GLIDE is a nationally acclaimed center for social and racial justice, dedicated to fighting systemic injustices, creating pathways out of poverty and crisis, and transforming lives. Through integrated comprehensive services, advocacy initiatives and an inclusive approach to building community, GLIDE empowers individuals, families and children to achieve stability and thrive.

GLIDE is on the forefront of addressing some of society’s most pressing issues. They include a focus on getting to the root causes of injustice, including poverty, housing, homelessness, and racial and social justice. GLIDE's mission is to create a radically inclusive, just and loving community mobilized to alleviate suffering and break the cycles of poverty and marginalization. The organization is committed to addressing both root causes and symptoms of injustice and racism across San Francisco.

For more than fifty years, GLIDE has served the Bay area region’s most vulnerable and has intentionally hired staff from the community, which has given GLIDE exceptional cultural competency. 40% of staff come from the communities they serve and as a result they have earned the trust of clients and the credibility with the community.

Along the way, GLIDE has also earned a national and international reputation for its work, with policymakers, business leaders and global humanitarians citing the organization as a model for others. Over the years, its diverse array of supporters and allies have included such prominent figures as President Bill Clinton, Maya Angelou, Bono, Warren Buffet, Amanda Gorman, Van Jones and Oprah Winfrey.
GLIDE’s Core Values

Rooted in empowerment, recovery and personal transformation, GLIDE is inspired and guided by five core values:

Radically Inclusive:
We welcome everyone. We value our differences. We respect everyone.

Truth Telling:
We tell our story. We speak our truth. We listen.

Loving and Hopeful:
We are all in recovery. We are a healing community. We love unconditionally.

For the People:
We break through barriers. We serve each other. We change the world.

Celebration:
We sing. We dance. We laugh together. We celebrate life.

On this foundation of competency and trust, GLIDE’s integrated and comprehensive service model meets basic needs and supports people along pathways toward stabilization and self-sufficiency. Coupled with linkages to partnering organizations, this integrated approach delivers the most innovative and effective interventions to address poverty, homelessness, drug use disorders and family crisis.

The Opportunity

At this critical moment in its history, GLIDE is seeking a strategic and sophisticated marketing and communications leader to serve as the Chief Communications & Marketing Officer (CCMO).

The CCMO is responsible for leading GLIDE’s marking and communications efforts, branding, and building out the communications team.

The CCMO, reporting into the CEO, leads a team of 3 to ensure GLIDE’s message is distributed across channels and to targeted audiences in order to meet awareness, engagement and fundraising objectives. They provide public relations counsel and thought partnership to the CEO and serve as a member of the organization’s Executive Team.

Key responsibilities of the CCMO include:

• Direct the development and execution of a marketing and communications strategy.
• Develop and execute a best-in-class, fully integrated, communications strategy, structure and processes that support all aspects of GLIDE’s mission and effectively implement the brand strategy in a rapidly evolving, multi-channel world.
• Oversee the development and execution of strategies to proactively and creatively drive visibility for the GLIDE brand, it’s key spokespeople (e.g., the CEO) and key messages.
• Develop, coach, and motivate a best-in-class team capable of delivering across a broad range of strategies and operating goals. Create a results-focused environment that includes clear goals, regular feedback, and transparent accountability.
• Serve as a compelling and inspiring spokesperson for GLIDE in front of the media and other key audiences as needed.
• Build strong and collaborative working relationships with the CEO and Senior Leadership Team to create and implement communications strategies and initiatives.

Candidate Profile

The CCMO of GLIDE will possess the following attributes and competencies:

An Innovative Marketer and Communications Strategist

The CCMO will bring deep experience building and implementing innovative marketing strategies. This executive possesses a high-level of intellectual horsepower and a track record of developing and nurturing a team. The ideal candidate will have skills to grow an organization’s reach and therefore revenue by broadening and diversifying audiences through innovative and entrepreneurial branding and marketing tactics. It is imperative that the CCMO possess the ability to proactively bring ideas to the CEO to grow revenue and engagement.

Passion for the Mission

THE CCMO will bring a personal passion for equity and a deep interest in the communities that GLIDE serves. This leader will demonstrate a commitment to social justice and will clearly embody the organization’s core values and mission. Empathetic, thoughtful, collaborative, and innovative, this leader will ensure the health of GLIDE overall and proactively seek opportunities to make positive contributions to long term success.

A Relationship Builder and Collaborator

The CCMO is a politically savvy, confident, seasoned leader who can successfully convey GLIDE’s mission and vision across all the constituencies and communities it serves. This leader is excited by the opportunity to provide supportive leadership and a sense of belonging and purpose across the team during a time of significant institutional and social change. The CCMO brings a proven ability to work in a sophisticated, creative manner, partnering effectively with all levels of the organization in carrying out institutional directives. The CCMO assesses, supervises, and mentors staff, develops talent, and builds the team, integrating its work with other departments to ensure cohesiveness and establish and achieve common goals through strategic messaging and branding.

An Inspiring and Transformational Leader

The CCMO will be an inspiring, empathetic, approachable, and inclusive leader with an infectious optimism and adept ability to lead through periods of change. They will possess the ability to attract, cultivate, and retain diverse teams with a broad set of ideas and skills and achieve organizational impact by recognizing and leveraging individual strengths, expertise, and teamwork. The CCMO will be able to develop a powerful sense of shared purpose and engagement in the future of GLIDE’s work and the possibilities ahead. This leader will the ability to work at the national and local level, with an understanding and deep respect for the nuances of the communities and people GLIDE serves.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. The range begins at $200,000.

Contact

Koya Partners, the executive search firm that specializes in mission-driven search, has been exclusively retained for this engagement. Alex Corvin and Maleka Pensky of Koya Partners have been exclusively retained for this search. To express interest in this role please submit your materials here, or email Alex and Maleka directly at glideccmo@koyapartnes.com. All inquiries and discussions will be considered strictly confidential.

Koya Partners is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals living with disabilities. If you are a qualified individual living with a disability and need assistance expressing interest online, please email NonprofitSearchOps@divsearch.com. If you are selected for an interview, you will receive additional information regarding how to request an accommodation for the interview process.

GLIDE is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages applications from people of color, persons with disabilities, women, and LGBTQ+ applicants.