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President and Executive Director, Center Law and Social Policy Jobs in Washington, District of Columbia, USA at LeaderFit
Position: Â President and Executive Director, Center for Law and Social Policy
Center for Law and Social Policy
President and Executive Director
Job Description
Location
:
Hybrid (Washington, DC)
Compensation
: $250-$275k
About The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization advancing policy solutions for people with low incomes.
For more than 50 years, our deeply knowledgeable
leadership
and staff have lifted up the voices of children, families, and individuals with low incomes; equipped advocates and organizers with sound policies that work; built coalitions and partnerships to advance a bold vision; and helped public officials put good policies into practice. CLASP works to develop and implement federal, state, and local policies (in legislation, regulation, and on the ground) that reduce poverty, improve the lives of people with low incomes, and create pathways to economic security for everyone.
CLASP understands that poverty in America is inextricably tied to systemic racism. Therefore, we focus our policy and
advocacy
efforts on economic and racial justice in the United States. We believe that centering communities of color in our
advocacy
leads to policies that advance economic justice for everyone. We work in partnership with the people most impacted to advance these policies.
Through high-quality analysis grounded in data and on-the-ground experience, effective
advocacy
, a strong public voice, and
hands-on
technical assistance, CLASP develops and promotes new ideas, mobilizes others, and provides guidance to government leaders and advocates to help them implement strategies that deliver meaningful results for people across America.
Because no single solution will end poverty, we bring deep expertise in a range of areas crucial to promoting opportunity and look for the most promising ways to bring policy ideas together on behalf of children, youth, families, and communities. CLASP focuses on four key pillars:
Public Benefits Justice;
Child Care and Early
Education
;
Labor and Worker Justice; and Immigrants and Immigrant Families.
CLASP is governed by a committed and highly engaged Board of Trustees. It has a 2025 operating budget of $8.4 million and 41 talented staff in its Washington, DC office, working remotely or on a hybrid schedule (about 25% of the staff is fully remote). CLASP is proud to live its organizational values supporting workers and is in the midst of developing its first
collective bargaining
agreement, which will serve as an important voice of accountability, culture, and justice within the organization.
About the President and Executive Director Position
CLASP seeks a strategic, bold, authentic team manager and leader who brings experience guiding and empowering
diverse
teams, driving consensus, building a
collaborative
and
inclusive
organizational culture, and thriving externally with funders and partners. The ideal candidate is a decisive and
collaborative
decision-maker who is rooted in impact, driven by values, and can unite individuals across function, seniority, tenure, and issue area expertise.
The ideal candidate is an
inclusive
leader with a record of lis…
Title: President and Executive Director, Center Law and Social Policy
Company: LeaderFit
Location: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Category: Management, Non-Profit
