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18 Springs Community Healing Center is hiring a new Executive Director.

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This is an exciting moment in the evolution of 18 Springs! We will be transitioning leadership from our Founding Director to our first full-time Executive Director beginning July 1, 2023.

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Are you a leader in healing justice who feels called to direct a young and growing nonprofit? 

If so, please read on to learn more about the position. You will find the application portal at the bottom of the page. 

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18 Springs Executive Director Roles & Qualities

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 The work of the new Executive Director falls into two general areas:

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​   1. ​GROWING 18 Springs from its founding identity as a healing space that centers social justice into its         next vision as a community-based, collective care healing justice place.

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• Lead visioning for 18 Springs’ next evolution using community-building practices.

• Nurture trustworthy relationships with individuals and organizations in Winston Salem who are working at the intersections of justice, wellness and healing trauma. 

• Develop programming as a partner with community activists, especially BIPOC and LGBTQ+ people, and as a place for cultivating anti-racism learning and action among white people. 

• Lead the development of a financial/business model and organizational structures to sustain the evolving 18 Springs values, mission and work.

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   2. MAINTAINING AND BUILDING on 18 Springs’ current organizational capacity. 

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• Hold 18 Springs values and mission as grounding for who we are and all we do.  

• Support the development of an organizational culture aligned with 18 Springs values and collective care principles.

• Attract, nurture and support teachers, especially BIPOC and LGBTQ+ teachers, to offer programming and build on current teacher intake/support and collective care practices.

• Communicate 18 Springs values, mission, programming and partnerships, building on existing website, social media and mailing list.

• Grow and diversify current income sources, including the existing Sustainers Program.

• Manage organizational finances, supported by Outfitters4.

• Manage care for the physical space, materials and land.

• With the Governing Council, continue to learn organizational ways of being and practices that center 18 Springs values, faithfully questioning traditional nonprofit practices counter to our values and mission. 

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We are seeking someone who is: 

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• Intentional in their own life about living out values of: balance and wellness; building community and collective care; and social justice. 

• Humble and adaptable; honestly reflective about their own beliefs and actions; skilled at learning with and supporting others.

• Working to more deeply understand both their personal and collective histories of socialization, trauma and privilege. 

• Committed to dismantling white supremacist and patriarchal patterns based in dominance and separation. 

• Passionate about imagining and co-creating a sustainable future where all people can access their full humanity. 

• Finding courage to resist and live into naming, challenging, and changing systems of power and oppression from a grounding of love. 

• Able to hold the “big picture” values/mission/possibilities while taking practical steps to “get things done.”

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We are seeking someone who has:

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• Knowledge of and relationships with people and organizations in Winston Salem who work at the intersections of justice, wellness, and healing trauma.

• Experience in building relationships and cultures of inclusivity, healing, belonging and freedom. 

• Experience as a leader and manager in an organizational setting.

• Experience growing a program, idea, organization or network.

Compensation:

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Compensation is $50,000 per year, plus an additional 20% ($10,000) in either a benefits allowance and/or for specific benefits.

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