Deputy Executive Director

WeVote • Oakland, CA

4d • $1 - $1 • Remote

About The Position

WeVote is seeking a volunteer Deputy Executive Director to lead fundraising in one focus area: grants, individual giving, data management, or the sustainer program. Reporting to the Co-Executive Directors, this role shares operational responsibility with WeVote’s other senior leaders, including a dedicated Chief of Staff, and requires developing deep knowledge of the organization’s field, core programs, operations, and business plans.

This volunteer role is expected to require approximately 8 hours per week, much of it during work hours. The Deputy Executive Director supports programmatic excellence and organizational operations, engages partner organizations and funders, and helps track and evaluate progress. The role also expands and manages fundraising to support existing program operations, estimated at $50,000–$100,000 per year. WeVote is a nonpartisan, fully remote, volunteer-run nonprofit technology organization focused on helping voters make informed choices and participate in elections.

Requirements

• At least 1 year of management experience.
• Ability to provide specific examples of developing and operationalizing fundraising programs.
• Thorough commitment to WeVote’s mission.
• Proven leadership, coaching, and relationship-management experience.
• Unwavering commitment to quality programs and data-driven program evaluation.
• Excellence in organizational management, including the ability to coach staff, manage and develop high-performance teams, set and achieve strategic objectives, and manage a budget.
• Strong fundraising experience and ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders and cultures.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with excellent interpersonal and multidisciplinary project skills.
• Action-oriented, entrepreneurial, adaptable, and innovative approach to business planning.
• Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people.
• Passion, idealism, integrity, positive attitude, mission-driven outlook, and self-direction.

Responsibilities

• Ensure ongoing programmatic excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality across finance and administration, fundraising, communications, and systems.
• Recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve strategic goals.
• Engage and energize WeVote partner organizations and funders.
• Ensure effective systems for tracking scaling progress and regularly evaluate programs so successes can be communicated to the board, funders, and other constituents.
• Expand and manage fundraising activities supporting existing program operations, estimated at $50,000–$100,000 per year.
• Use existing and new relationships to pursue and close fundraising opportunities from foundations, individual donors, grants, or small-dollar donors.
• Share operational responsibilities with other senior leaders, including the Chief of Staff.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed