Scope of Work:

S2 is seeking the next leader and/or co-leader to bring impactful direction in community building, fundraising, and management to oversee the following key impact areas matched with illustrated experience and skills. S2 is home to three mission-aligned programs: Interweave, Soil Health and Justice Initiative, and the Just Circular Communities Initiative. S2 also offers Fiscal sponsorship. S2 is also a member of the national Equitable Intermediary cohort that is shaping the future of how we work and advocating for increased funding from private funders for nonprofits and grassroots organizations. 

• Interweave: Founded in 2020, the Interweave Accelerator Program is designed to increase the capacity and viability of up to 25 community initiatives through consulting, peer-to-peer organizing, network building, and partnered fundraising. The program returned $3.1M to Frontline initiatives since its inception. By centering communities at the frontlines of the climate crisis we aim to drive community-embedded and informed Policy, Systems and Environmental (PSE) change for a more Just and sustainable Seattle. 
• Soil Health & Justice Initiative: The goals of SHJI are the following: 1) to build community understanding of soil health and justice issues via educational seminars and 2) to engage in base-building to strengthen human, social, political, and organizational capital to fuel strategic, effective grassroots advocacy. Our desired result is both policy change and the greater capacity throughout the community in multiple areas including understanding of environmental justice issues, value of lived experience as expertise, and ability to advocate within and across systems. 
• Just Circular Communities: A collaboration between community-led, co-developed, owned, and managed circular economy framework that reduces waste and pollution, regenerates ecosystems, prevents systemic displacement and economic stagnation, and builds resilience in Frontline neighborhoods. 
• Fiscal Sponsorships: S2 also offers stand-alone fiscal sponsorship services to projects and organizations that either do not need the services of Interweave or for whom we do not currently have the capacity to engage in the Interweave community but who still desire the benefits of a fiscal sponsorship. Since 2020 S2 has supported 10 non-Interweave organizations or initiatives, which has yielded over $1.6M investment in mission aligned community initiatives. 

Recent Growth and Achievements: 

• Raised over $400k in income in 2023, representative of major YoY growth 
• Filled all available slots within the new Interweave program within four months 
• Facilitate monthly programs which directly engage approximately a thousand people a year, with about 30,000 followers. 2

Key Duties

S2’s executive director(s) sustains and builds on recent growth of the organization, including the growing membership, budget, and programs. Working collaboratively with the staff, board, program participants, members, and key allies, the leaders’ responsibilities include: 

● VISION AND STRATEGY. Collaborate with staff, board, and program participants to steward the mission, vision, programs and operations, including strategic planning, program design and the development of annual goals. Engage creativity and best practices to embed tenets of sustainability throughout the DNA of the organization, its long-term vision, and its day-to-day activities. 

● GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY. Serve as an ex-officio member of the Board of Directors, working with the Board of Directors to fulfill their roles related to strategic decision making, organizational development, fundraising, and fiscal/legal accountability. 

● RESOURCES AND STEWARDSHIP. Ensure a supportive and abundant financial foundation through securing revenue, managing a budget that is presently $400k (fiscally sponsored and supported organizations including Interweave generate ~$1m annually), and working with key staff and board members on strategies to strengthen and sustain the organization. Participate in and contribute to operations, including finance and human resources. Assess and enhance policies to ensure alignment with S2’s mission, vision and values. 

● COALITION BUILDING AND REPRESENTATION. Build and maintain strong, generative relationships with and among the Board of Directors, staff, Interweave members, supporters, sponsors and investors, peers, and partners in sustainability. Comfort with communications, organizational messaging (visual and written), and community building and engagement practices. 

● LEAD AND SUSTAIN. Lead and sustain a diverse and talented core staff cohort to set and achieve goals that are both aligned with S2’s mission and objectives, and support the personal and professional growth of the cohort. Model equity, ongoing learning and self-growth, and compassionate inter-cultural collaboration.