Executive Director

House of Hope CDC; Warwick (RI); Vor Ort; USD 110.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

House of Hope CDC in Warwick, RI seeks an experienced Executive Director to lead housing and homelessness services, shaping programs, partnerships, and housing solutions that advance stability and self-determination.

You will guide strategy, oversee operations and finances, and serve as a public representative, building relationships with residents, funders, government agencies, and community partners. On-site work is required.

Qualifikationen

• Eight years in senior leadership with budgets and organizational performance.
• Experience in affordable housing or homelessness services is required.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and working with boards.
• Proven fundraising and donor relationship experience.
• Strong strategic judgment and measurable results.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and public-speaking skills.
• Ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds and lived experiences.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; graduate degree preferred.

Aufgaben

• Set vision and translate priorities into measurable goals and plans.
• Lead senior leadership team and foster accountability and growth.
• Oversee financial planning, budgets, cash flow, audits, and forecasting.
• Provide oversight of housing programs and portfolio operations.
• Use data to evaluate performance and guide decisions.
• Manage government grants, contracts, and restricted funds compliance.
• Advance fundraising and cultivate institutional support.
• Represent the organization in community initiatives and policy processes.

Kenntnisse

Financial leadership

Strategic planning

Stakeholder engagement

Public speaking

Leadership development

Diversity & inclusion

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Graduate degree preferred

Jobbeschreibung

MISSION STATEMENT

At House of Hope CDC we affirm safe, stable housing as a basic human right. We address the trauma of homelessness by empowering constituents, delivering high impact innovative services, diversifying housing options, and advocating for policies to counter structural inequalities.

About the Opportunity

House of Hope Community Development Corporation (CDC) is seeking an experienced, strategic, and mission-driven Executive Director to lead one of Rhode Island’s nonprofit housing and homelessness services organizations. This is an opportunity to shape programs, partnerships, and housing solutions that help people experiencing or at risk of homelessness achieve greater stability, safety, and self-determination.

You will guide strategy, strengthen operations, develop leaders, and ensure long-term financial and organizational sustainability. You will oversee affordable and permanent supportive housing, street outreach, housing navigation, rental assistance, and supportive services. You will also serve as a trusted public representative, building partnerships with residents, employees, funders, donors, government agencies, housing partners, and community leaders.

The ideal candidate combines sound business and financial judgment with the ability to navigate an evolving federal policy landscape while remaining committed to stable housing as a foundation for well-being, harm reduction, trauma-informed services, equity, and the dignity of every person.

Location: Warwick, Rhode Island (onsite)

What You’ll Do:

• Set a clear vision for the organization and translate its mission and strategic priorities into measurable goals, operating plans, and results.
• Lead, support, and develop a collaborative senior leadership team while building a culture of accountability, inclusion, employee well-being, and professional growth.
• Lead annual and long-term financial planning, including operating and capital budgets, cash flow, reserves, audits, internal controls, and financial forecasting.
• Provide executive oversight of permanent supportive housing, emergency shelter, street outreach, housing navigation, rental assistance, and supportive-service programs.
• Oversee the organization’s housing portfolio, including property operations, facilities, occupancy, resident safety, capital needs, asset performance, and long-term sustainability.
• Use financial, housing, program, client-outcome, and operational data to evaluate performance and guide decisions.
• Maintain strong oversight of government grants, contracts, restricted funds, rental revenue, public funding, and related compliance obligations.
• Advance a diversified fundraising and resource-development strategy by cultivating relationships with donors, foundations, corporations, government funders, and institutional partners.
• Serve as a visible and credible spokesperson for the organization in community initiatives, public forums, coalitions, and governmental processes.
• Build trusted relationships with people who have lived experience of homelessness and housing instability and incorporate their perspectives into programs, advocacy, and organizational decisions.
• Partner effectively with the Board of Directors by providing transparent information, strategic guidance, and timely reporting on opportunities, results, and risks.
• Strengthen organizational systems related to risk management, workplace safety, data privacy, emergency preparedness, technology, compliance, and business continuity.

What You’ll Bring

• At least eight years of progressive senior leadership experience, including five or more years in a senior or executive role with responsibility for people, budgets, operations, and organizational performance.
• Significant leadership experience in affordable housing, supportive housing, homelessness services, human services, community development, real estate, or another complex and regulated environment.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary functions through senior managers or department leaders.
• A record of building effective teams, developing leaders, managing performance, and supporting a healthy workplace culture.
• Strong financial leadership skills, including experience managing substantial budgets and interpreting financial statements, forecasts, audits, cash-flow reports, and internal controls.
• Experience overseeing government grants, contracts, restricted funding, or other regulated revenue sources.
• Experience working effectively with a nonprofit or governing board.
• Experience developing external partnerships and supporting fundraising, institutional giving, or significant funding requests.
• Excellent strategic judgment and the ability to turn strategy into practical priorities, clear accountability, and measurable results.
• Strong communication, negotiation, facilitation, relationship-building, and public-speaking skills.
• A demonstrated ability to work respectfully and effectively with people from different backgrounds, identities, roles, and lived experiences.
• A bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of relevant education, professional experience, and lived expertise.
• The ability to meet the position’s on-site, travel, and scheduling requirements, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Executive leadership experience in affordable housing, supportive housing, homelessness services, or a closely related nonprofit organization.
• Knowledge of Rhode Island’s housing, homelessness-response, behavioral-health, community- development, and public-funding systems.
• Experience with permanent supportive housing, emergency shelter, street outreach, rental assistance, or supportive services.
• Experience leading an organization through growth, restructuring, financial pressure, leadership transition, or significant systems change.
• A graduate degree in nonprofit management, public administration, business, social work, housing, real estate, community development, or a related field.

Why Join Us

At House of Hope CDC, you will join a mission-centered organization that treats safe and stable housing as a basic human right. You will have the opportunity to influence housing and homelessness systems across Rhode Island, lead a dedicated team, strengthen community partnerships, and help expand solutions that create lasting impact.

This role offers meaningful executive leadership experience across housing, human services, real estate, fundraising, finance, public policy, and organizational development. House of Hope CDC is committed to an inclusive workplace where employees can grow professionally, contribute their perspectives, and work together in service of the community.

Anticipated compensation for this position ranges from $110,000 to $130,000 annually, based on experience and qualifications, along with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support employees both professionally and personally.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

House of Hope CDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to building an inclusive workplace. Employment decisions are made without unlawful discrimination based on any status protected by federal, state, or local law. Reasonable accommodations are available to qualified applicants throughout the application and hiring process.