The job description is your primary vehicle for announcing the open position to external and internal audiences, and is a valuable tool for finding candidates best-suited to your organization’s needs. This toolkit features a wide range of sample job descriptions for senior nonprofit leadership roles, including CEO/executive director, COO, CFO, board member and more.
Key Use Cases
Whether you’re seeking a senior position in a nonprofit, recruiting for new nonprofit leaders, or exploring the responsibilities of key nonprofit positions, the examples shared here can help inform your efforts and research. These representative job descriptions cover a variety of roles—including CEO/Executive Director, COO, CFO, development, board member, and others—and illustrate just some of the many ways organizations configure their senior management roles and write their job descriptions for would-be candidates.