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Dec 12, 2025  
Executive Director Featured
$240,000 - $270,000 yearly
Carter Burden Network  seeks a collaborative, experienced and innovative Executive Director to advance the organization as it tackles the increasing needs of a growing client population. Known for its unwavering commitment to its clients, the Carter Burden Network (CBN) has been a trusted resource for older New Yorkers for 54 years. Founded in 1971 by former New York City Council Member Carter Burden, the organization began as a one-person effort serving older adults within a single council district and has since expanded into a network of 11 initiatives across seven locations, supporting approximately 6,500 older adults each year. Throughout its history, CBN has responded to changing needs with creativity and heart, ensuring that older adults experience dignity and belonging. The Executive Director will build upon this legacy to advance this distinguished and trusted institution. Older adults are one of the fastest-growing populations in the country, and one of the most...
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Carter Burden Network

Brettschneider Executive Search New York, NY, USA Full-Time
Nov 26, 2025  
Director of Real Estate Development Featured
$125,000 - $140,000 yearly
Are you passionate about building vibrant communities and expanding access to quality homes? Avesta Housing is seeking a dynamic   Director of Real Estate Development   to lead affordable and market-rate housing projects across Maine and New Hampshire. In this leadership role, you’ll oversee a skilled development team, manage projects from concept to completion, and collaborate with partners to deliver impactful new construction and rehabilitation initiatives. Your expertise in affordable housing finance, project management, and strategic planning will help drive Avesta’s mission to create and maintain quality, affordable homes. This role is ideal if you: Enjoy leading and mentoring teams to achieve ambitious goals Have deep experience in real estate development and creative financing Thrive in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment Want to make a meaningful impact on communities and residents About Avesta Housing   Avesta Housing is a local leader...
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Avesta Housing

Avesta Housing Hybrid (Portland, ME, USA) Full-Time
Nov 24, 2025  
Deputy Director II, External Affairs Featured
$170,370 - $212,960 yearly
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION AND THE OPPORTUNITY EdTrust-West seeks its first Deputy Director II of External Affairs in its Oakland office. The Deputy Director will join a staff committed to fulfilling the mission of closing educational opportunity gaps that disproportionately affect students of color and those from low-income backgrounds. The Deputy Director, External Affairs works closely with the Executive Director to set the vision and strategic direction for EdTrust-West’s advocacy agenda to realize meaningful policy wins at the state and local levels. The Deputy Director will also be a key leader for the organization and will serve as a participating member of the Executive Group (EG) at EdTrust-West. Managing four critical teams and advocacy functions — Communications, Partnerships & Engagement, Greater Los Angeles, and Educator Engagement team — the Deputy Director will drive the above-mentioned functional initiatives from conception to implementation, ensuring...
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EdTrust-West

Education Trust--West Hybrid (Oakland, CA, USA) Full-Time
Oct 23, 2025  
Board Member for Animal Protection Nonprofit Featured
Nonprofit animal protection organization Lady Freethinker seeks a board member to help further our mission of achieving a compassionate world for all species. Our board members provide strategic guidance, and use their expertise to help maximize impact in ending animal cruelty worldwide. Time commitment is several hours per month, including quarterly board meetings. About Lady Freethinker: Lady Freethinker (LFT) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to exposing and stopping abuse of animals, humans and the planet. We publish news articles and petitions to help end cruelty and promote humane treatment of all species. Our undercover investigations expose hidden cruelty that would otherwise go unnoticed, allowing the public to take action and make informed choices to help save lives. We go beyond publishing as well, and provide direct aid for food, veterinary care, shelter, and more to animals in desperate situations. With about a million site visits per month, we educate...
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Lady Freethinker

Lady Freethinker Remote Board Member
Jan 08, 2026  
Manager, Policy and Government Affairs
$75,000 - $85,000 yearly
PEN America, a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, seeks an experienced policy and government affairs manager to work in our Government Affairs team. This is a full-time, union-eligible position based in Washington, D.C. and reports to the Director, Government Affairs.  The policy and government affairs manager will play an integral role in PEN America’s work on policy and government affairs at the federal level in Washington, D.C. In this varied role, the manager will track and analyze policy developments and legislation at the federal level, manage relationships with those inside and outside government, engage in various writing tasks, and support the functioning of the Government Affairs team in D.C. overall, including administrative tasks and covering policy events and meetings. This role will entail both domestic policy issues relating to free expression with a focus on educational policy as well as international issues...
Hiring Organization:
PEN America

PEN America Hybrid (Washington, DC, USA) Full-Time
Dec 23, 2025  
Director, PEN America Los Angeles
$130,000 - $160,000 yearly
PEN America, a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, seeks a forward-thinking, innovative director to lead the PEN America office in Los Angeles. The director will build the programming, public profile, partnerships and funding to advance PEN America’s mission in the greater Los Angeles area and throughout California, drawing on PEN America ’s established expertise and national staff. This exciting role requires an entrepreneurial approach, the ability to engage and serve a wide range of writers  and screenwriters, as well as members of the larger literary and publishing community, and the film and television industry. The director will execute programming and other initiatives that amplify PEN America’s core mission of celebrating literature and defending free expression advocacy and literary activism, and represent PEN America in a wide range of settings. This is a full-time position based in Los Angeles and reports to the...
Hiring Organization:
PEN America

PEN America Hybrid (Los Angeles, CA, USA) Full-Time
Dec 22, 2025  
Legal Director
$145,000 - $170,000 yearly
PEN America, a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, seeks a motivated senior attorney with experience developing and litigating First Amendment and related free expression cases to serve as Legal Director. The Legal Director will play a leading role in developing PEN America’s legal advocacy program, working in collaboration with program team leaders to create and implement strategic goals. They will direct and oversee PEN America’s use of litigation as an important advocacy tool, particularly where the organization has a unique value-add and can have impact. They will direct the litigation docket, while also advising and counseling the organization on the laws and policies relevant to its broader free expression work. The Legal Director will supervise a small staff, currently consisting of one staff attorney, with the potential to add a legal fellow. This is a full-time position based at PEN America’s New York City headquarters and...
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PEN America

PEN America Hybrid (New York, NY, USA) Full-Time
Dec 11, 2025  
Program Assistant, PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Center
$55,000 - $65,000 yearly
PEN America, a growing nonprofit organization that stands at the intersection of literature and human rights, seeks a program assistant to support the day-to-day operations of the Freedom to Write Center and Kronika. This is a full-time, union-eligible position based in New York and reports to the Managing Director of the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Center. This early-career position offers a significant opportunity for professional growth in a role that will expose the incumbent to all aspects of PEN America’s international work. Ideal for a motivated entry-level professional who is passionate about literature, human rights, and freedom of expression, this role will support a growing team by providing administrative and logistical support. The successful candidate will be committed to PEN America’s mission as a human rights and free expression organization and be passionate about supporting writers at risk and protecting endangered materials. The successful candidate...
Hiring Organization:
PEN America

PEN America Hybrid (New York, NY, USA) Full-Time
Dec 11, 2025  
Financial Analyst and Accountant
$70,000 - $75,000 yearly
PEN America, a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, seeks an analytical and detail-oriented financial analyst and accountant to work as a member of the Finance team within the Operations department. This is a full-time position based at PEN America’s New York City headquarters and reports to the Managing Director of Finance and Administration. The financial analyst and accountant will support organizational planning, accounting, and administration. This individual will serve as a liaison between PEN America and its third-party accounting firm: directly make payments and process income in coordination with the accounting firm; support budget creation and tracking; assist with other accounting as needed; help manage subscriptions to such resources as software; and perform financial analyses. The position will process significant data and create easily understandable representations of organizational performance. The role...
Hiring Organization:
PEN America

PEN America Hybrid (New York, NY, USA) Full-Time
Dec 08, 2025  
Organizer, Immigrant Justice
$58,565 - $76,253 yearly
About the Legal Aid Justice Center:   The Legal Aid Justice Center is a nationally recognized, non-profit organization that partners with low-income clients and communities of color in Virginia to fight for racial, social, and economic justice. We understand that the harms our clients endure are inextricably linked to overarching systems of injustice. Together we are dismantling those systems through a combination of community organizing, litigation, policy advocacy, public relations, and individual legal services.   Founded in 1967, LAJC has offices in Charlottesville, Richmond, Petersburg, and Falls Church and provides services under six key program areas: Civil Rights & Racial Justice (focuses on the criminal legal system), Housing & Consumer Justice, Youth Justice, Health Justice & Public Benefits, Immigrant Justice, and Worker Justice. As examples of LAJC’s recent work, our lawsuit and organizing against the state forced reform of Virginia’s...
Hiring Organization:
Legal Aid Justice Center

Legal Aid Justice Center Charlottesville, VA, USA Full-Time