ABOUT NEW ROOTS INSTITUTE

What do we do?

New Roots Institute is a growing nonprofit that educates people across the country on factory farming’s devastating impacts on people, animals, and the planet, and empowers them to advocate for systemic change in their communities. Our approach is designed to build significant and lasting capacity for the movement to end factory farming. 

How do we do it? 

• We believe our competence must be as fierce as our compassion. 

• To amplify our impact through collective action, we call people in rather than out, always striving to see beyond our egos to meet others where they’re at rather than treat them like they should already be where we are. 

• Because we care deeply about each other and our mission, we elevate accountability, openly addressing issues with honesty and directness and holding ourselves to a standard no lower than excellence. 

• We recognize that we don’t have all the answers and will listen to others, including those we believe we disagree with, to grow as individuals and as an organization. 

• The magnitude of the systemic change we’re aiming for requires readiness to adapt. As circumstances and information around us shift, we update our approach. 

• Last but not least, we genuinely enjoy our co-workers and have fun despite the tragic nature of what we’re up against. (Check out our Rotten Truth series on YouTube to see how we use humor to grapple with the grim reality of factory farming.) 

If all this appeals to you, we encourage you to apply! 

Application Details

We consider traditional and nontraditional qualifications and carefully review each application.

We are committed to hiring and retaining a diverse, culturally competent staff at all levels of the organization. We envision a team that not only reflects the demographics of our country, but also continues to deepen their skills and competencies to serve the full range of our audiences. We strongly encourage people of the global majority, especially Black and Indigenous folks, LGBTQIA+ individuals, persons living with disabilities, women, non-binary individuals, and people of various socioeconomic backgrounds to apply for this position.

Unfortunately, we are only considering applicants based in the United States at this time.

By submitting your information, you are indicating that you have read our Privacy Policy and accept its terms.

To Apply

Please follow the “Apply for this position” link. In lieu of a cover letter, please answer the application’s questions.

Empowering the Next Generation to End Factory Farming: What would it mean to you if you could dedicate your time, talent, and energy to creating a more just and sustainable food system?

Serving on the Board of Directors at New Roots Institute isn’t just a role; it's a commitment to a cause. We are a growing nonprofit dedicated to ending factory farming, and we are seeking passionate, strategic leaders to help guide our organization toward long-term impact and sustainability.

Is New Roots Institute the Right Place for You? 

We are looking for board members who:

• Are motivated to make a difference and are willing to work hard to achieve it.

• Continuously question assumptions and adapt when necessary, putting the shared mission above ego.

• Strive for excellence and can meet deadlines consistently.

• Embrace giving and receiving honest, constructive feedback to foster personal and organizational growth.

• Communicate proactively and respond quickly, building trust and effectiveness in a remote work environment.

• Enjoy working collaboratively, while finding ways to bring humor and lightness to the serious work of ending factory farming. Check out our Rotten Truth series on YouTube to see how we use humor to grapple with the grim reality of factory farming.

What the Board Does:

Our board’s primary functions are:

• Providing long-term financial oversight including:

• Reviewing and approving the annual budget

• Reviewing annual audits of financial statements and financial controls

• Overseeing investment strategy and review compliance with Investment Policy

• Serving as contacts for staff on an ad hoc basis

• Providing oversight for the Executive Director, including:

• Conducting annual performance evaluations and salary guidelines

• Providing legal oversight for the organization, such as:

• Helping assess risky and complicated situations and providing feedback on plans to navigate them

• Ensuring that New Roots Institute is compliant with its charitable purposes

• Serving as ambassadors for New Roots Institute including:

• Using networks and influence to enhance the organization’s public profile

• Building key partnerships

• Supporting fundraising efforts

• Advising on long-term strategy and direction including:

• Providing guidance to ensure the organization remains mission-aligned and positioned for sustainable impact.

High-Priority Board Needs:

While all board members play a vital role in guiding New Roots Institute, we currently have several areas of high-priority expertise where we would especially value additional leadership:

1. Development

• Extensive experience in fundraising.

• Collaborate closely with the Development Department to provide tailored support and leverage your strengths for organizational success.

• Contribute to fundraising strategy, networking, and visibility, particularly in environmental and youth development spaces.

• Help drive increased revenue and organizational growth.

2. Board Governance

• Experience serving on nonprofit boards.

• Review board meetings, structure, and overall health to ensure alignment with organizational culture.

• Advise on board communication, planning, and best practices.

• Hold an officer position and support board succession planning.

• Help the board operate at the highest standard, serving as an exemplar in the movement to end factory farming.

3. Accounting/Finance

• Extensive experience in nonprofit accounting or finance.

• Support the audit committee and collaborate with the operations department.

• Ensure compliance and provide high-level financial and investment oversight.

Rolling Application:

This ongoing, multi-year search supports volunteer positions for New Roots Institute's board for 2026 and beyond. We welcome applications year-round for current and future periods. 

Please note: This is a rolling application process without fixed deadlines. The search committee meets approximately every two months to review submitted applications. We appreciate your patience with the potential wait. We will follow up once your materials have been reviewed.

To Apply:

Please click the “Apply for this position” link to tell us why you are interested in serving on New Roots Institute’s Board of Directors. 

Recruitment and Outreach Manager

Empower the Next Generation to End Factory Farming

What would it mean to dedicate your time, talent, and energy to creating a more just and sustainable food system?

New Roots Institute is a growing nonprofit dedicated to ending factory farming by empowering the next generation of advocates. Our fellowship programs train students to lead real-world campaigns that create structural and behavioral change in their communities. 

We’re seeking a passionate and experienced Recruitment and Outreach Manager to join our team and help deepen our impact. As Recruitment and Outreach Manager, you’ll lead New Roots Institute’s high-touch, relationship-based recruitment efforts, helping us build  talented, motivated, and diverse cohorts of fellows. You’ll serve as an outward-facing ambassador for New Roots, identifying and engaging promising prospective applicants, cultivating partnerships with educators and organizations, and generating excitement about our programs. Through personalized outreach and consistent follow-up, you’ll guide prospects from initial identification and interest through application. As the first person to hold this role, you’ll establish our relationship-based recruitment function, building the partnerships, strategies, and systems needed to expand our reach while personally leading outreach and prospect cultivation. 

Is New Roots Institute the right place for you? Here’s what you should know:

• Ending factory farming is not merely our employment. We prioritize our lives around it and are looking for people who bring that same commitment, along with the self-awareness and discipline to sustain it.

• We continuously question our own biases and assumptions and adapt when we recognize we’re wrong. We’re looking for people who can see their ego and know how to put it aside to achieve shared goals.

• We're results-oriented, strive for excellence, and are looking for people who can say they never miss deadlines.

• Giving and receiving honest and direct feedback is foundational to our culture and a performance requirement for all of us. We're looking for people who are eager to use constructive feedback to grow and help others to grow, both personally and professionally.

• Because we work remotely, proactive communication and quick responses are key to building trust and working effectively together. We’re looking for people who excel at keeping everyone updated. If you don’t always respond within a few hours, New Roots won’t be the place for you. 

• We genuinely enjoy working together and look for ways to have fun, despite the tragic nature of what we are up against.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Lead New Roots Institute’s high-touch, relationship-based recruitment efforts, building a strong pipeline of high-potential high school and university students and supporting prospective applicants from initial engagement through application.

• Build the foundational systems and processes for this new function, including how New Roots identifies and prioritizes prospects, tracks relationships and follow-up, manages recruitment partnerships, and evaluates results.

• Develop and execute targeted outreach strategies to meet recruitment goals and engage priority audiences, including researching and building prospect lists, conducting direct outreach, meeting with students and student groups, leading information sessions, engaging campus communities, and attending conferences and other recruitment events.

• Cultivate priority prospects by helping them understand New Roots Institute’s programs, addressing questions and barriers, and supporting qualified candidates in deciding whether to apply.

• Build and sustain recruitment partnerships with schools, educators, university staff, student organizations, movement organizations, and other groups that can connect New Roots with strong prospective applicants.

• Activate fellows, alumni, staff, and other ambassadors to identify and engage prospective applicants.

• Use recruitment and admissions data to evaluate pipeline strength, prospect conversion, applicant quality, and the effectiveness of different outreach channels and investments.

• Support the admissions process during high-volume periods by reviewing and processing applications and conducting applicant interviews and welcome calls.

What We’re Looking For

Required Skills & Experience

• Experienced in relationship-based recruitment, outreach, or sales. You have significant experience in recruitment, organizing, outreach, sales, partnership development, or another function focused on identifying, engaging, and cultivating people. You know how to build a strong pipeline, move prospects from initial awareness to meaningful engagement and action, and turn outreach efforts into measurable results. 

• Strong at building relationships and cultivating prospects. You can establish trust with prospective applicants, educators, student leaders, university staff, and community and movement organizations. You understand what motivates different people, communicate the value of an opportunity, address barriers, and provide thoughtful follow-up without making interactions feel transactional.

• Strategic and highly hands on. You can translate recruitment goals into clear outreach priorities, plans, systems, and actions. You are equally comfortable doing the detailed work of researching prospects, building lists, and updating records.

• An organized and dependable project leader. You can manage multiple outreach strategies and relationships, coordinate effectively across teams, navigate competing priorities, and ensure plans and follow-up are carried through to completion.

• A strong communicator and collaborator. You communicate clearly in writing, one-on-one conversations, and group presentations. You adapt your approach to different audiences and collaborate effectively with Admissions, Marketing & Communications, fellows, alumni, and external partners.

• Analytical and systems-oriented. You use data and systems thinking to understand pipeline performance, identify root causes, evaluate recruitment channels and tradeoffs, and improve results over time.

• Proactive and accountable for results. You anticipate challenges, take initiative without waiting for direction, monitor progress honestly, seek support when needed, and adjust your approach when results fall short.

• Willingness and ability to travel periodically within the US, as appropriate, as the recruitment function develops. This may include conferences, campus visits, and other recruitment opportunities.

Other Requirements

• Shared vegan and anti-speciesist values. No one on our team consumes animals or animal products or believes that non-human animals can ethically be treated as resources for human use.

• Ability to commit to attending the annual in-person team meeting, which typically takes place during the first full week of June (Monday through Friday).

Compensation and Benefits 

This is a full-time, remote position with a salary of $80,000 per year, plus a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance, and unlimited PTO. 

Please note, we have a no-negotiation salary policy to ensure transparency and equity across the team.

Also note, the compensation and benefits information provided in this posting is specific to candidates residing in the United States. For candidates located in other North American countries (e.g. Canada and Mexico), compensation and benefits will be adjusted in accordance with local regulations, currency, and market standards, and may differ from the figures stated herein.

View more of our benefits on our Join Our Team page.

Hiring Process

If a candidate is moved forward, the hiring process will include a skills task, screening interview, competencies interview, work history interview, and reference checks. See our Join Our Team page for more details.

Ready to Make a Difference?

• To Apply: Please click the “Apply for this position” link to tell us why you are interested in New Roots Institute and to submit your resume. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We hope to fill this position as soon as possible.

• We value diversity, equity, and inclusion and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and respected. We strongly encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, especially those who identify as Black, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, and people from the global majority. 

• By submitting your application, you are indicating that you have read our Privacy Policy and accept its terms.

• Please note that we are only considering applicants based in North America at this time.

Empower the Next Generation to End Factory Farming

What would it mean to dedicate your time, talent, and energy to creating a more just and sustainable food system?

New Roots Institute is a growing nonprofit dedicated to ending factory farming by empowering the next generation of advocates. Our fellowship programs train students to lead real-world campaigns that create structural and behavioral change in their communities. 

We are looking for a passionate, detail-driven Digital Marketing Coordinator to amplify our impact across digital channels. In this role, you'll help run email campaigns, support paid advertising, assist with website optimization, and dig into the analytics to see what's working. You'll work closely with the rest of the marketing team to bring our story to life, help execute campaigns from concept to completion, and contribute to how we reach and engage the audiences who care about our mission. If you're early in your marketing career and looking for a role where you'll build real, versatile digital skills and contribute to meaningful, mission-driven work, this is it.

Is New Roots Institute the right place for you? Here’s what you should know:

• Ending factory farming is not merely our employment. We prioritize our lives around it and are looking for people who bring that same commitment, along with the self-awareness and discipline to sustain it.

• We continuously question our own biases and assumptions and adapt when we recognize we’re wrong. We’re looking for people who can see their ego and know how to put it aside to achieve shared goals.

• We're results-oriented, strive for excellence, and are looking for people who can say they never miss deadlines.

• Giving and receiving honest and direct feedback is foundational to our culture and a performance requirement for all of us. We're looking for people who are eager to use constructive feedback to grow and help others to grow, both personally and professionally.

• Because we work remotely, proactive communication and quick responses are key to building trust and working effectively together. We’re looking for people who excel at keeping everyone updated. If you don’t always respond within a few hours, New Roots won’t be the place for you. 

• We genuinely enjoy working together and look for ways to have fun, despite the tragic nature of what we are up against.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Support execution of email marketing campaigns, including building emails, segmenting audiences, and scheduling. You will also help monitoring deliverability and making any necessary optimizations.

• Assist with paid advertising efforts across platforms (e.g., Meta, Google, LinkedIn), including campaign setup, creative rotation, and performance monitoring.

• Help maintain and update the organization's website, including publishing new content, formatting, optimizing, and ensuring pages reflect current programs and messaging.

• Support tracking and reporting on marketing performance across channels, compiling data into clear summaries that inform tactical strategy and decision-making.

• Conduct research on marketing trends, competitor activity, and audience behavior to inform channel strategy and identify opportunities for improvement.

• Support ad hoc marketing needs, including proofreading, formatting, and coordinating tasks with the rest of the Marketing and Communications team when needed. 

What We’re Looking For

Required Skills & Experience

• Foundational digital marketing knowledge. You have some exposure to email marketing, paid advertising, website management, or analytics — through coursework, internships, or prior work experience — and are excited to build deeper expertise across these channels. 

• Detail-oriented and organized. You have a strong eye for detail and can manage multiple tasks and deadlines while staying organized and on track. 

• Data-informed. You are comfortable pulling and interpreting basic marketing analytics to understand what's working and flag opportunities for improvement.

• Comfortable with marketing tools and platforms. You have experience with or are comfortable quickly learning the tools and platforms that support our marketing emails, ads, social, website, and analytics. 

• Strong written and verbal communicator. You can write clear, engaging copy and communicate ideas clearly in conversation, and are open to feedback on tone, style, and messaging for different audiences and channels. 

• Collaborative team player. You work effectively across teams, incorporating feedback from stakeholders while being able to manage your own workstreams and deadlines.

• Adaptable and eager to grow. You're comfortable in a fast-paced, evolving environment and excited to take on new responsibilities as you develop.

Other Requirements

• Shared vegan and anti-speciesist values. No one on our team consumes animals or animal products or believes that non-human animals can ethically be treated as resources for human use.

• Ability to commit to attending the annual in-person team meeting, which typically takes place during the first full week of June (Monday through Friday).

• A degree in Marketing, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. 

Compensation and Benefits 

This is a full-time, remote position with a salary of $62,000 per year, plus a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance, and unlimited PTO. 

Please note, we have a no-negotiation salary policy to ensure transparency and equity across the team.

Also note, the compensation and benefits information provided in this posting is specific to candidates residing in the United States. For candidates located in other North American countries (e.g. Canada and Mexico), compensation and benefits will be adjusted in accordance with local regulations, currency, and market standards, and may differ from the figures stated herein.

View more of our benefits on our Join Our Team page.

Hiring Process

If a candidate is moved forward, the hiring process will include a skills task, screening interview, competencies interview, work history interview, and reference checks. See our Join Our Team page for more details.

Ready to Make a Difference?

• To Apply: Please click the “Apply for this position” link to tell us why you are interested in New Roots Institute and to submit your resume. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We hope to fill this position as soon as possible.

• We value diversity, equity, and inclusion and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and respected. We strongly encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, especially those who identify as Black, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, and people from the global majority. 

• By submitting your application, you are indicating that you have read our Privacy Policy and accept its terms.

• Please note that we are only considering applicants based in North America at this time.

Empower the Next Generation to End Factory Farming

What would it mean to dedicate your time, talent, and energy to creating a more just and sustainable food system?

New Roots Institute is a growing nonprofit dedicated to ending factory farming by empowering the next generation of advocates. Our fellowship programs train students to lead real-world campaigns that create structural and behavioral change in their communities. 

We’re seeking a passionate and experienced Campaign Specialist to join our team and help us deepen our impact. 

Is New Roots Institute the right place for you? Here’s what you should know:

• Ending factory farming is not merely our employment. We prioritize our lives around it and are looking for people who bring that same commitment, along with the self-awareness and discipline to sustain it.

• We continuously question our own biases and assumptions and adapt when we recognize we’re wrong. We’re looking for people who can see their ego and know how to put it aside to achieve shared goals.

• We're results-oriented, strive for excellence, and are looking for people who can say they never miss deadlines.

• Giving and receiving honest and direct feedback is foundational to our culture and a performance requirement for all of us. We're looking for people who are eager to use constructive feedback to grow and help others to grow, both personally and professionally.

• Because we work remotely, proactive communication and quick responses are key to building trust and working effectively together. We’re looking for people who excel at keeping everyone updated. If you don’t always respond within a few hours, New Roots won’t be the place for you. 

• We genuinely enjoy working together and look for ways to have fun, despite the tragic nature of what we are up against.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Coach and support fellows in designing and launching impactful advocacy campaigns that align with New Roots Institute’s mission to end factory farming.

• Monitor campaign progress, identify challenges, and help fellows adapt their strategies to maintain momentum and maximize impact. 

• Build relationships with external campaign advisors from partner organizations to provide fellows with broader opportunities for learning, impact, and collaboration.

• Deliver and implement campaign workshops, coaching sessions, and assignments that help fellows build and apply practical advocacy skills.

• Facilitate group and 1:1 coaching, helping fellows build confidence and skills in advocacy strategy, stakeholder engagement, and campus organizing.

• Maintain clear and accurate campaign information and documentation to help identify success stories and key learnings for internal reporting and public storytelling.

• Work cross-functionally with New Roots staff to align campaign strategy, curriculum, and fellow support with organizational goals.

What We’re Looking For

Required Skills & Experience

• Experienced as a trained and skilled coach or mentor, with a track record of helping emerging leaders build confidence, develop advocacy or organizing skills, and take meaningful action.

• Skilled in strategic thinking, able to guide others in aligning day-to-day decisions with long-term goals, navigating trade-offs, and adapting plans to maximize impact.

• Skilled in facilitating virtual groups, able to keep remote participants engaged, foster genuine connection, and guide productive dialogue.

• Proven ability leading or contributing to impactful change initiatives through advocacy, community organizing, volunteer recruitment and management, or related areas.

• An excellent communicator, having built strong, trust-based relationships across diverse groups and successfully navigated sensitive or high-stakes conversations to move work forward with care.

• A collaborative team member, known for clear, proactive communication and for giving and receiving candid, constructive feedback that strengthens shared work and accountability.

• Organized and systems-oriented, with a history of creating or improving structures that lead to smooth program operations, clear progress toward goals, and consistently strong participant experiences.

Other Requirements

• Shared vegan and anti-speciesist values. No one on our team consumes animals or animal products or believes that non-human animals can ethically be treated as resources for human use.

• Ability to commit to attending the annual in-person team meeting, which typically takes place during the first full week of June (Monday through Friday).

• Ability to commit to attending the annual in-person Leadership Summit, which typically takes place during the first full week of August (Sunday through Thursday).

Compensation and Benefits 

This is a full-time, remote position with a salary of $71,000 per year, plus a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance, and unlimited PTO. 

Please note, we have a no-negotiation salary policy to ensure transparency and equity across the team.

Also note, the compensation and benefits information provided in this posting is specific to candidates residing in the United States. For candidates located in other North American countries (e.g. Canada and Mexico), compensation and benefits will be adjusted in accordance with local regulations, currency, and market standards, and may differ from the figures stated herein.

View more of our benefits on our Join Our Team page.

Hiring Process

If a candidate is moved forward, the hiring process will include a skills task, screening interview, competencies interview, work history interview, and reference checks. See our Join Our Team page for more details.

Ready to Make a Difference?

• To Apply: Please click the “Apply for this position” link to tell us why you are interested in New Roots Institute and to submit your resume. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We hope to fill this position as soon as possible.

• We value diversity, equity, and inclusion and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and respected. We strongly encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, especially those who identify as Black, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, and people from the global majority. 

• By submitting your application, you are indicating that you have read our Privacy Policy and accept its terms.

• Please note that we are only considering applicants based in North America at this time.

Empower the Next Generation to End Factory Farming

What would it mean to dedicate your time, talent, and energy to creating a more just and sustainable food system?

New Roots Institute is a growing nonprofit dedicated to ending factory farming by empowering the next generation of advocates. Our fellowship programs train students to lead real-world campaigns that create structural and behavioral change in their communities. 

We’re seeking a passionate and experienced Associate Executive Director to join our team and help us deepen our impact. 

About This Role

You’ll begin as Associate Executive Director and step into the Executive Director role, with timing based on readiness and organizational need. 

The Executive Director holds ultimate responsibility for the overall success and sustainability of New Roots Institute. They are the public face of New Roots and our lead relationship-builder with donors, the board, and the broader movement to end factory farming. In addition, they serve as a thought partner and supervisor to the Managing Director, who is accountable for New Roots Institute’s org-level strategy and culture.

New Roots runs on a distributed decision-making model. Inside the organization, your impact comes from the trust you build and the feedback you give. This role is built for a leader who is comfortable influencing through conversations rather than direct decision-making authority. 

Is New Roots Institute the right place for you? Here’s what you should know:

• Ending factory farming is not merely our employment. We prioritize our lives around it and are looking for people who bring that same commitment, along with the self-awareness and discipline to sustain it.

• We continuously question our own biases and assumptions and adapt when we recognize we’re wrong. We’re looking for people who can see their ego and know how to put it aside to achieve shared goals.

• We're results-oriented, strive for excellence, and are looking for people who can say they never miss deadlines.

• Giving and receiving honest and direct feedback is foundational to our culture and a performance requirement for all of us. We're looking for people who are eager to use constructive feedback to grow and help others to grow, both personally and professionally.

• Because we work remotely, proactive communication and quick responses are key to building trust and working effectively together. We’re looking for people who excel at keeping everyone updated. If you don’t always respond within a few hours, New Roots won’t be the place for you. 

• We genuinely enjoy working together and look for ways to have fun, despite the tragic nature of what we are up against.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Lead as the primary representative for New Roots by speaking at major conferences, shaping industry events, and representing the organization in coalition spaces.

• Function as the primary landing point for incoming partner referrals while maintaining strong, lasting relationships across the ecosystem, including with our fellows and alumni.

• Serve as lead fundraiser with sole accountability for securing six- and seven-figure gifts, driving the philanthropic growth needed to sustain and expand our $4M+ annual operation.

• Partner with the development team to oversee revenue forecasting, prospect tracking, and the stewardship systems that support long-term funder engagement.

• Act as a strategic thought partner to the Managing Director and senior management, with a crucial role in shaping organizational strategy.

• Communicate our strategy to our stakeholders with clarity and conviction.

• Adapt to what the organization needs by guiding it through turnover and transitions, managing legal matters and outside counsel relationships, and personally filling gaps beyond your core specialty.

• Maintain a current read on the broader ecosystem to keep our staff and fellows informed.

• Cultivate trusted relationships with individual board members and own the cadence and quality of board meetings.

What We’re Looking For

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven commitment to cultivating the next generation, with demonstrated expertise in youth leadership development.

• Deep fluency in the movement to end factory farming, comprehensive knowledge of its interventions and funding landscape, as well as familiarity with effective altruism.

• Unwavering executive accountability, maintaining ultimate ownership for organizational outcomes. 

• Recognized strategic authority and credibility across the broader sector.

• Demonstrated leadership shaping organizational culture, exercising courageous decision-making, and translating opportunities into high-impact, completed initiatives.

• Ability to champion the organization’s mission through compelling public speaking and an active online thought leadership presence.

• Skilled in employing genuine empathy to build durable relationships across a spectrum of worldviews.

• Demonstrated expertise in philanthropic leadership, personally cultivating and stewarding high-value donor and funder relationships to drive long-term organizational stability. 

Other Requirements

• Ability to travel one to two times per month or more frequently for conferences, donor events, and coalition meetings.

• Willingness to work unconventional hours whenever the role requires it, including around conferences and events.

• Shared vegan and anti-speciesist values. No one on our team consumes animals or animal products or believes that non-human animals can ethically be treated as resources for human use.

• Ability to commit to attending the annual in-person team meeting, which typically takes place during the first full week of June.

Compensation and Benefits 

This is a full-time, remote position with a salary of $116,500 per year (for both Associate and Executive Director roles), plus a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance, and unlimited PTO. 

Please note, we have a no-negotiation salary policy to ensure transparency and equity across the team.

Also note, the compensation and benefits information provided in this posting is specific to candidates residing in the United States. For candidates located in other North American countries (e.g., Canada and Mexico), compensation and benefits will be adjusted in accordance with local regulations, currency, and market standards, and may differ from the figures stated herein.

View more of our benefits on our Join Our Team page.

Hiring Process

Applications received by October 20 will be given priority consideration, though we will continue accepting submissions on a rolling basis; candidates who move forward will participate in a hiring process that includes a skills test, screening interview, competencies interview, work history interview, board interview, team meeting, and reference checks. See our Join Our Team page for more details. 

We will be hosting a live info session for this role on Tuesday, October 13th at 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET where we will talk through how the ED role is structured and how it has evolved, how this transition fits with our history and culture, what makes this role so interesting and unique, and answers to any questions you have. If interested, register for the info session here. 

Ready to Make a Difference?

• To Apply: Please click the “Apply for this position” link to tell us why you are interested in New Roots Institute and to submit your resume. Please do not use AI to write your application. While we understand and even encourage the use of AI in our work, we want to read your authentic voice in this case. Applications that appear to have used AI will not be considered.

• Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We hope to fill this position as soon as possible.

• We value diversity, equity, and inclusion and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and respected. We strongly encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, especially those who identify as Black, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, and people from the global majority. 

• By submitting your application, you are indicating that you have read our Privacy Policy and accept its terms.

• Please note that we are only considering applicants based in North America at this time.