Executive Director River Network

Who We Are

River Network envisions a powerful and inclusive movement that ensures abundant clean water for all people and nature to thrive. Our mission is to grow and strengthen a transformational national network of water, justice, and river advocates. Visitwww.river network.orgto learn more about our current priorities.

We are committed toequity, diversity and inclusion as the foundation of our mission. Explore ourcore values,principles for equitable work, and approach to building an inclusive workplace. Through our programs, we connect with communities to increase their impact in securing clean and safe water, and a healthy environment for all. Through our practices and leadership, we cultivate a culture that attracts diverse staff, board, members, and supporters.

River Network’s headquarters are in Boulder, Colorado and we have staff located in communities across the U.S. While we are a dispersed staff team, we are highly collaborative, and value distributed leadership approaches that aim to share decision-making authority and responsibility to the staff closest to the work. All staff are encouraged to engage in cross-cutting internal staff committees and initiatives that provide opportunities to work with colleagues outside of their primary focus area.

Our staff is deeply invested in creating and tending to a healthy workplace culture and engaging all staff to influence and shape that culture. Find information about our financialshere(annual reports, financial statement, 990). River Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Every other year we convene our network at River Rally, the premier gathering for water and river advocates across the United States bringing together hundreds of organizations and community leaders to share knowledge, build skills, and strengthen the movement for water justice.

The United States is facing a crisis of water security, affordability, quality, and access. We believe all living beings share a common home and a fundamental right to clean water. In response, River Network strengthens organizations and leaders to improve and protect their waterways, create climate-resilient communities, and ensure equitable access to safe, affordable drinking water.

We accomplish this locally and nationally by responding to the capacity and training needs of organizations and communities, synthesizing and elevating proven practices from the field, and advancing Tribal, local, state, and federal government policies to achieve water security for people and nature.

We build community through

River Rally,peer groups, and collaborative learning opportunities. We train people impacted by pollution and flooding in the technical and leadership skills they need to create local solutions. We provide education to break down complex topics, and we fund local leaders so they can focus on the work, knowing that equitable and enduring solutions must be created with, by, and for the people most impacted.

In short: we ease the burden for local and grassroots groups.

River Network seeks a mission-driven and collaborative leader with a growth mindset. After a period of financial and structural transitions, we are seeking an experienced Executive Director who can provide visionary and empathetic leadership to guide the organization through a period of continued renewal, maintaining and growing stakeholder support and strengthening organizational culture while charting a sustainable path forward. The ED must share our vision of a powerful and inclusive movement that ensures abundant clean water for all people and nature to thrive.

We seek a leader that demonstrates humility, values collaboration, and brings the passion, skills, and enthusiasm needed to lead our national tight-knit team and grow our $7M annual operating budget. The Executive Director reports to the Board of Directors.

The Executive Director will lead and partner with River Network’s deeply committed team during a period of organizational transition, fostering a culture of collaboration, distributed leadership, and innovation. This person will work closely with senior staff to set organizational strategy,…