Chief Executive Officer - Mosaic

Chief Executive Officer - Mosaic

Department: Mosaic

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Remote

Compensation: $210,000 - $270,000 / year

Description

About the Organization:

Mosaic is a national collaborative funder and field catalyst that boosts the collective power of climate, conservation, and environmental health and justice movements in the United States to achieve durable, population-scale wins. Directed by a Leadership Council of diverse and representative grassroots, NGO, and philanthropic leaders from across the country, Mosaic bolsters four key pillars of infrastructure necessary for transformative movements: Strong and resilient networks and coalitions rooted in trust; a deep bench of diverse, highly skilled leaders; advocacy tools and training for large-scale mobilization; and powerful, norm-shifting narratives. Mosaic has committed $32M in grant funding since 2020 to support collaborative projects and coordinated resources that are strengthening alliances, driving policy wins, shifting narratives, and galvanizing large-scale action.

Impact is at the heart of Mosaic’s mission. As one of the only national collaborative funds exclusively focused on building movement infrastructure – the connections and shared resources all movements need – Mosaic is committed to building the power necessary for lasting environmental and social change. A stable climate, clean air and water, healthy communities, and thriving natural systems all hang in the balance during this critical decade. Mosaic was created in response to a collective recognition that, although the U.S. environmental movement has achieved historic victories, the pace and scale of the challenge we face demand even more. The environmental movement will only achieve climate and environmental goals with a stronger, better-connected movement that is capable of driving and sustaining meaningful change.

Position Summary:

Mosaic seeks a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) who is passionate about Mosaic’s mission to amplify the power of the environmental field by strengthening movement infrastructure—the connections and shared resources all social movements need to succeed. With its innovative and progressive model of grantmaking, Mosaic aims to make transformative investments that build the power of the environmental field by addressing how positive gains are made.

Launched in 2020 following a two-year design process that engaged a diverse set of activists, organizations, funders, and other stakeholders, Mosaic is led by a rotating Governance Assembly of leaders from environmental, justice, and philanthropic organizations and supported by a small staff. With proposals sourced from the field, the Governance Assembly makes grants to support field-wide capacity building through leadership development, communications, shared resources, and fostering relationships within the environmental and justice communities.

The CEO will own initiative-wide responsibility and lead core operational functions to implement Mosaic’s innovative model. The Executive Director will work closely with the Governance Assembly to set strategy, make grants, and lead the learning and evaluation process around Mosaic’s efforts. This role will include the management of three team members with the potential for future additional direct reports.

This role requires an outcome-oriented self-starter who strongly believes in Mosaic’s mission of engaging the entire field—from the frontlines to the “Big Greens”— to create the alignment, shared tools, and scale needed to win environmental victories during this critical decade. The role calls for a strategic and nimble professional with a deep understanding of social movements, exceptional communication skills, strong collaboration and facilitation instincts, and fundraising ability.

Primary Responsibilities

Provide strategic and focused leadership of the organization in collaboration with the Governance Assembly

The CEO will guide Mosaic toward reaching the organization’s full mission of building a more connected, aligned, and powerful U.S. environmental movement through field-wide movement infrastructure and provide thought leadership about movement trends, needs, and opportunities to best meet environmental goals. The CEO will align and convene the diverse members of the Governance Assembly to develop and implement focused strategies for building greater field alignment and connectivity and support the translation of Mosaic’s strategic programmatic goals into grantmaking and programmatic efforts that will include measuring Mosaic’s impact and outcomes against the initiative’s goals. The CEO will assess and build upon the work and strategies already underway while working quickly to harness resources and expertise to continue to grow the scale and impact of the organization. The CEO will provide orienting frameworks, reports, and decision points and otherwise support the work of the governance groups with leadership and project management.

Direct Mosaic’s grantmaking to build field-wide connections and shared resources

The CEO will partner with the Governance Assembly as a thought leader and strategist to set grantmaking strategies and will design and oversee the grant review and selection process, ensuring efficient and inclusive execution of an annual grantmaking RFP process. The CEO will support the Governance Assembly’s decision-making and supervise the timely release of funding and external communication of decisions with all applicants and grantees. They will maintain strong relationships with grantees by providing support, coaching, and connection. They will also develop and implement a monitoring, evaluation, and learning plan across grantmaking efforts.

Represent Mosaic externally and articulate Mosaic’s vision in ways that inspire and engage current and new partners

The CEO is a spokesperson of Mosaic and must engage externally with a wide array of constituencies. They will be expected to communicate authentically with diverse audiences and perspectives and encourage connection and alignment with a breadth of stakeholders, including philanthropic partners; grantees; field members; and the broader public. They will lead efforts to broaden and build an inclusive Mosaic community that reflects the diversity of the environmental movement, with attention to including historically marginalized people and organizations, and they will lead in-person and virtual meetings to connect the Mosaic community around strategy and grantmaking activities.

Provide sound financial stewardship and attract resources to support Mosaic’s work and mission

In partnership with the Governance Assembly, the CEO will develop strategies to meet fundraising goals and play a pivotal role in fostering and reinforcing strong relationships with a wide range of funders towards strong fiscal stewardship of the initiative. They will deepen the support of current donors and cultivate relationships with new donors to maintain and grow the philanthropic resources for Mosaic’s grantmaking and operations. The CEO will write compelling proposal narratives and grant reports and presentations that communicate the importance of Mosaic’s mission to enhance movement infrastructure within the environmental movement. They will also have the opportunity to hire a development staff member to assist in attracting resources to support Mosaic’s mission.

Lead and empower a lean, focused, and highly capable team

The CEO will build and oversee a strategic, action-oriented, and lean team to advance and execute on Mosaic’s priorities. They will leverage the expertise and strengths of the staff and empower and support them to do their best work both independently and collaboratively.

The Ideal Candidate

You are a visionary, strategic, and collaborative leader with a deep understanding of social movements and a passion for strengthening the environmental field. You bring the ability to build alignment across diverse stakeholders, facilitate inclusive decision-making, and translate bold strategies into measurable impact. You are an inspiring communicator and relationship builder who can mobilize partners, cultivate philanthropic support, and champion Mosaic’s mission with authenticity and conviction. You combine strong organizational and financial acumen with a commitment to participatory grantmaking, equity, and continuous learning. Above all, you are an empowering leader who fosters a culture of trust, accountability, and collaboration, uniting people and resources to build a more connected, resilient, and powerful environmental movement.

Specific Experience Requested:

• Strategic and creative thinker with experience in the development and execution of strategy to achieve social goals, forge new ground, and produce significant and sustained programmatic results and improvements;
• Extensive knowledge of environmental, social justice, systems change, policy analysis, and movement building;
• Coalition building experience and passion to support pluralistic, collective impact outcomes across the environmental movement;
• Deep understanding of social movements and capacity to iteratively improve program implementation by thinking critically about theories of change;
• Fundraising ability, with a track record of successfully marshaling resources in support of organizations, projects, or initiatives;
• Demonstrated commitment to justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion;
• Understanding of the complex interactions among the environmental and social justice fields, and a depth and range of collaborative working relationships across relevant organizations;
• Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds and an ability to adapt communication style to different cultural environments;
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills. Strong record of representing an organization to wide-ranging audiences and stakeholders in ways that inspire confidence, engagement, and partnership;
• A network in the philanthropy community and an understanding of grantmaking practices;
• Self-starter, highly motivated, resourceful, and able to manage multiple projects simultaneously;
• 10+ years' relevant work experience; 4-5+ years’ experience directly managing others;
• Flexibility, emotional intelligence, and a willingness to help others.
• Prior experience working with Mosaic required.

Workplace, Compensation & Application

Workplace & Travel: All employees work from home offices with occasional travel (1-2 times per year) for all-team in-person meetings.

Compensation: Mosaic andMultiplier provide a comprehensive compensation package, including competitive salary ($210k - $270k annual salary), excellent medical and dental benefits, retirement savings, and generous vacation and sick leave policy.

Mosaic is an independent operating project of Multiplier, a nationally recognized nonprofit that accelerates impact for sustainability-focused initiatives.

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