Executive Director

Date Posted	August 11, 2025
Industry	Nonprofit
Specialty	Local News
Required Education	Bachelor's Degree
Telecommute?	Hybrid
Job Status	Full-time
Salary	$120,000 to $140,000

Description:

Anticipated start date: November 2025

Role Type: Full Time, Exempt, Salaried

Location: Remote-first environment with ability to regularly travel throughout NJ

Annual Salary Range: $120,000 - $140,000

The New Jersey Civic Information Consortium (NJCIC) is an independent nonprofit organization that sparks innovative media projects and funds community-driven local news in New Jersey. A first-in-the-nation project, the Consortium builds on the foundation laid by public media in the United States, and reimagines how public funding can be used to address the growing problem of news deserts and misinformation, and support more informed communities.

The Consortium provides grants for projects that achieve the following goals:

• Better meet the information needs the state’s residents, with a particular focus on news deserts and low-income communities and racial and ethnic communities that have been underserved by the media; and

• Improve the quantity and quality of civic information (e.g., arts, sports, culture, community activities, and government meetings) in New Jersey communities;

• Give residents enhanced access to useful government data and public information through innovative applications, platforms, and technologies;

• Train students, professionals, and community members in the practice of community storytelling, journalism, and media production;

• Nurture better civic engagement and dialogue inside and between New Jersey communities;

• Invest in research, training, and practices that can help media outlets become more closely connected to their audiences and more sustainable without government support.

The Consortium, a remote-first workplace headquartered at the Center for Cooperative Media (CCM) at Montclair State University, is governed by a 16-member Board of Directors, which includes representatives of six member universities, six others appointed by State elected officials, and four appointed by the board itself.

Now in its fifth year of grantmaking — with 46 active grantees, more than $8.5 million in grants awarded and with three employees on board — NJCIC is now ready to hire the Consortium’s first executive director. 

Reporting to the Board, the executive director will lead the strategic and operational management of NJCIC—from grantmaking to managing its day-to-day activities—in collaboration with the Board through its committees and meeting structures, as well as through more informal channels. For full job description please see: https://apply.workable.com/work-in-progress-consulting/j/E7D7A39C1A/.

We are accepting applications through August 31, 2025.

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