Role: Executive Director, Women’s Health Center of West Virginia
Role Type: Full Time, Exempt, Salaried
Annual Salary Range: $110,000 – $125,000 per year, to be determined by experience plus benefits.
Women’s Health Center of West Virginia (WHC) is a private, nonprofit healthcare facility committed to providing high-quality, non-judgmental, accessible, and affordable sexual and reproductive healthcare and harm reduction to all West Virginians. WHC is seeking a collaborative and engaging Executive Director who will oversee the operations, finances, staff management, and strategic direction of our multi-site organization. This is an in-person, full-time (40+ hours per week) exempt position based in Charleston, West Virginia.
About WHC: Founded in 1976 as West Virginia’s first abortion provider, WHC WV has been a leader in sexual and reproductive health. The clinic was the only abortion provider remaining in West Virginia at the time of the Dobbs decision in June 2022. Despite the challenging landscape, WHC WV continued offering essential healthcare services, including annual exams, cancer screenings, many methods of contraception, and STI testing and treatment. In July 2022, we expanded our services to include gender-affirming hormone therapy for trans and gender-diverse patients. In 2023, WHC WV opened a subsidiary clinic in rural Western Maryland to ensure access to abortion care in the region post-Dobbs and simultaneously launched a harm reduction program in West Virginia to address the overdose crisis and the spread of HIV/HCV in the state. In 2026, the WHC MD clinic separated from the WHC WV clinic.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Organizational Leadership and Compliance:
- Recruits, assigns, evaluates, promotes and releases staff members as necessary to provide for quality, efficient delivery of services.
- Responsible for all aspects of People Operations including hiring, staff development, delegating staff responsibilities, developing and administering appropriate personnel policies and practices, and maintaining accurate records and reporting.
- Manages a core team of four direct reports while maintaining overall responsibility for the entire staff, ensuring alignment across all levels of the organization
- Responsible for the performance evaluation and annual review of management staff.
- Handles legal compliance including arranging for adequate insurances for WHC properties and general liability.
- Ensures compliance with the safety and regulatory aspects of the health centers in collaboration with the Medical Directors, including HIPAA, OSHA, CLIA, and NAF regulations.
- Maintain documentation of all current credentialing requirements, certifications, and licensures.
- Leads implementation of clinic’s quality assurance plan.
- Works closely with the WHC Board of Directors by providing opportunities for the members of the Board of Directors to formulate organizational policy, create and oversee short and long-term plans, create budgetary and operational efficiency, improve the quality of services, provide fiduciary oversight, and make contributions to WHC’s programs.
Service Development, Delivery, and Implementation:
- Develops, plans for and provides clinic programs and services consistent with the core values, mission, and vision approved by the Board of Directors.
- Maintains all programming at a level of professional services.
- Stays informed of trends in WHC’s operations and is alert to changing community needs.
- Provides evaluation and modification of services to meet community needs.
- Provides and maintains adequate and appropriate physical facilities, equipment, supplies, security infrastructure, and compliance protocols to ensure the quality and efficient delivery of services.
- Creates opportunities to increase community understanding of WHC and its services by the WHC to the general public, legislators, and funders, and by participating in local/regional professional activities relevant to WHC’s core values, mission, and vision.
Fundraising and Finance:
- Leads fundraising efforts including prospecting, grant applications, and fund management, both in terms of individual donors and institutional funders.
- Working with the Board of Directors, supports comprehensive funding efforts, including identification of available individual, governmental, and private foundation support.
- Prepares an annual budget for approval by the Board of Directors.
- Administers all services within budgetary guidelines.
- Maintains adequate systems for accountability of funds.
- Leads Strategic planning implementation, including setting funding priorities and establishing all salary scales.
- Works closely with accountant to ensure cash flow, budgetary reserves, and accurate and compliant financial reporting and records.
Minimum Qualifications:
- A commitment to WHC core values, mission and vision.
- Bachelor’s Degree in a health, human-services, or other related field is required; a Master’s Degree or equivalent number of years of Director level or above is preferred.
- A minimum of 5 years leadership experience.
- A resident of Charleston, West Virginia or willingness to relocate to the area.
- Regular and reliable ability to commute in the Charleston, West Virginia area.
- Knowledge of and direct experience with nonprofit fundraising and donor management.
- Demonstrated experience with leading teams and building culture.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
- Demonstrated commitment and passion for sexual and reproductive health, human rights, Reproductive and social Justice, harm reduction, and LGBTQIA+ affirming care.
Desired Competencies, Skills, and Abilities:
- Strong teamwork and cooperation.
- Financial management skills including budgeting and grants management.
- Strong project management, time management, and planning skills, with a demonstrated ability to take initiative and drive projects forward.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and listening skills, with the passion and presence to articulate a vision and serve as WHC’s primary spokesperson.
- Commitment to implementing principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.
- Attention to detail and ability to be agile and flexible in a fast-paced working environment.
- Leadership style that models and encourages our values of autonomy, compassion, dignity, inclusion, integrity, and respect.
Compensation and Work Environment:
- Position Type: Exempt, Full-time (40+ hours per week), In-person position
- Travel Requirement: Travel required for events and meetings in the region, occasional travel to Maryland as needed.
- Annual Salary Range: $110,000 – $125,000
- Benefits:
- 100% employer-covered health and life insurance premiums for employee; optional vision, dental, and LTD/STD
- 401k with 3.5% employer match
- PTO accrual and 13 paid holidays
Application info:
Please submit your application to: whcboardofdirectors@gmail.com
Please tell us more about your interest in the Executive Director position with WHC and include a brief cover letter outlining why you think you’d be a good fit for this role along with your resume submission.
We are accepting applications on a rolling basis for this role.
The projected start date for this position is May 1, 2026.
Note to Potential Applicants:
We believe that a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace makes us a more relevant, more creative, and more resilient organization. Studies have shown that applicants who are disabled, women, trans, non-binary, Black, Indigenous, or people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they meet every single one of the qualifications as described in a job description.
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organization, and we are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job. Our selected candidate may be one who comes from a background less traditional to our field of work, and that’s okay. If you think you’d be a good fit, we strongly encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications and competencies described.
