Executive Director

California Partnership to End Domestic Violence; California (MO); On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A national movement organization is seeking an Executive Director to lead SOAR into a new phase of growth in combating gender-based violence. This leader will be responsible for strategic planning and community leadership, requiring skills in facilitation and trauma-informed approaches. The role offers a salary between $130,000 – $150,000 commensurate with experience, with a virtual location and expected travel across the United States.

Qualifications

• Experience founding, building, or scaling organizations, initiatives, or movements.
• Ability to navigate complexity with clarity and confidence.
• A track record in advocacy and community organizing.

Responsibilities

• Lead SOAR into its next phase of growth and integration.
• Clarify organizational structure and strengthen systems.
• Shape culturally specific, survivor-centered responses to gender-based violence.

Skills

Strategic planning

Facilitation skills

Community leadership

Trauma-informed approach

Job description

South Asian SOAR is seeking an Executive Director to serve as a builder, strategist, and community leader—someone who has founded, built, or scaled organizations, initiatives, or movements, and who is a skilled facilitator and convener able to bring diverse stakeholders into alignment around shared goals.

This leader will combine compassion with conviction, bring a trauma-informed and survivor-centered leadership approach, navigate complexity with clarity, and have the confidence and skill to lead SOAR into its next phase as a strong national movement for ending gender-based violence.

This is a defining leadership moment for SOAR. The organization is moving from an early-stage, founder-led phase into its next chapter of growth and integration. The Executive Director will be responsible for building what comes next—clarifying structure where needed, strengthening systems and culture, and scaling impact without losing the relational, survivor-centered heart of the movement.

This role offers a rare opportunity for a values-driven, visionary leader to shape and grow an emerging national coalition—deepening regional and national impact, strengthening survivor-centered and member organization centered 'approaches' across capacity building, leadership development, organizing, research, and advocacy, and helping define the future of culturally specific, survivor-centered responses to gender-based violence in the United States.

• Reports To: SOAR’s Advisory Board
• Ideal Start Date: Late April or early May 2026
• Direct Reports: Staff to be hired and supervised as the organization grows
• Benefits & Salary: $130,000 – $150,000, commensurate with experience, plus benefits
• Location: Virtual with 10 – 15% travel, as needed, across the United States