Portland Jobs with Justice (JwJ) is a coalition of over 100 labor, faith, community, youth, and student organizations taking action for workers rights and economic justice with a racial and gender justice lens in the Portland Metro area.
Portland Jobs with Justice has operated as a long-term, formal coalition for over 30 years. Our lasting relationships help build the power needed to win real changes in the lives of working families and our communities. We seek out strategic fights that build power for working people and address the root causes of problems facing workers and communities. In recent years Portland JwJ has been integral in the fight to hold police accountable, supported grocery workers in their fight for better working conditions, joined essential workers across many industries through the labor struggles exacerbated by COVID.
The four areas of strategic focus being: direct action and solidarity, movement and power building, relationship building and engagement, and bringing forward new forms of worker organizing. Two continuous areas of work center racial justice and gender justice at their intersections with workers’ rights and economic justice and position us as leaders and innovators locally and nationally. This means, among other things, advancing racial justice in union contracts, and training working people – people of color, LGBTQ+ people, women, and young workers – in their rights at work and organizing and leadership development.
Portland JwJ is seeking an Executive Director to lead the organization in its next stage. The ideal candidate will excel at developing and implementing a strategic vision, building and maintaining relationships, marshaling resources, and building consensus among diverse stakeholders with different priorities as we work together towards a common goal.
This position reports to the Executive Board of JwJ and currently supervises three full-time staff organizers.
Job Responsibilities:
The Executive Director will lead Portland JwJ to win justice in workplaces and communities through:
Supporting and Supervising Staff:
Administration, Fundraising, and Management:
Board and Leadership Cultivation:
Campaigns and Programs:
Required Qualifications:
The Executive Director will have:
Term of employment: This is a full-time position. We are seeking someone to start December 2024.
Compensation: $80,000, fully paid individual health and dental benefits, generous leave policy.
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
To Apply:
Please send a cover letter and résumé, paired together in PDF format and titled with your last name and “ED” to: jobs@jwjpdx.org. (Example of PDF title: Garcia ED.)
Portland Jobs with Justice is an equal opportunity employer. Black, Indigenous, and people of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ people, people from poor and working class backgrounds, and other marginalized identities are strongly encouraged to apply.
Portland Jobs with Justice (JwJ) is a coalition of over 100 labor, faith, community, youth, and student organizations taking action for workers rights and economic justice with a racial and gender justice lens in the Portland Metro area.
Portland Jobs with Justice has operated as a long-term, formal coalition for over 30 years. Our lasting relationships help build the power needed to win real changes in the lives of working families and our communities. We seek out strategic fights that build power for working people and address the root causes of problems facing workers and communities. In recent years Portland JwJ has been integral in the fight to hold police accountable, supported grocery workers in their fight for better working conditions, joined essential workers across many industries through the labor struggles exacerbated by COVID.
The four areas of strategic focus being: direct action and solidarity, movement and power building, relationship…
Fully paid individual health and dental benefits. Generous leave policy.
Fully paid individual health and dental benefits. Generous leave policy.
Please send a cover letter and résumé, paired together in PDF format and titled with your last name and “ED” to: jobs@jwjpdx.org. (Example of PDF title: Garcia ED.)
Please send a cover letter and résumé, paired together in PDF format and titled with your last name and “ED” to: jobs@jwjpdx.org. (Example of PDF title: Garcia ED.)