Careers

Open Positions

Director of Community Partnerships

Senior Director of Communications

Director of Finance

Director of Investments

Special Assistant to the President

Working at Heron

Heron will be opening two new offices within the next year. The main headquarters will be located in Birmingham, AL, and a secondary home office location will be in the NY/NJ metropolitan area. The organization currently has temporary office space in New Haven, CT. Staff work remotely, with regular in-person all-staff co-working days.

Heron is an equal opportunity employer and makes a particular effort to recruit candidates from all backgrounds and with diverse lived experiences.

Heron Team Qualities

The Heron staff works closely across programs in teams in service to communities. The Heron team is purpose and values-aligned–committed to Heron’s role in a generative network of connected
communities. All members of the Heron team must possess:

• humility and curiosity,
• a visceral commitment to building healthy communities and local agency,
• appreciation for, and understanding of, the complexity of community ecosystems, a commitment to diversity and inclusion,
• a personal necessity for excellence,
• personal initiative and love of problem-solving,
• ability to nurture trusting relationships,
• skill in supporting the work of community practitioners,
• adaptability and comfort with ambiguity,
• vulnerability, self-reflection and self-awareness,
• a consistent practice of collaboration, co- creation and power-sharing, and
• a commitment to build the confidence, skills and team orientation of others.