Deputy Executive Director

WeVote • Oakland, CA

5d • Remote

About The Position

WeVote is a nonpartisan get-out-the-vote nonprofit startup and a celebrated Fast Forward nonprofit technology grantee. It is a movement of over 140 passionate volunteers (starting with the founders) who are building open-source mobile technologies that touch and mobilize millions of voters on Election Day. WeVote's goal is to provide a complete voting experience in 8 minutes, including the download of their app ("WeVote Ballot Guide"). WeVote is a 100% remote organization. The Deputy Executive Director is a volunteer position, reporting to the Co-Executive Directors (ED), and will be responsible for WeVote's fundraising in one focus area (Grants, Individual Giving, Data Management, Sustainer Program). Operational responsibility will be shared with other existing senior leaders at WeVote, including a dedicated Chief of Staff. The role requires developing deep knowledge of the field, core programs, operations, and business plans. This volunteer position is expected to require approximately 8 hours per week, much of which will be during "work hours."

Requirements

• Thoroughly committed to WeVote's mission
• Proven leadership, coaching, and relationship management experience
• At least 1 year of management experience; ability to point to specific examples of having developed and operationalized fundraising programs
• Unwavering commitment to quality programs and data-driven program evaluation
• Excellence in organizational management with the ability to coach staff, manage, and develop high-performance teams, set and achieve strategic objectives, and manage a budget
• Strong fundraising experience with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders and cultures
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; a persuasive and passionate communicator 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, and self-directed

Responsibilities

• Ensure ongoing programmatic excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality of finance and administration, fundraising, communications, and systems; recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve the strategic goals
• Actively engage and energize WeVote partner organizations, and funders.
• Ensure effective systems to track scaling progress, and regularly evaluate our programs to measure successes that can be communicated to the board, funders, and other constituents
• Expand and manage fundraising activities to support existing program operations, estimated at $50K - $100K per year.
• Use existing and new relationships to pursue and close new fundraising opportunities from foundations, individual donors, grants, or small dollar donors.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed