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Executive Director for Fiesta Family Services, Inc.

On-site, Work must be performed in or near Apex, NC
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  • Details

    Job Type:
    Full Time
    Start Date:
    January 4, 2027
    Application Deadline:
    December 10, 2026
    Experience Level:
    Executive
    Salary:
    USD $54,600 - $62,400 / year
    Compensation based on experience and language competency
    Cause Areas:
    Children & Youth, Health & Medicine, Immigrants or Refugees, Race & Ethnicity, Rural Areas

    Description

    JOIN OUR TEAM: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Fiesta Family Services, Inc. | Apex, NC

    Salaried | 30 hrs/week | $35–$40/hr ($54,600–$62,400 annually), paid holidays and sick leave

    Location: Wake County, NC, with regional engagement in Moore, Montgomery, Richmond, and surrounding counties. Family Resource Center in Apex and rural office in Rockingham.

    Reports to: Board of Directors

    FFS is seeking a mission-driven, collaborative, and hands-on Executive Director to lead the organization as it continues to grow its programs, partnerships, community presence, and organizational capacity.

    The Executive Director will provide overall leadership to ensure FFS operations, staff, programs, fund development, financial management, partnerships, and community engagement remain aligned with the vision, mission, and established governance relationship of Fiesta Cristiana Mission Congregation. Working closely with the FFS Board, the ED will translate organizational priorities into action while strengthening the systems and resources needed for long-term sustainability.

    This is an opportunity for a leader who enjoys both big-picture strategy and hands-on implementation and who is committed to listening to communities and building solutions with, not simply for, the people FFS serves.

    What You’ll Lead

    • Provide strategic and operational leadership for the organization.
    • Supervise and support staff, program managers, and contractors.
    • Maintain alignment with Fiesta Cristiana Mission Congregation within the established governance relationship.
    • Oversee organizational finances, budgeting, reporting, cash flow, and annual audit.
    • Lead fundraising and resource development, including grants, sponsorships, campaigns, contracts, and individual giving.
    • Guide programs and services to ensure they respond to community needs and organizational priorities.
    • Build strong relationships with funders, donors, community organizations, government agencies, schools, faith communities, businesses, and other partners.
    • Represent FFS in community, public, media, advocacy, and other external settings.
    • Work with the FFS Board to support effective fiscal oversight, accountability, and organizational development.
    • Monitor outcomes, community feedback, and organizational performance to support learning and continuous improvement.

    What We’re Looking For

    The ideal candidate will bring:

    • Demonstrated leadership experience in a nonprofit, community-based, faith-based, or similarly mission-driven organization.
    • Experience with operations, staff supervision, fundraising, financial management, and strategic planning.
    • Strong relationship-building skills and experience working across sectors and with diverse stakeholders.
    • Experience overseeing community-based programs and using outcomes and community feedback to strengthen services.
    • Understanding of Latino/a, immigrant, rural, and other underserved communities and a commitment to centering community voices.
    • Strong Spanish and English communication skills, written and verbal.
    • Knowledge of nonprofit governance, grants, compliance, and financial management.
    • Strong organizational, interpersonal, communication, and problem-solving skills.
    • The ability to balance strategic leadership with hands-on management in a growing organization.
    • A demonstrated commitment to equity, inclusion, belonging, community empowerment, faith-based and missional work.

    About Fiesta Family Services

    Fiesta Family Services, Inc. is the community development arm and ministry of Fiesta Cristiana Mission Congregation. FFS centers the lived experiences of historically marginalized and underserved people and proactively works to dismantle systemic and structural inequities.

    Our work focuses on strengthening families, building leaders, supporting immigrant communities, and improving community health and well-being.

    We are committed to our vision of building a world that embodies God’s diverse Beloved Community—where all belong, all are welcome, and all are needed.

    Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

    Fiesta Family Services, Inc. is committed to providing equal opportunity in employment and welcomes candidates who reflect the diverse communities we serve.

    For a more detailed job description or information about the organization, visit our website at fiestafamily.org

    Benefits

    Paid holidays and sick leave, some remote work days

    Level of Language Proficiency

    Strong Spanish and English communication skills, written and verbal.

    Location

    On-site
    Apex, NC, USA

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