
Executive Director
Organization | Warm Springs Community Action Team (WSCAT) |
Date Posted | October 10, 2025 |
City | Warm Springs |
State | Oregon |
Location | 100% On-site |
Type of Position | Full-Time |
Primary Job Function | Executive Leadership |
Experience Requirement | 3-5 years |
Salary Range | $88,000 – $93,500 annually |
Description & Details
Position: Executive Director
Salary Range: $88,000-$93,500
Supervisor: Board of Directors of WSCAT, a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation
Status: Full time @ 40 hours per week; Exempt
Benefits: paid health insurance, paid life insurance, 403(b) w/employer match up to 5%, 26 days PTO + holidays
Location: In Person, Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Central Oregon. Occasional remote work options.
About Warm Springs Community Action Team:
WSCAT’s mission is to promote community development in Warm Springs by empowering individuals and groups of people to realize their potential, become self-reliant, and affect positive change for themselves, their families, and their community. WSCAT envisions a Warm Springs Reservation in which tribal and community members control their own destinies, in which people are in a position to provide for their families, pursue their hopes and dreams, and achieve their full potential.
About You:
You are a mission-driven, experienced leader of people and projects. As a proactive problem-solver, you readily implement plans and solutions that show fundraising results and positive community change. You have a trauma-informed approach, creating safe and supportive environments where staff can do their best work and community members get needed services. With your cultural humility, you respect and honor diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. You foster an equitable, collaborative, and inclusive culture focused on accountability for meeting work expectations and a shared commitment to community development.
A professional approach, active listening, and clear, consistent communication are central to your leadership style, allowing you to build trust and rapport with diverse community members, staff, donors, and leaders. When faced with a crisis or conflict, you use sound judgement and emotional intelligence to bring people together and solve the problem. You thrive in dynamic environments where you provide stability and continuity while guiding the organization and collaborating with the board of directors.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education, Experience, and Licenses
- 5+ years of supervisory experience
- 3+ years in a project leadership role with exceptional organizational skills; ability to lead projects, work independently, and think strategically.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required. Degree in nonprofit management, community development, or a related field is preferred.
- Experience working in Native communities preferred.
- Experience with or willingness to learn technology/software currently in use at WSCAT.
- Financial and budget management, knowledge of QuickBooks preferred.
Physical Demands
- The employee may be required to lift and/or move up to 10lbs and occasionally lift and/or support up to 50lbs.
- While performing this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, talk, and hear. The employee is regularly required to sit, and to use hands to handle/feel objects. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, to taste or smell, to climb or balance, to stoop, kneel, or crouch.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Application Instructions
Nonprofit Professionals Now is excited to partner with Warm Springs Community Action Team on this key leadership role. All applications will be reviewed and considered.
Application deadline: November 2, 2025
Application link: https://tinyurl.com/WSCATexec