Executive Director: Community Safety & Impact Leader

SAFE HAVEN OF GREATER WATERBURY INC; Waterbury (CT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discounts

Health insurance

Paid time off

Competitive salary

Dental insurance

Profit sharing

Job summary

Safe Haven of Greater Waterbury Inc. is seeking an experienced Executive Director to lead the organization in providing safety, advocacy, and support to victims of domestic and sexual violence in Waterbury and beyond.

The ED will partner with the Board to shape strategy, sustain and grow funding, manage programs, and ensure trauma-informed, survivor-centered services. This is a hands-on, executive leadership role requiring strategic vision and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated senior-level leadership in nonprofit, victim services, or related field.
• Experience leading a complex organization with multiple programs and funding sources.
• Strong fiscal management, budgeting, and financial oversight.
• Grants, contracts, and diversified revenue development experience.
• Experience supervising and developing organizational leaders.
• Strategic planning, organizational development, and problem solving skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to build relationships with funders, officials, partners, and communities.
• Ability to manage confidential information with discretion and sound judgment.
• Ability to manage multiple complex priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Commitment to trauma-informed, survivor-centered, and culturally responsive services.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership and direction aligned with mission and board directives.
• Develop goals, policies, procedures, and operational plans.
• Identify emerging needs and develop appropriate responses.
• Foster a trauma-informed, survivor-centered, ethical and respectful culture.
• Represent Safe Haven in community, governmental, and funding settings.
• Oversee financial management, budgeting, and fiscal integrity.
• Lead grants, contracts, and fundraising efforts; cultivate donors.
• Ensure programs meet regulatory and funding requirements.
• Promote quality improvement, coordination, and responsible growth.
• Protect client confidentiality, safety, and rights.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Grants & fundraising

Fiscal management

Program governance

Stakeholder relations

Public speaking

Trauma-informed care

Education

Advanced degree in related field

Nonprofit management experience

Job description

Safe Haven of Greater Waterbury Inc. is seeking an experienced Executive Director to lead the organization in providing safety, advocacy, and support to victims of domestic and sexual violence in Waterbury and beyond.

The ED will partner with the Board to shape strategy, sustain and grow funding, manage programs, and ensure trauma-informed, survivor-centered services. This is a hands-on, executive leadership role requiring strategic vision and operational excellence.