Executive Vice President of Programs
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About National Immigration Law Center
Founded in 1979, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is a leading U.S.-based non-profit organization (501(c)3) exclusively dedicated to defending and advancing the rights and opportunities of low-income immigrants and their loved ones. NILC’s mission is grounded in the belief that everyone living in the U.S.--regardless of race, gender/gender identity, immigration status, or economic status — should have equal access to justice, resources, and educational and economic opportunities that enable them to achieve their full human potential. Together, NILC and its affiliated NILC Immigrant Justice Fund (IJF), a 501(c)4 organization, work to advocate more directly for federal immigration reform policies. NILC is deeply committed to advancing its mission through racial, economic, and gender justice equity analysis.
Following a period of intense growth, NILC’s annual budget is now approximately $20 million, approximately 85% of which is from institutions and 15% of which is from individuals (both grassroots and major donors). Additionally, IJF’s budget is approximately $1 million. NILC also serves as a fiscal sponsor for certain initiatives of varying size and complexity, ranging from a few thousand dollars to more than $1 million.
Today, NILC is at an exceptionally exciting moment in its organizational trajectory. In addition to announcing national immigration rights leader, Kica Matos, as NILC’s new President in April 2023, NILC is currently implementing a five-year strategic framework, improving its operational model, and maximizing an already significant impact on advocating for fair and just immigration policies, challenging unjust practices through litigation, empowering immigrant communities with legal support and resources, and protecting the overall rights, dignity, and well-being of immigrants in the United States.
For more information on NILC, please visit https://www.nilc.org/. For more information about the NILC IJF, please visit https://www.immigrantjusticefund.org/.
The Opportunity
For over 40 years, NILC has developed a comprehensive suite of legal, advocacy, and community education programs to protect the rights of immigrants and their families. As the socio-political landscape surrounding immigrant rights rapidly changes, we now seek a justice-oriented Executive Vice President of Programs (EVP) to provide strategic direction to NILC’s programmatic initiatives. With the world at a crossroads, this is an extraordinary opportunity to shape, develop, and innovate programs that maintain and elevate NILC’s reputation as an unparalleled resource for organizers, advocates, and the immigrant communities they serve.
Reporting directly to NILC’s President, the EVP serves on the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and will play a critical role in refining and clarifying organizational strategy for each programmatic function to ensure that all stakeholders understand the details of an evolving strategic framework and how programs, services, and activities connect to the organization's overall vision and impact. This externally facing, strategy-oriented role is an exceptional opportunity to maintain NILC’s position as a power player in the immigration rights movement and expand its reputation across social movements.
Candidate Profile
NILC firmly believes that everyone has the potential for success and recognizes a range of skills and experiences that complement our mission, goals, and priorities. We strongly believe that diversity in all dimensions of our organization supports and bolsters the innovative thinking essential to our success and are committed to providing equal employment opportunity.
Successful candidates will demonstrate these fundamental qualities, skills, and characteristics:
- Mission Alignment
- Program Strategy and Innovation
- Adaptive Organizational Leadership
- External Relations and Strategic Partnerships
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
In addition, strong candidates will offer:
- Candidates with lived experience are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Experience in progressive movements, advocacy-based organizations, and/or C4 nonprofit organizations preferred.
- Legal background strongly preferred, but not required.
Compensation & Benefits
NILC’s compensation philosophy is to pay competitively in the nonprofit sector and ensure equity across the organization. The salary range for this role is $230-250K per year. Compensation for the role will depend on several factors including qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience.
NILC provides a generous benefits package that includes employer-paid healthcare coverage (100% for employees and 75% for dependents), employer-supported dental and vision coverage, a 403(b)-retirement plan including an automatic contribution from NILC, paid parental leave, monthly cell phone and wellness stipends, pre-tax accounts for transit, health, and childcare benefits (FSA), and employer-paid short- and long-term disability and life insurance. NILC also provides a generous paid-time-off policy including 15 holidays and 22 days of paid time off annually (increased to 32 after 2 years of employment).
NILC is also a qualifying public service employer, which means all full-time NILC employees qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. To learn more about the program, please visit https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.
Contact
Koya Partners, the executive search firm that specializes in mission-driven search, has been exclusively retained for this engagement. Molly Brennan and Malissa Brennan of Koya Partners have been exclusively retained for this search.
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National Immigration Law Center is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages applications from people of color, persons with disabilities, women, and LGBTQ+ applicants.