Description

InvestED, ED Job Posting

Requirements

Qualifications and Attributes

• 5-7 years of progressive leadership experience, including relationship-based development, management of staff and organizational or program-level responsibility is preferred.
• Demonstrated success in fundraising and relationship-based development, including major donors, foundations or strategic partnerships.
• A self-directed, entrepreneurial mindset with a genuine drive to grow organizational impact and a bias toward action.
• The ability to articulate a compelling vision for InvestED’s future and inspire donors, partners and staff around it.
• Experience leading organizational growth, change initiatives or operational transformation.
• A strategic, forward-looking mindset with the ability to translate vision into disciplined execution.
• Strong strategic thinking skills paired with the ability to prioritize, filter ideas and execute effectively.
• Ability to build systems and infrastructure that support scale without sacrificing mission integrity.
• Comfort with and curiosity about emerging technologies, including AI tools that can enhance fundraising, communications and program operations.
• Prior experience working effectively with a Board of Directors is preferred.
• Experience leading and developing teams with a leadership style grounded in clarity, trust and accountability. 
• Financial literacy and comfort managing budgets and organizational operations. Prior ownership of P&L for an organization or group/team preferred.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Marketing and communications instincts, including the ability to articulate InvestED’s story compellingly across audiences.
• Ability to represent InvestED externally through community events, presentations and other public facing interactions.
• Familiarity with Washington’s education, nonprofit or philanthropic community is valued.
• Authentic commitment to InvestED’s mission and to advancing opportunity and belonging to students.