getthru, Mobilize, Impactive, VAN);
• Proficiency with data management software (e.g., EveryAction, BetterUnite);

Project Management

• Ability to switch between detail-intensive data processing and relationship-based interaction with ease;
• Ability to manage and make progress on multiple projects simultaneously;
• Ability to handle diverse challenges with a calm demeanor and positive outlook and be oriented towards excellence in service;
• Ability to work well in and build a team and is committed to modeling the world we want to see inside the organization and its campaigns and programs;

Relationships and Coalition Building

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both verbal and written;
• Ability to work well in and build coalitions;
• An orientation towards learning and development; willing to learn from mistakes, receive feedback, and give feedback to others;
• Enjoys both listening to and sharing ideas and opinions;

Community-Centered Values

• Strong vision of community empowerment and deep commitment to change the world with diverse impacted immigrant communities;
• Believes that impacted immigrant community members can and should lead organizing and advocacy campaigns;
• Strong understanding of issues Asian and Latine communities are facing and how it intersects with all impacted communities including people of color, women, and LGBTQIA+ communities;
• Commitment to transparent, respectful, and equitable communication in multilingual spaces;

Language Skills

• Bilingual in English and an Asian Language (priority of Korean or Vietnamese) or Spanish is preferred.

LOCATION

This is an onsite role based in Houston, TX with 2 remote days per week.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

Physical demands can include:

• Occasional walking up and down stairs
• Occasional carrying, pulling, or pushing up to 20 lbs of supplies, materials, and/or equipment during events

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

The Executive Director supervises the Organizing and Policy Director, the Communications Manager or the Sr. Civic Engagement Coordinator, and the Latine Community Navigator.

EXPECTED HOURS

Standard days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 9a.m. to 5p.m. Daily schedule is flexible within the proximity of this time frame, and will be decided in consultation with the supervisor.

Some programs will require work to be conducted during evenings and weekends throughout the year (10-15% of total work hours).

TRAVEL

Occasional domestic travel (up to 25% of work hours) may be required for meetings and conferences.

MSC reserves the right, at any time, with or without notice, to alter or change job

responsibilities, reassign or transfer job positions, or assign additional job responsibilities.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS (FULL TIME - 40 hours/week)

• Full time salaried exempt position with annual gross pay of $90,000.00 - $100,000, commensurate with experience.
• MSC’s full time benefits package includes:
  • Accrual of 13.33 vacation hours per month.
  • Accrual of 8 sick hours per month.
  • 13 standard holidays.
  • 2 personal days per year (your personal days are designated as your birthday and hire date anniversary).
  • Medical, vision, dental for employees and dependents (Eligible the first day of the following month from date of hire)
  • 100% covered sponsored basic life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance coverage.
  • Access to a 403b retirement plan.
  • Access to FSA plan.
  • MSC Paid Family and Medical Leave.
• Woori Juntos full time benefits package includes:
  • Professional Development stipend.
  • Wellness/Tech stipend.
  • 4 office closure weeks throughout the year.

Woori Juntos, is a fiscally sponsored project of Movement Strategy Center (MSC). MSC is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, disability, gender, nationality, ethnicity, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or any other status protected by law. People of color and LGBTQ candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Asian (Vietnamese or Korean preferred) or Spanish