Executive Director
Job Description
Reports to: Board of Directors (via Board Chair)
Salary: $135,000 - $145,000 annually
Hours: Full-time, Exempt. Monday – Friday with occasional weekend or evening events.
Location: Oregon City, OR.
About Us:
Children’s Center is a private, nonprofit Children’s Advocacy Center accredited by the National Children’s Alliance, working with the Clackamas County community to end child abuse and neglect through assessment, treatment, and prevention. Our vision is to build a world where all children feel safe, valued, and heard. At Children’s Center, WE CARE—for the children and families we serve, for ourselves, for each other, and for our community.
Children’s Center provides compassionate, trauma centered care to children and families experiencing suspected physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect, including drug endangerment and exposure to violence. We meet our mission by providing comprehensive Assessments that include medical examinations, forensic interviews and family support services. Our therapy team provides Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) to children who have experienced the trauma of abuse and neglect, and our prevention program delivers community-based outreach and education designed to prevent abuse and strengthen protective factors across the community.
Organizational Context
The Children’s Center is a place where collaboration is genuine, relationships matter, and the team consistently rises to meet challenges with professionalism and heart. We are proud of the culture we’ve built—one with a shared purpose, and a belief in the importance of our work. Though the Children’s Center has navigated leadership transitions and budget constraints that have required adaptability, creativity, and resilience, our dedicated staff have remained deeply committed to our mission and to one another while delivering critical, high-impact services to children and families.
We are at an important moment of transition and opportunity like many mission-driven organizations in today’s nonprofit landscape. The Children’s Center is focused on strengthening internal systems, leadership capacity, and external partnerships. This includes continued investment in fundraising infrastructure, financial stewardship, and collaborative relationships with funders, agency partners, and the broader community. Fundraising leadership is a strategic priority to ensure stability, rebuild operating reserves over time, and support staff delivering essential services.
About You:
You are a seasoned nonprofit leader who is excited to support and partner with a team of highly skilled, passionate, staff. You find purpose in guiding organizations through transitions, and are seeking a role that requires staying power, patience, and sustained leadership. There will be moments that require steadiness, compassion, and clear judgment, and you bring grounded leadership to environments experiencing instability, constraint, or transition. You understand that people, mission, and trust come first, especially in trauma-exposed work, and you lead with empathy while maintaining clear accountability and results.
You have helped organizations regain footing during periods of financial strain, leadership turnover, or organizational fatigue. You bring deep experience in fundraising and financial leadership, including personally carrying major donor relationships, managing complex nonprofit budgets, and making disciplined decisions that protect both mission and people. You are skilled at building strong relationships with staff, donors, and partners by being honest about challenges, consistent in action, and present through change.
Valuing long-term stewardship over quick wins is one of your core values. You are well-versed in nonprofit leadership and confident partnering with boards to promote strong governance and you see board leadership as a shared responsibility essential to organizational stability.
Position Summary:
The Executive Director (ED) is the chief executive and strategic leader of Children’s Center and is responsible for guiding the organization through stabilization and long-term positioning. Reporting to the Board of Directors, the ED leads overall organizational strategy, financial sustainability, fundraising, operations, and board partnership, while working closely with the Board to establish and implement a shared vision aligned with the organization’s mission and values.
The Executive Director ensures that the organization operates as a cohesive, mission-driven system, bringing staff together across functions to deliver high-quality, trauma-informed services to children and families. The ED provides visible, accountable leadership for fundraising and community relationship-building efforts and manages the organization in a way that upholds its mission, values, policies, and procedures.
This role requires an experienced nonprofit executive who brings clarity, discipline, and steadiness to a complex environment. The Executive Director is expected to lead efforts to strengthen fundraising and financial performance, promote alignment and clarity across staff, board, donors, and community partners, and position the organization for strong governance, financial health, and sustained mission impact.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, medical sciences, public health, or related field and two or more years’ experience working with vulnerable populations
- 6+ years of senior nonprofit executive leadership experience, including direct responsibility for organizational operations, finances, and fundraising
- 4+ years demonstrated success in fundraising with carrying and closing major gifts, leading diversified revenue strategies, and partnering effectively with boards in fundraising
- Strong financial and business management with oversight of $1M+ budgets with complex funding streams
- Proven experience working with nonprofit boards and strengthening governance practices
- Track record of leading organizations through periods of transition, stabilization, or growth
- Valid Driver’s license, acceptable driving record and automobile liability coverage and access to an insured vehicle
How to Apply:
Nonprofit Professionals Now (“NPN”) is pleased to work with the Children’s Center to fill the role of Executive Director.
To review the complete job description, qualifications and application materials requested, please visit the application portal at: https://apptrkr.com/6962216
Application Deadline: Friday, April 3, 2026
Children’s Center provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applications for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender expression and identification, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status, age, amnesty, or status as covered veteran or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws.
