Executive Director

Job description

Lead a Christ-centered foundation into its next chapter by taking One2One, a proven student-to-student sponsorship model, to Christian schools across the United States and expanding access to transformational education for children around the world.

About Us

Valor Global Foundation is a faith-based 501(c)(3) founded in 2016 to make Christ-centered education accessible to students regardless of geography or background. We support Valor Christian School International, a Cognia-accredited K-12 campus in Beaverton, Oregon, and a network of partner schools in Kenya, Guatemala, the Philippines, and South Korea, plus Valor Global Online. Together the network serves about 2,000 students a year.

At the heart of it is One2One: a portion of tuition from each student in a developed nation funds the education of a paired student in a developing nation. It is simple, relational, and proven over a decade.

The next season. After a decade inside the Valor network, the Board intends to establish One2One as an independent foundation and offer it as a national program that any Christian school in the United States can adopt. That means packaging the model so a school can join in weeks, building relationships with national Christian school networks, and growing the number of sponsored students by an order of magnitude. The Executive Director will lead this.

The Role

You will be the Foundation's first full-time leader, taking day-to-day operations off the Board and founders and building the organization that carries One2One nationally. You are equally comfortable developing long-range strategy and rolling up your sleeves to build the systems and partnerships needed to bring that strategy to life. You are a relationship-builder with a strong existing network and the drive to expand it.

Responsibilities include

• Set the strategy. Assess where VGF stands and bring the Board a sequenced three-year plan: what to staff, what to fund, and in what order.
• Establish and scale One2One. Bring the Board a plan for One2One as an independent foundation, package the model (partner tiers, onboarding playbook, student pairing and reporting), and sign the first cohort of U.S. Christian school partners.
• Represent VGF. Be the face of the Foundation to partner schools, donors, grantors, and national Christian education networks.
• Diversify revenue. Move VGF beyond one tuition-linked income stream through grants, major donors, and church and corporate partners.
• Build the operating backbone. Financial controls, donor systems, policies, and the first hires, as the Board approves each role.
• Raise public trust. Lift our Charity Navigator rating and earn Candid's GuideStar Seal of Transparency.

What success looks like in the initial engagement

This 10-month engagement is built around outcomes, not hours. Targets are finalized with the Board in your first 60 days and form the basis for conversion to a full-time W-2 role.

• A Board-adopted three-year strategy and Year-1 operating plan, including the One2One national roadmap
• Charity Navigator profile complete and on track for 3 stars; GuideStar Seal application submitted
• At least two new non-tuition revenue streams active, with a 12-month pipeline
• Donor CRM, gift acknowledgment, and quarterly donor communications running
• A Board-approved plan and timeline for establishing One2One as an independent foundation, with the model packaged and the first U.S. partner schools signed
• Your own written recommendation for the permanent Executive Director role and a two-year staffing roadmap

Who You Are

You bring

• A bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent professional experience
• 5+ years leading a nonprofit, ministry, or Christian school, including partnering with a governance board and supervising staff, volunteers, or contractors
• 5+ years in fundraising and development, including personally cultivating and closing major gifts and leading diversified revenue strategies
• 5+ years of financial management, budgeting, and nonprofit operations oversight
• A track record of setting and executing strategy that grew impact, reach, or revenue, such as building or scaling a startup nonprofit or ministry
• Strong community relationships and the ability to represent an organization publicly to donors and partners
• Clear, warm written and verbal communication

Even better if you have

• Grant-writing experience with foundations or government funders
• Experience taking a local program to regional or national scale
• Familiarity with the U.S. Christian school landscape and its networks (ACSI, AACS, CSI, classical Christian associations)
• Proficiency with donor CRM systems and a knack for using emerging technology to get more done
• Comfort building infrastructure at a founder-stage organization with limited staff
• Experience leading a distributed, fully remote team
• International experience through work, ministry, missions, or extended travel, and the cultural humility to build trust across cultures

Faith

VGF's work is explicitly Christ-centered, and the Executive Director leads and represents the Foundation in alignment with its theological commitments. Candidates will:

• Affirm that they are a professing, born-again Christian who knows Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, and be able to share a personal testimony of faith
• Be in whole-hearted agreement with VGF's Statement of Faith and willing to sign it without reservation
• Be a member in good standing of a local evangelical church whose statement of faith aligns with VGF's
• Serve as a Christian role model in conduct, speech, and lifestyle, consistent with VGF's staff handbook

Structure, Compensation, and Hours

Why contractor first. The Board has structured this as a ten-month independent contractor engagement so that you and VGF can set the strategy, prove early traction, and define the permanent role together before committing to employment. You are engaged for defined deliverables, not hours, and you set your own methods, schedule, and location of work. Conversion to a full-time W-2 Executive Director position is the intended result of a successful engagement, with a formal review beginning in month 8.

Hours and travel. We anticipate the scope will take roughly 40 hours a week. Working with international partners means occasional pre-scheduled meetings in the evenings or on weekends. Expect periodic international travel to partner sites and occasional U.S. travel for Board meetings and conferences.

Compensation. A fixed monthly contractor fee of $7,000 to $9,000 (about $70,000 to $90,000 over the ten-month term), based on experience, invoiced monthly. Approved travel and program expenses are reimbursed. Salary and benefits for the W-2 role are set at conversion. Engagement is contingent on a background check.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Valor Global Foundation is a religious organization and, consistent with federal law, considers religious faith in hiring for this role.

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