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CRIL advocates and provides resources for people with disabilities to improve the quality of life and make communities fully accessible.

Executive Director

CRIL (Hayward Office) Full-Time | Exempt | On-Site | Salary: $100,000–$120,000 + Benefits

Summary: The Executive Director leads day-to-day operations, strategic planning, and staff management for CRIL. Reporting to the Board of Directors, this role ensures the agency fulfills its mission of supporting people with disabilities through advocacy, services, and community partnerships.

Key Responsibilities:

Community Engagement (20–25%)

  • Represent CRIL in the community; build partnerships with agencies and local government.

  • Advocate for disability rights and participate in Alameda County’s ADRC (CRIL is the fiscal agent).

Fundraising & Development (10–15%)

  • Lead fund development and strategic planning with the Board.

  • Oversee grants, donor engagement, and financial reporting.

Programs & Evaluation (15–20%)

  • Monitor program delivery and align services with community needs and CRIL’s mission.

Administration & Staff Development (25–30%)

  • Ensure sound financial management, contract compliance, and HR practices.

  • Recruit, support, and retain a skilled, diverse staff.

  • Oversee professional development and performance evaluations.

Board Partnership (10–15%)

  • Report to and support the Board; ensure transparency and alignment with organizational goals.

  • Implement Board policies and strategic initiatives.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or 4+ years in disability/independent living services

  • 3–5 years in nonprofit/public sector leadership

  • Strong staff and team development experience

  • Lived disability experience and/or deep knowledge of independent living philosophy

  • Proven fundraising, grant writing, and financial management skills (budget of $1M+)

  • Excellent communication and community engagement abilities

  • Tech-savvy and adaptable to new tools

  • Able to work some evenings/weekends and travel occasionally in-state

Preferred:

  • PR/marketing experience

  • Knowledge of CRIL’s service area

  • Bilingual in Spanish, ASL, or other threshold languages

Benefits:

  • 3 weeks’ vacation, 70 hours sick leave

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance

CRIL IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Qualified applicants with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

Please send cover letter and resume to edsearch@crilhayward.org

Travel Trainer

Summary of Position:

Hours: 35 hours a week, Full-Time, Benefitted, Non-Exempt

Salary: $24 an hour + Mileage

Location: Tri-Cities

Mission: CRIL advocates and provides resources for people with disabilities to improve the quality of life and make communities fully accessible.

Job Summary: Travel Trainer is a full - time position. This position is teaching people with disabilities to travel independently on public transportation. Must be able to assess needs and develop a travel plan and teach individual to ride transportation. Evaluate, prepare and maintain mandatory progress notes on assigned trainee.

Supervised By: This position is supervised by CRIL’s Program Director II.

Positions Supervised: None.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Meet with trainees to assess needs and to develop a travel plan to meet those needs.

2. Provide instruction and assistance to assigned trainees on an ongoing basis.

3. Provide information and referral regarding local public transit resources throughout the Bay Area.

4. Prepare, implement, maintain and submit accurate independent transit plan for each trainee.

5. Collaborate with A.C. Transit, BART, San Francisco Bay Ferry, Capitol Corridor, and trainees regarding questions, issues or concerns.

6. Evaluate, prepare and maintain mandatory progress notes on trainees.

7. Write and submit monthly reports containing statistical information such as number of trainees served as well as type of service provided.

8. Perform regular follow-up with trainees.

9. Establish and maintain effective working relationship with trainers, trainees, etc.

10. Inform Supervisor of all relative issues.

11. Other duties as assigned

REQUIREMENTS:

1. Experience working with consumers with developmental, physical or mental disabilities.

2. Must have experience with and knowledge of public and paratransit in the SF Bay Area.

3. Ability to demonstrate how to use transportation apps from electronic devices. Ability to read, explain, discuss transit brochures and maps.

4. Above average oral and written communication skills.

5. Effective time management skills.

6. Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.

7. Must have reliable transportation and be able to drive throughout Eastern and Southern Alameda County.

CRIL IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Qualified applicants with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

Please send cover letter and resume to michael.galvan@crilhayward.org.