Deputy Regional Field Director
RemoteOakland, California, United States
Job Summary
Build strong, high-functioning Chapters by supporting growth, volunteer leadership, and local governance practices while coordinating strategic planning toward the Sierra Club's 2030 goals. Manage and coach Chapter Directors and staff within the assigned region, providing expertise on governance and capacity strength to execute local, state, and national priorities. Coordinate planning with state and regional teams to develop integrated plans that advance organizational campaigns centered in equity and inclusion, while partnering with the Program Department and Federal team to align strategies. Support chapter resourcing and capacity building by identifying campaign needs, facilitating power building rooted in the Jemez Principles, and ensuring organizing goals for recruitment and mobilization are met. Conduct ongoing documentation and analysis through Chapter health evaluations to identify problems and collaborate on solutions, maintaining confidentiality in alignment with Field Department parameters. Facilitate representation of the Sierra Club in regional coalitions and engage decision-makers on behalf of the organization, while partnering with advancement staff to cultivate donors and prepare reports on local victories. This Senior Management position requires a proven track-record of managing leaders toward outcomes and navigating complex landscapes, with a primary base in California and the ability to travel.
Required Qualifications
- Experience as a senior manager or Director in a grassroots advocacy organization
- Strong track record of managing and leading teams of staff and volunteer leaders towards shared goals and strategies
- Consistently practice leadership development with others, and coach and manage those you work with to do the same
- Skillful at giving and receiving feedback and creating cultures of learning, risk-taking, and mutual accountability in staff you manage and teams you lead
- Understanding of environmental, climate, and social justice issues and how they relate to each other
- Demonstrated ability to design and implement strategies and manage leaders to shared goals and outcomes
- Track record of leading successful campaigns, delivering impactful victories, and building long-term power
- Demonstrated ability to effectively convene multiple stakeholders and mediate competing priorities in the service of collective vision and goals
- Flexible and able to strategically assess situations, shifting as needed with focus and ease
- Committed to evolution
- You are committed to continuously deepening and evolving your own understanding of systems of oppression through study, openness, and humility
- And you easily recognize your own relationship to privilege and power, examining and shifting your behaviors as appropriate
- Uplifting and additive
- You see mistakes as opportunities for growth; problems as catalysts for solutions, and inspire others along the journey
- You carry a constructive approach, can-do attitude, a sense of humor, and authentic kindness wherever you go
- Skillful at leading teams with a diversity of identities and skill sets to contribute at their highest level
- Proficient at proactively surfacing and navigating conflict in a generative, equitable way
- Strong Emotional intelligence and demonstrated ability to build rapport and inspire trust with individuals and teams
- Prior experience and demonstrated ability and effectiveness working with volunteers
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment, across geographies, and with different types of volunteer and staff structures, exercising effective judgment in challenging situations and remaining calm under pressure
- Experience fundraising and cultivating donor relationships
- Partner with Advancement on donor reports by contributing content strategically and in a timely manner
- Experience managing large, highly complex teams towards compliance and fiscal responsibility
- Experience enforcing and explaining policies and procedures that vary across constituencies
- Proven experience ensuring funds are used in a compliant and responsible manner, and that tracking
- Valid driver's license
- Satisfactory driving record
- Proof of auto insurance
Desired Qualifications
- Data analysis and assessment in strategic planning
- Proven ability to integrate cutting-edge data management and digital tools to inform strategy and track progress
- Change management
- Demonstrated experience in significant change management processes that required building buy-in and leading across a wide range of stakeholders
- Track record of successfully moving strategies and projects in complex landscapes
- Leading in membership-based, federated organizations
- Experience and track record of successfully achieving goals in large, complex organizations that include volunteer and staff leadership roles
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