Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
$160,000–$175,000 year
On-site · Vancouver, Washington, United States
Job Summary
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) provides overall organizational leadership for Share, reporting to the Board of Directors, and ensuring operational excellence, staffing and culture, governance partnership, and sustained program delivery across shelter, housing, outreach, nutrition, and community initiatives. The role oversees strategic planning, financial health, budgeting and reporting, HR and talent development, facilities and risk management, and compliance with funder requirements while partnering with the Board, funders, and community stakeholders. The CEO leads senior leadership across multiple sites, promotes equity and inclusion in supervision and decision-making, supports fundraising and development efforts, ensures alignment of programs with mission, and maintains transparent communication with the Board, staff, and external partners. Key duties include building and sustaining management infrastructure, establishing planning processes and accountability structures, ensuring safe and high-quality program delivery, guiding organizational strategy in partnership with the Board, leading organizational culture and staff wellbeing, strengthening HR practices, and representing the organization to funders and the public. The position emphasizes experience with multi-site operations, governance collaboration, financial stewardship, and strategic leadership in a mission-driven nonprofit setting, with a focus on homelessness, housing instability, poverty, and related community needs in Clark County, Washington.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of senior nonprofit leadership experience, with direct responsibility for organizational operations, multi-program service delivery, and staff management across a complex organization
- 4+ years strong financial management experience, including oversight of budgets of $10 million or more with complex, multi-stream funding environments including government contracts and grants
- Demonstrated success building or sustaining management infrastructure in a complex organization, including supervision systems, role clarity, onboarding practices, performance management, and accountability frameworks
- Experience leading organizations through periods of change, with a track record of building strong leaders, diverse teams and improving operational effectiveness
- Proven ability to partner effectively with a Board of Directors, including providing governance support and maintaining clear distinctions between governance and operational management
- Commitment to equity, inclusion, and values-aligned leadership, with demonstrated ability to translate those commitments into organizational systems, supervision practices, and accountability structures
- Valid driver's license, acceptable driving record, automobile liability coverage, and access to an insured vehicle
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