Director of Equity and Organizational Effectiveness

National Women's Law Center•Washington, DC

4d•$133,591 - $161,563•Hybrid

About The Position

The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) seeks a strategic, collaborative, data-driven and innovative Director of Equity and Organizational Effectiveness to serve as a key leader within the Office of the President and CEO and collaboratively across the organization. A new role reporting directly to the Vice President of Equity, Organizational Effectiveness, and Learning, the Director of Equity and Organizational Effectiveness will guide organization-wide planning and evaluation efforts and drive strategies for organizational effectiveness, equity, and inclusion. The Director will leverage their expertise in strategic planning and equitable research, evaluation, and organizational effectiveness to create and adapt tools to monitor progress and ensure alignment and shared accountability toward achieving the strategic plan at organizational, team, and individual levels. The Director of Equity and Org Effectiveness will play a critical role in measuring and communicating our impact to internal and external stakeholders. With a strong background in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, the Director of Equity and Organizational Effectiveness will also collect, analyze, and report data that will inform priorities for improvement every year. The Director of Equity and Organizational Effectiveness will ensure that we are asking the right questions, collecting the most essential data, conducting strong analysis, and using the insights gained to inform our organizational improvement planning, professional development offerings, workplace practices and policies. This Director will play a leadership role across the organization. They will bring best practices and emerging ideas in social justice organizational effectiveness principles to our staff, piloting and guiding a range of projects to support cross-team collaboration to ultimately help accelerate our impact. They will spend a significant portion of their time developing and refining ways to measure our impact and compellingly communicate it to internal and external stakeholders. This is a full-time exempt position of 37.5 hours per week.

Requirements

A minimum of seven (7) years of relevant experience in strategic planning, change management, program evaluation, and organizational effectiveness, ideally in an advocacy nonprofit of similar size and complexity;
Demonstrated knowledge and experience designing and implementing program logic models, theories of change models or similar organizational effectiveness tools and managing research, evaluation, and performance management projects in social justice settings;
Proven ability to develop, facilitate, and champion organizational effectiveness and internal communications initiatives through strategic, inclusive, and creative problem solving, project management, and decision-making processes;
Experience and passion for using qualitative and quantitative data to make decisions and help people align around shared goals;
Demonstrated integrity and sound judgment, including the ability to exercise appropriate discretion when dealing with sensitive or confidential matters;
Demonstrated commitment to and experience working on gender and racial equity and centering LGBTQI+ communities and communities of color in the approach to work;
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; and
Excellent skills in technology, particularly Microsoft Office, qualitative and quantitative research software, Airtable, and project management software (Asana or equivalent).

Responsibilities

Support organization’s strategic planning process by providing project management, working groups facilitation, retreat agendas, and expert advice
Lead the organization-wide OKR (Objectives & Key Results) process — facilitating goal-setting cycles, aligning team-level OKRs to organizational strategic priorities, and embedding regular check-ins across the organization
Partner with senior leadership team to translate the strategic plan into actionable, measurable annual and quarterly goals
Develop and maintain systems for tracking OKR progress; create accountability structures and cadence of analysis that supports continuous improvement
Research and implement best practices in nonprofit effectiveness, equity-centered evaluation, and organizational development to continuously improve our own practice
Own and continuously improve the organization’s Airtable environment, including base architecture, automations, forms, and cross-base integrations
Develop data governance practices and work to ensure data integrity and accessibility across teams
Serve as the internal subject-matter expert and primary point of contact for Airtable-related questions and enhancements
Prepare data summaries, visualizations, and impact reports for board presentations, grant reports, and public communications
Develop a robust organizational impact measurement framework including impact indicators, data collection protocols, and reporting cycles
Partner with program teams to identify outcome metrics and translate findings into accessible, compelling narratives
Serve as a thought leader and internal champion for organizational equity — embedding equity considerations into all operational systems and data practices
Develop and implement an internal DEIB health assessment and present timely findings and recommendations
Steward an organizational learning culture by creating structures for after-action reviews, lessons-learned documentation, and cross-team knowledge sharing
Effectively communicate about DEIB progress and learning across the organization& externally as appropriate
Develop a survey calendar and feedback loop system that ensures insights are regularly shared, discussed, and acted upon by leadership
Additional job-related duties as assigned