Chief Executive Officer

POSITION SUMMARY

The Chief Executive Officer will serve as the next steward of Young Community Developers' legacy as a historically rooted, Black-led community pillar organization in San Francisco. This leader will bring deep respect for place, culture, and community voice while advancing a trauma-informed, healing-centered, and outcomes-driven model for economic mobility, housing stability, re-entry and justice services, workforce development, youth opportunity, and family well-being. The CEO will partner closely with the Board of Directors, staff, residents, public agencies, philanthropy, and community-based organizations to strengthen YCD's role as an anchor institution for historically under-resourced neighborhoods, with a focus on trust, accountability, operational excellence, and long-term sustainability.

RESPONSIBILITIES
• Partner with the Board of Directors to shape and execute a strategic vision that honors YCD's Black-led history, community trust, and role as a pillar institution in San Francisco's historically underserved neighborhoods
• Lead with a trauma-informed, healing-centered, and culturally responsive approach that recognizes the lived experiences of residents, staff, families, and communities impacted by poverty, displacement, systemic racism, violence, and economic exclusion
• Strengthen YCD's integrated service model across workforce development, education, housing support, re-entry, youth and family services, and community advocacy to improve resident outcomes from cradle to career and beyond
• Build, retain, and develop a values-aligned leadership team and staff culture rooted in dignity, accountability, racial equity, belonging, staff wellness, and high-quality service delivery
• Maintain fiscal discipline and transparency in partnership with the CFO, including annual budgeting, resource allocation, compliance, reporting, and long-term financial planning for sustainable growth
• Cultivate strong relationships with residents, neighborhood leaders, City and County of San Francisco agencies, philanthropy, employers, labor and workforce partners, schools, housing providers, and aligned community-based organizations
• Serve as a trusted public voice for YCD and the communities it serves, advancing narratives that center community assets, intergenerational resilience, economic justice, and the leadership of Black and Brown residents
• Identify and secure public, private, philanthropic, and earned-revenue opportunities that expand YCD's capacity without compromising mission, community accountability, or program quality
• Ensure strong governance, legal and regulatory compliance, risk management, data-informed decision-making, program evaluation, and continuous improvement across the organization

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

The ideal candidate will be a values-driven, community-rooted executive who can lead with cultural humility, operational rigor, and deep accountability to the people and neighborhoods YCD serves. A successful candidate will possess:
• B.A./B.S. degree in a related field or equivalent lived, professional, and executive leadership experience, with a minimum of 5 years of senior leadership and supervisory experience managing a multicultural workforce
• Demonstrated commitment to Black-led, community-rooted, and equity-centered nonprofit leadership, with the ability to honor organizational legacy while guiding innovation and growth
• Deep understanding of San Francisco's historically underserved communities, particularly the social, economic, cultural, and political realities facing residents in the southeast sector and other communities impacted by disinvestment
• Knowledge of City and County of San Francisco agencies, public funding systems, community-based service networks, workforce development ecosystems, housing and anti-displacement strategies, and philanthropic partnerships
• Experience leading trauma-informed, healing-centered, culturally responsive, and strengths-based programs, people-centric
• teams, or organizations serving youth, adults, families, re-entry populations, and residents facing complex barriers
• Proven ability to build trust across generations, neighborhoods, public systems, funders, employers, community leaders, and staff through consistent communication, transparency, humility, and follow-through
• Strong executive management skills, including strategic planning, staff development, fiscal oversight, compliance, risk management, organizational design, change leadership, and data-informed decision-making
• Excellent cross-cultural communication skills, including the ability to listen deeply, navigate conflict, facilitate difficult conversations, and communicate with residents, staff, board members, public officials, funders, and partners
• A leadership presence grounded in integrity, patience, diplomacy, courage, and respect for community wisdom, with the ability to represent YCD credibly in rooms of power while remaining accountable to community voice
• Commitment to staff wellbeing, professional development, inclusive supervision, and coaching practices that support high performance without replicating harm or burnout
• Resourcefulness, political acuity, and sound judgment in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities, public visibility, and evolving community needs
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to tell YCD's story, advocate for resources, and translate community impact into compelling narratives for funders, partners, and public stakeholders
• Demonstrated competency with Microsoft Office Suite, Google platform, data systems, and other technology platforms used to support operations, collaboration, and various reporting

LOCATION: 150 Executive Park Blvd., San Francisco, California

JOB TYPE: Full Time; Exempt

SUPERVISORY: Yes

COMPENSATION: $235,000 -$275,000