Executive Director at National Network of Abortion Funds

Riverwalkertalent•Beaverton, OR

38d•Remote

About The Position

The National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF) is seeking an Executive Director to lead the organization at a pivotal moment. NNAF invests in its member network of abortion funds to advance abortion access, strengthen the network through resourcing, amplify their work, and fortify their interconnectedness. The organization envisions a world where reproductive decisions are fully accessible and free from shame, coercion, political interference, and criminalization. The Executive Director will be responsible for stewarding organizational stability, strategic alignment, and movement leadership, reporting to the Board of Directors. This role requires a leader who can balance external presence with internal connection, understand complex power dynamics, and ensure financial sustainability and values-aligned fundraising. The ED will serve as the primary spokesperson and nurture an internal culture that supports a dynamic, geographically dispersed, and diverse staff and network.

Requirements

15+ years of leadership in mission-driven organizations, with a proven track record managing institutional growth and change and navigating complex stakeholder ecosystems.
Experience managing and developing a diverse staff; experience with remote management and with managing leaders across different organizational functions is highly desirable.
Strong financial acumen: budget development, financial forecasting, and the ability to communicate financial decisions in clear, values-aligned language.
Genuine curiosity about how organizations work and how to lead within complexity; willingness to understand context before imposing change.
Model organizational accountability by adhering to established policies, procedures, and staff-wide operational processes, including those stewarded by functional teams.
Visionary thinker with demonstrated experience setting and communicating progressive strategy grounded in movement principles and values.
Creative, proactive, and resourceful approach to planning and strategy formation, including strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Strong judgment, political sensitivity, and savvy.
Proven ability to identify, cultivate, and secure new institutional funders and individual donors, with experience closing six-figure gifts.
Experience personally managing a portfolio of major donors and institutional funders at the six-figure level and above, in close partnership with a Development team.
Experience sustaining relationships with funders and major donors through competing priorities, organizational transitions, and a shifting political and funding landscape, and building donor confidence along the way.
Experience building strategic fundraising plans in collaboration with Development teams.
Proactively champion abortion funds and their leadership, bringing both the appetite and ambition to identify opportunities for NNAF to elevate their voices, build their visibility, and strengthen their influence across the movement.
High level of comfort and skill as a public speaker and/or spokesperson with a track record of media engagement and clear communication.
Clear and direct communicator, with the ability to translate abstract political ideas into compelling stories and to adapt communication style for different audiences (media, funders, staff, movement partners).
Ability to build a compelling, values-driven case for support with existing and potential funders and donors.
Proven experience sustaining relationships through organizational transitions and building donor confidence.
Enthusiasm for sustaining strong relationships with existing and prospective board members, funders, individual donors, and others.
Demonstrated experience building and maintaining relationships across constituencies with different (sometimes competing) needs; ability to navigate power dynamics and make decisions that serve organizational mission even when not everyone agrees.
Experience navigating complex power dynamics and stakeholder relationships; ability to map and understand relationship ecosystems.
Reputation as a principled strategic collaborator with keen listening skills and the ability to bridge philosophies and perspectives.
Demonstrated experience building effective partnerships and coalitions among organizations and activists working at all levels, from the grassroots to national level.
Experience leading in a unionized workplace, or working knowledge of what it requires.
Able to maintain constructive labor-management relations, lead and make decisions with a clear understanding of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA), respect the rights of represented staff, and partner effectively with HR and management leadership.
Ability to hold boundaries while maintaining graciousness and openness to relationship; comfort with giving and receiving feedback, especially when power differentials exist.
A stance that balances flexibility and rigor, with the ability to thrive as part of a dynamic, generative, and fast-moving organizational culture.
Strong reading comprehension skills and willingness to absorb a considerable amount of reading materials.
Excellent computer skills; proficiency with Google Suite, Slack and Zoom.
Committed to abortion access and full reproductive health care for all, grounded in Reproductive Justice, racial justice and economic justice.
Committed to an intersectional framework that includes Reproductive Justice, access justice, disability justice, racial justice, economic justice, and gender justice.
Belief in bucking the trend through progressive policies to create a new vision for our future.
Shares NNAF's vision of a world where every reproductive decision, including abortion, is fully accessible and free from shame, coercion, and criminalization.
Committed to leading through NNAF's values of autonomy, compassion, interdependence, and trust, in service of a strong, connected network of autonomous abortion funds.
Grounded in humility and curiosity; committed to ongoing learning about how NNAF and the broader movement work.
Open to giving and receiving feedback and committed to practicing this regularly.
Ability to enjoy collaboration and be a part of a dynamic, highly productive and integrated team; maintain flexibility and effectively manage ambiguity in a responsive work environment.
Ability to navigate conflict with both firmness and grace; can hold boundaries about how you will be treated while keeping doors open for relationship and change.
Appreciation of working with diverse staff and board in an organization committed to racial justice.
Self-motivated, resourceful, creative, and able to work without significant day-to-day supervision.
Dependable and consistent; someone staff and funders can rely on during periods of uncertainty.
Demonstrates steadiness, sound judgment, and transparent communication during periods of uncertainty or pressure.
Must be able to participate in online virtual communications including email, video conferencing, and other online tools used to facilitate virtual office culture and work sharing.
Regular hours must include attendance during core business hours from 12:00pm – 5:00pm Eastern Time, Monday through Thursday.
Occasional work on evenings and weekends as needed.
Must be able to conduct business in English; however, fluency in languages other than English is a plus.
Must commit to upholding a smoke- and drug-free environment.
Some work at off-site locations may be required; NNAF aims for accessibility in any off-site location that we have control of, but some of them may not be fully accessible.
This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and scanners.
Employee is regularly required to communicate effectively via computer, via phone, and in person.
This role requires frequent sitting.

Nice To Haves

Experience fundraising for a network, coalition, or intermediary is a plus.
Fluency in languages other than English is a plus.

Responsibilities

Stewarding organizational stability, strategic alignment, and movement leadership.
Guiding strategic decision-making in alignment with NNAF's mission and the evolving needs of network members.
Serving as the primary external voice and movement leader while maintaining genuine presence and connection with internal teams.
Ensuring clear role delineation and coordinated strategy with the Managing Director.
Building on existing organizational momentum.
Ensuring financial sustainability and values-aligned fundraising.
Representing NNAF as a stable, visionary leader in the movement for abortion access and reproductive justice.
Serving as the primary spokesperson, representing NNAF publicly to media, donors, funders, and movement allies.
Nurturing an internal culture that supports a dynamic, geographically dispersed, and diverse staff and network.
Ensuring all internal operations and external initiatives consistently embody NNAF's foundational commitments to Reproductive Justice, racial justice, and access justice.
Integrating and prioritizing Reproductive Justice, racial justice, and access justice in departmental planning, team management practices, decision-making and program implementation.
Working closely with the Managing Director to maintain clear role delineation while intentionally building connections between external strategy, fundraising and communications, and member-facing and programmatic work.
Collaborating across these areas to strengthen the organization’s relationships, programs, and overall strategy.
Directly supervising Senior Leaders, including performance management, mentoring, professional development, performance evaluations and personnel actions.
Supporting effective delegation and trust in strong functional leaders; providing genuine supervision and mentoring while respecting the expertise and authority of specialized teams.
Creating clarity around decision rights, delegation, and organizational roles, balancing trust in teams’ judgment with strategic clarity about when to step in.
Upholding the collective bargaining agreement and modeling constructive labor-management relations in partnership with the Managing Director and Human Resources.
Leading with curiosity first, understanding how the organization currently works before making significant changes.
Steward a values-forward, leaderful organizational culture that balances autonomy with clear guardrails, and that supports generative engagement.
Responding with clarity and thoughtfulness to organizational conflicts, unexpected events, and/or crises (both internal to the organization and external).
Setting tone and strategy for how the organization manages these issues.
Understanding and navigating the complex ecosystem of NNAF: the relationships and power dynamics among staff, member funds, Board, funders, and movement partners.
Developing and applying strong relationship mapping and communication strategies.
Developing, advancing, and communicating goals and priorities to all levels, ensuring clarity in decision-making, and setting the stage for collaboration across all organizational axes.
Participating in the oversight and evaluation of the Strategic Plan, and implementing fiscal strategy, ensuring the organization is financially healthy, compliant, and positioned for sustainability.
Supporting the continuation and refinement of organizational strategy and structure that has already been established, informed by ongoing feedback from staff, member funds, and Board.
Serving as NNAF's "face for fundraising", boldly articulating NNAF/fund members' theory of change and resource organizing strategy.
Maintaining a personal portfolio of 8-10 major individual donors and 6-8 institutional funders at a six-figure giving level and above.
Sustaining and deepening relationships with major individual and institutional donors, ensuring continued confidence and financial support.
Creating a pipeline for cultivating additional sustainable sources of support for NNAF’s role as a funding intermediary for member funds.
Leading principal gift cultivation + stewardship strategy in close partnership with the Development Senior Director and Development team.
Ensuring organizational financial stability and building sustainable, values-aligned fundraising momentum.
Developing and communicating clear financial forecasting and multi-year funding strategies.
Ensuring budget decisions and financial communications are grounded in NNAF's values and the ability to clearly explain the "why" behind financial priorities and spending decisions to staff, Board and funders.
Ensuring ongoing grassroots fundraising efforts remain aligned with and reflective of NNAF's economic and racial justice commitments, prioritizing stability and continuity.
Participating in and leading movement-level strategy around abortion access that lifts up the voice, power, and impact of abortion funds, guided by NNAF's values of compassion, autonomy, interdependence, and trust.
Serving as a passionate and visible spokesperson for abortion access, and working with the Communications Senior Director to build a robust media presence.
Creating coordinated campaigns and long-range, responsive strategies to political attacks on reproductive freedom in collaboration with abortion funds, movement allies, coalition partners, and research partners.
Representing NNAF publicly, ensuring organizational visibility, credibility, and stability by engaging proactively in media interviews, public speaking opportunities, and external communications focused on abortion access and Reproductive justice.
Building and maintaining cross-movement relationships and partnerships with peer organization leadership.
Supporting Board governance capacity, decision-making, and strategic direction, prioritizing organizational stability, strategic vision, and effective movement leadership.
Supporting Board leadership with thoughtful recruitment support.
Advising toward retention efforts for stability aligned with NNAF's values and leadership priorities.
Providing timely, clear, and accurate financial and programmatic reports, maintaining transparent record-keeping practices.
Actively participating in required convenings, summits, retreats, and staff meetings, and participating in required virtual staff communications.
Updating professional knowledge by participating in educational opportunities approved by NNAF, maintaining networks, and participating in professional organizations as relevant to your role.
Performing duties required of all staff to support smooth internal operations such as submitting timesheets.
Meeting performance benchmarks set by the Board and undertaking responsibilities as assigned, supporting overall organizational health and movement leadership.
Strategically prioritizing travel engagements essential for sustaining organizational visibility, stability, fundraising, and effective movement-level strategy.
Coordinating with Board and Executive Team (ET) members to determine the most strategic representation for travel opportunities.

Benefits

18 vacation days (first 2 years)
15 paid holidays (may vary depending on if holiday falls on a work day)
3 additional floating holidays
3 personal days
20 health and wellness days
Health, dental, and vision insurance with employer contribution at 100% for employee and 50% for dependents with a high deductible health plan PPO
Includes HSA with employer contribution
Eligible to join retirement plan on day one of employment; NNAF matches up to 50% of employee contribution up to 5% of salary
$3,000 Professional Development Stipend
Additional stipends for Executive Director with approval from the Board based on individual need