Apply Now: Executive Director of WNPEI

Applications open until March 16th, 2026

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Join Women’s Network PEI as our next Executive Director and help shape a more equitable future for women and gender-diverse people across the Island.

Executive Director — Women’s Network PEI (WNPEI)

Location: Charlottetown, PEI (with travel across PEI as required)
Work model: Hybrid
Position type: Permanent full-time (minimum six months’ probation)
Hours: Typically 9am-4 pm; 35 hours per week, including a paid ½ hr lunch break; some evenings required for Board and Committee meetings.
Salary range: [$82,000 – $90,000] (Salary is based on experience, internal equity, and available funding. WNPEI is committed to fair and transparent compensation practices).
Benefits (Chambers Plan): Dental, extended health care, and disability. WNPEI provides a generous and compassionate range of paid and unpaid leave options, grounded in care, flexibility, and equity. In many cases, WNPEI goes above and beyond the minimum standards required by the Employment Standards Act (ESA).
Ideal Start date: April 13, 2026 (negotiable).                                                                                                                          

Deadline to apply: March 16, 2026 4:00PM (AST)

About Women’s Network PEI

WNPEI’s vision is an Island free from oppression, with equitable access to what everyone needs to thrive. Women’s Network PEI advances gender equity through systemic and societal change by centring the collective voices of marginalized women and gender-diverse people. We work to support community efforts to improve the status of women in PEI, promote equality using feminist analysis and practice, provide a forum for PEI women’s voices, and act as a referral support connecting people to needed programs and services.

The Opportunity

WNPEI is seeking an Executive Director (ED) to lead the organization into its next chapter. Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Executive Director (ED) provides strategic leadership, organizational vision, and operational oversight for all programs, staff, and partnerships. The ED represents WNPEI provincially and nationally, grows the organization’s capacity, ensures financial sustainability, and champions gender equity across systems and communities. The ED leads by ensuring that all organizational endeavours are aligned with WNPEI’s values and principles of intersectional feminist practices and the empowerment of marginalized women and gender-diverse people.

Key Responsibilities

1)  Strategic Leadership and Vision

• Lead implementation of WNPEI’s strategic priorities in both day-to-day decision-making and future planning; Ensure all strategies align with the organization’s mission, vision and values.
• Advance gender equity through community partnerships, public engagement, and coalition participation.

2) Supporting Staff in Program Deliverables

• Provide leadership, oversight, and quality assurance to staff across WNPEI’s various projects and programs, training/workshops, and referral support.
• Ensure accessible, responsive, and accountable approaches consistent with WNPEI’s commitment to supportive engagement and community connection.
• Oversee program evaluation and reporting, supporting learning and continuous improvement.

3) Community Relationships and Public Representation

• Strengthen partnerships with community organizations, funders, government, and other relevant sectors.
• Serve as a public spokesperson for WNPEI’s work and values when appropriate.

4) Governance and Board Partnership

• Act as the primary staff liaison to the Board; Provide regular reporting, identify risks and opportunities, and support effective governance processes.
• Support Board policy and planning cycles, ensuring organizational accountability to bylaws, values and principles.

5) Financial Stewardship and Sustainability

• Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, internal controls, and audit readiness.
• Develop and implement a diversified revenue strategy (which may include grants, contracts, partnerships, donations, and events).
• Ensure funding compliance, reporting, and promote strong funder relationships.

6) People Leadership, and Organizational Culture

• Lead, supervise, and support staff through an equity-informed, relational approach aligned with WNPEI values (such as empathy, collaboration, and learning).
• Oversee HR systems and practices (such as recruitment, onboarding, supervision, performance support, role clarity, and workplace wellbeing).
• Ability to manage conflict between staff and/or community partners through a trauma-informed lens.
• Foster an office environment that prioritizes wellness, self-care, team building, communication, mutual respect, growth and development.

7) Operations, Risk, and Compliance

• Ensure and maintain effective operational systems, including but not limited to privacy/confidentiality, health & safety, records, project compliance, etc.
• Ensure compliance with legal requirements and ethical standards, maintaining a culture of accountability and integrity.

Our Commitments to Equity and Belonging

WNPEI is committed to building a workplace that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage applications from women and gender-diverse people, including Black, Indigenous, and racialized candidates, people with disabilities, newcomers/immigrants, and people from diverse sexual orientations and gender identities/expressions.

We recognize that leadership pathways are not always linear. If your experience doesn't perfectly match every requirement, but you are excited about this role and can speak to your capacity to do the work, we want to hear from you!

Accessibility: Accommodation is available throughout the recruitment process. If needed, please contact director@wnpei.org with accommodation requests.

Qualifications and Competencies

We welcome candidates who meet many of the following:

• Senior leadership experience in a nonprofit, public interest, community, or values-driven organization.
• Demonstrated ability to operationalize intersectional feminist / anti-oppressive values into strategy, policy, culture, and services.
• Strong financial management and organizational leadership skills (including budgets, reporting, controls, and accountability).
• Fund development experience (including grant writing/reporting, relationship management with funders/partners, and revenue diversification).
• Experience leading teams across multiple projects/programs with strong project management and systems thinking.
• Excellent communication skills (writing, facilitation, and public engagement) that centre marginalized voices and promote community accountability.
• Proven conflict management skills with both internal and external parties.
• Must be legally able to work in Canada.
• Ability to work evenings and weekends as needed.

Assets

• Knowledge of PEI’s nonprofit ecosystem, provincial context, and relationship-based community development.
• Experience in gender equity, GBV prevention/response ecosystems, and/or policy/advocacy environments relevant to WNPEI’s work.
• Training and facilitation experience.
• Working awareness and consideration of systemic barriers faced by clients and the community at large.
• Fluency in other languages would be considered an asset.

How to apply

Please submit:

• A cover letter describing your alignment with WNPEI’s mission/values and your leadership approach
• Current resume or CV
• Three references

Send applications to: director@wnpei.org
Subject line: Executive Director — Women’s Network PEI

Deadline: March 16th, 2026 at 4:00PM (AST)
Ideal start date: April 13, 2026 (negotiable)

Women’s Network PEI acknowledges that we live and work on the unceded and unsurrendered territory of the Mi’kmaq People. We are grateful to live, work, and learn on Epekwitk (Prince Edward Island), and we recognize that ongoing reconciliation requires action, accountability, and relationship.

To request a PDF version of this job description please email admin@wnpei.org