Deputy Director
$85,000–$100,000 year
On-siteLos Angeles, California, United States
Job Summary
Partner with the Executive Director to lead organizational strategic planning, conduct needs assessments, and develop multi-year priorities. Design internal evaluation systems, prepare leadership dashboards, and track benchmarks against strategic goals. Refine organizational structures, coordinate cross-team operations, and step in to support executive leadership functions as needed. Review and refine HR practices, including job descriptions, recruitment processes, and staff evaluation mechanisms. Develop supervision guidelines, oversee professional development, and implement restorative conflict resolution approaches. Support organizational communications, grant reporting, and community engagement by creating volunteer leadership opportunities and integrating community members into organizational work.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of nonprofit, organizing, or movement-based leadership and organizational management experience, specifically in program development, staff supervision, resource development, strategic planning, and evaluation
- Strong strategic thinking, facilitation, and people management skills
- Demonstrated experience supporting executive leadership and building organizational systems
- Strong verbal and written communication skills; ease with multi-lingual communication environments
- Ability to assess, synthesize, and re-organize information for people with different learning styles and in different settings
- Demonstrated ability to work in multi-racial, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, and multi-class settings
- Comfort working in community-based, grassroots environments with and for working-class communities
- Understanding of social, economic, and political factors surrounding public education and low-income neighborhoods
- Familiarity with community organizing strategies, tactics, and issue campaigns
- Commitment to racial, gender, and education justice
- Proficiency in Google Workspace, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook), and project management tools
Desired Qualifications
- Bilingual English/Spanish written and oral fluency strongly preferred
- Familiarity with local education reform landscape, LAUSD policy arena, and South LA community
- Experience with trauma-informed organizational practices
- Background in parent organizing or family engagement work
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