Job description
ABOUT COLOR OF CHANGE
Color Of Change is one of the largest Black-led racial justice organizations in the country, with more than 7 million e-mail and SMS subscribers. Our power comes from our ability to translate our members' voices into the leverage needed to win real-world change for Black people. From our work to replace district attorneys unwilling to punish violent police officers to pushing back against Silicon Valley enablers of white nationalists, Color Of Change has a winning track record of holding decision-makers - corporate and political - accountable to Black people. Founded in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Color Of Change has spent more than a decade building power by leveraging an inside-outside approach to advocacy, and we’re eager to expand our capacity to win progressive legislative policy changes that result in closing equity gaps for Black people.
THE OPPORTUNITY
The EVP for Operations & Impact (EVP) is responsible for the day-to-day management and operations of the organization, as well as for implementing the strategic vision, direction, and commitments set by the President & CEO (President). The EVP directly manages each of the organization’s most senior-level executives, leads the Executive leadership team, fosters alignment and collaboration across the organization, and regularly makes decisions critical to the near-term and long-term success of Color Of Change.
The EVP’s dual role is to ensure the internal systems, structures, and staffing of Color Of Change support a vibrant and fulfilling culture that delivers on our promises to staff, members and allies, and to ensure that Color Of Change implements its strategies at the level required to increase Black power, improve Black people’s lives and change the rules that shape society.
At this critical turning point for Black communities, and the country at large, we seek a multi-disciplinary, management-focused, impact-driven team-builder who can help Color Of Change rise to the immense challenges in the years ahead. Those challenges include the rise of corporate power, the backlash against racial justice, the need to convert ‘presence into power’ and opportunity into reality with respect to the transformative impact of Black leadership, and the persistence of social instability, inequality, and exploitation. It also includes the challenges of managing and maximizing the benefits of the organization’s rapid growth in size and scope.
This is a new role for the organization. The CEO & President will remain the organization’s primary external lead for fundraising, media appearances, partnership development, thought leadership, and representation within the sectors in which Color Of Change operates, while also remaining the primary thought partner for senior leaders across the organization with respect to directing and developing narrative and impact strategies. The EVP will ensure we deliver while also ensuring the overall health and security of the organization:
- Living out our values consistently
- Setting and meeting the right goals
- Understanding, leveraging, and expanding our assets
- Understanding and serving our board, staff, members, and allies
- Ensuring compliance and managing risk
Candidate Profile
While it is understood that no one candidate will bring every desired skill, characteristic, and experience, the following offers a reflection of the ideal candidate profile. If you are a close but not exact match with the description, we encourage you to apply.
In order for Color Of Change to become an even more powerful force for change in society, and to become an even more successful platform for enabling a full range of Black people and communities to become powerful agents of change themselves, the EVP for Operations & Impact of Color of Change will possess the following attributes and competencies:
- Deep experience aligning cultural, operational, and impact goals for an organization
- Advanced understanding of talent, finance, operations, marketing, and campaigning
- Demonstrated love, passion, and commitment to Black communities and Black power
- Unusually strong management, communication, relationship, and collaboration skills
- Deep experience facilitating organizational transitions, growth, and challenges
Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Management Standards: Create the conditions for the team to operate as a coordinated and well-managed organization.
- Day-to-Day Management: Manage the senior team, providing feedback, coaching, and executing quality management practices.
- Goal-Setting and Reporting: Own the framework and process of setting organizational goals, team goals, and individual goals, as well as developing a practice of transparent internal and external reporting, evaluation, and accountability systems and processes.
- Budget: Make the tough calls on budget priorities; manage the team to prepare budgets thoughtfully in preparation for President & Board approval.
- Personnel: While delegating wherever possible to the COO and HR, ensure the organization is positioned to recruit high-quality staff and address performance challenges in a timely fashion.
- Legal and Financial Compliance: Ensure that all compliance matters, financial or legal, have clear internal owners while spotting for unaddressed or unassigned areas.
- Organizational Capacity: Determine whether the organization has the capacity to take on a new project.
- Fundraising: Oversee the day-to-day management of the development lead and track and hold the team accountable to performance goals and metrics.
Although the EVP will help advise and support the development of Color Of Change’s external functions and campaign-specific strategy, the EVP will not oversee these areas. The President will be focused on determining the overall strategic direction of the organization, serving as the lead fundraiser and chief spokesperson, and steering Color Of Change’s narrative, brand, and external presence.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
This is a full-time, exempt position. The compensation range for this role is $300,000 - $320,000 . Color Of Change also offers a competitive benefits package.
Union Position: No
CONTACT
Koya Partners, the executive search firm that specializes in mission-driven search, has been exclusively retained for this engagement. Molly Brennan and Chartise Clark are leading this search on behalf of Koya Partners.
To express interest in this role please submit your resume and cover letter
here
. 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 accommodation for the interview process.
Color Of Change (COC) is an equal opportunity employer. COC prohibits unlawful discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, age, national origin, genetic characteristics, disability, status as a special disabled veteran or veteran, marital status, sexual orientation, sexual identity or any other basis prohibited by law.
About Koya Partners
Koya Partners, a part of Diversified Search Group, is a leading executive search and strategic advising firm dedicated to connecting exceptionally talented people with mission-driven clients. Our founding philosophy— The Right Person in the Right Place Can Change the World—guides our work as we partner with nonprofits & NGOs, institutions of higher education, responsible businesses, and social enterprises in local communities and around the world.
At Koya, we don’t just accept difference—we celebrate it, support it, and thrive on it for the benefit of our team, our clients, and the communities we serve.
For more information about Koya Partners, visit koyapartners.com.
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