Executive Director

The North Carolina Justice Center (NCJC), a preeminent voice for economic and social justice in the nation’s 9^th most populous state, is seeking a dynamic, visionary, driven, mission-aligned, and experienced strategic leader to serve as its next Executive Director (ED).

For nearly three decades, the North Carolina Justice Center has fought to improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in communities across the state. The NCJC is an important leader in the movement to expand opportunity, well-being, and prosperity for all North Carolinians by addressing root causes of poverty – taking on structural barriers to opportunity and ensuring just and fair treatment for everyone in North Carolina. Through its multi-issue, multi-strategy approach, facilitated by an accomplished and highly effective staff, the NCJC has been successful, many times against the odds, year-over-year in eliminating structural barriers to fairness and opportunity, advocating for policies that foster, protect, and advance economic inclusion, and defeating attempts to constrain justice and fairness and roll back progress.

The next ED must demonstrate deep personal and professional commitment to the NCJC’s mission of eliminating root causes of poverty in North Carolina by making opportunity and prosperity for all a reality. They will have a track-record of visionary and strategic leadership, inspiring and managing people, and using highly effective communication skills to cultivate and maintain strong relationships and partnerships at all levels, internally and externally. The successful candidate must have a robust commitment and demonstrated performance history of advancing justice and combating inequities, both on a systemic and policy level and in internal staffing and operations. The NCJC is open to candidates from a variety of backgrounds and lived experience, with preference given to those who have substantive experience in at least one of its five strategies: impact litigation, public policy advocacy, research, communications, and/or community outreach.

Screening of complete applications will begin immediately and continue until the completion of the search process. Applications received by January 2, 2026 will receive priority consideration. Inquiries, nominations, referrals, and CVs with cover letters should be submitted electronically below.

Ernest Brooks and Tim McFeeley are leading this search with Berlinda Mojica. 

The NC Justice Center is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for all persons without regard to race, color, creed, sex, religion, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, political affiliation, disability, pregnancy, personal appearance, citizenship, military service, genetic information, natural hairstyles, or any protected status. We are a Fair Chance Employer and strive to reduce barriers to employment for individuals with criminal records.