Chief Executive Officer - Common Wealth Charlotte

Overview

This is a unique leadership opportunity to steer a highly esteemed, community-focused nonprofit organization in Charlotte, NC, into its next stage of growth and influence. With a foundation of robust financial health, a committed team, and an active Board, this organization is well-positioned to enhance its local impact and expand its reach.

As only the second CEO following the founder, you will inherit a remarkable legacy and face the exciting challenge of guiding its evolution with strategic vision and innovative approaches.

You will advance the mission, cultivate organizational resilience, and ensure operational excellence with disciplined execution and a community-first mindset. Reporting to the Board, you will steward the organization’s historic strengths while positioning it for future relevance and sustainability. You’ll inspire staff, volunteers, partners, and donors as a trusted and collaborative leader rooted in Charlotte’s dynamic nonprofit ecosystem.

Aligned with Common Wealth Charlotte’s (CWC’s) leadership framework, the ideal candidate will bring skills paired with key responsibilities:

• Fundraising & Resource Development
  • Cultivate philanthropic support and diversify revenue streams.
  • Expand organizational funding and deepen donor engagement leveraging strategic and creative approaches to support existing program operations and regional expansion.
  • Strengthen CWC’s community presence to garner new opportunities.
• Strategic Vision & Courageous, Compassionate Leadership
  • Anticipate and shape the future with bold, adaptive thinking.
  • Implement transformative strategies—balanced by humility and collaboration.
  • Design and implement a multi-year strategic plan aligned with CWC’s mission, funding, and community needs.
  • Energize and engage CWC’s staff, board members, volunteers, event committees, alumni, partnering organizations, and funders, fostering a sense of team focused on unified goals.
• Team Culture Management
  • Lead with a deep commitment to community and mission, empathy, inclusivity, authenticity and cultural competency.
  • Coach, lead, develop, and retain Common Wealth Charlotte’s senior leadership team.
  • Collaborate with the board to ensure strong organizational stewardship, deep board engagement in leading the strategic direction of local operations, and an effective board recruitment and onboarding process.
  • Cultivate a mission-aligned culture committed to staff development and excellent board governance grounded in authenticity and transparency.
• Financial Management & Organizational Stewardship
  • Demonstrate and leverage expertise in nonprofit financial and operational management.
  • Utilize a data-driven approach to aligning resources for mission impact while sustaining organizational health.
• Program Development and Impact Measurement
  • Implement a trauma-informed approach to core financial literacy programs.
  • Ensure ongoing programmatic excellence, rigorous evaluation, and consistent quality in finance, administration, fundraising, communications, and systems. Recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve strategic goals.
  • Oversee systems that track progress and growth, regularly review programs, and share results with the board, funders, and partners.
• Communications/Marketing & Relationship Building
  • Inspire the community with compelling stories and relational gravitas, rallying support and expanding partnerships throughout Charlotte’s civic and philanthropic circles.
  • Build cross-sector coalitions anchored in trust and shared purpose.
  • Deepen and refine all aspects of communications—from web and social media presence to external relations—with the goal of creating a stronger brand.

Founded in 2015, Common Wealth Charlotte empowers economically vulnerable wage earners across Charlotte-Mecklenburg with the financial capabilities needed to achieve stability and reduce dependence on charitable assistance. CWC uses a trauma-informed approach—offering education, personalized financial counseling, access to banking, and 0%-interest loans—to catalyze upward economic mobility and foster hope and resilience.

Programs include workshops and one-on-one counseling…