Fund Director, REBUILD.US

Assets Under Movement•Washington, DC

5d•$150,000 - $180,000•Remote

About The Position

REBUILD.US is advancing a new model for disaster response, channeling private donations during climate shocks to immediate relief and organizing for systems change. Launched in August 2025, it acts as a rapid fundraising and grantmaking platform, moving funds within 48 hours to local leaders. The organization aims to address the shortcomings of traditional disaster aid, which often provides temporary relief and fails to invest in local organizations or tackle systemic issues exacerbated by disasters. REBUILD.US's pilot moved $16 million across 21 disasters to 125 local organizations and aims to direct 10% of all private philanthropic dollars given during climate disasters. It is fiscally sponsored by Assets Under Movement (AUM+).

Requirements

Minimum of 10 years’ experience with at least five years in a senior leadership position in large-scale non-profit, philanthropy, and/or a political or policy campaign.
Demonstrated experience building, launching and scaling startups, organizations, or major new initiatives.
Experience in leading a remote, high-performing team that spans disciplines, and driving impact at scale across different locations while raising standards and performance outputs.
Experience successfully managing a multi-million-dollar budget.
Demonstrated relationships with a robust network of individuals and institutions across related fields necessary to achieve organizational goals.
Ability to joyfully and effectively operate at strategic and tactical levels, and moving fluidly between the two.
Proactive strategic thinker with a bias for action with the ability to move from ideation to implementation within constrained timelines.
Deep commitment to disaster-impacted communities and to a survivor-centered, justice-oriented approach to recovery; direct experience with climate disaster response, organizing, or survivor communities is a strong plus.
Exceptional relationship-building skills across a wide range of stakeholders: staff, media, funders, movement partners, and survivors.
Ability to execute at a high level both during rapid response and shock moments, and during blue sky periods.

Nice To Haves

grassroots fundraising
major donor organizing
digital communications
marketing and branding
direct experience with climate disaster response, organizing, or survivor communities

Responsibilities

Translate REBUILD.US’s North Star goal of contesting for 10% of private disaster philanthropy into a strategic and tactical plan with clear goals, benchmarks, priorities, and measures of success.
Translate long-term strategy into actionable plans and provide day-to-day leadership and accountability.
Maintain a clear view of how REBUILD.US’s fundraising, grantmaking, partnerships, communications and operational strategies are working together to advance REBUILD.US’s North Star goal.
Regularly assess the effectiveness of programs and make adjustments to program design, priorities and resource allocation to continue to make progress towards REBUILD.US’s North Star goal.
Build opportunities for testing and validated learning into program design and day-to-day operations to continually increase organizational effectiveness.
Introduce a lean-startup discipline to the organization by defining core value hypotheses, conducting quick and routine testing, and remaining nimble to adjust workflows.
Supervise and provide strategic direction for the REBUILD.US Team.
Establish clear goals, roles, expectations and accountability systems that support individual and team performance in close coordination with AUM+ People and Culture team.
Build structures, workflows, and management practices needed to support REBUILD.US as it transitions from start-up to scale.
Lead and coordinate staff, consultants, and vendors to ensure excellent performance to reach goals in each program area of REBUILD.US – major donor fundraising, grassroots and digital fundraising, digital communications, and local and national partnerships.
Foster a collaborative, high-performing team capable of operating effectively during both rapid-response and ‘blue-sky’ periods.
Lead the development and scaling of REBUILD.US’s fundraising strategy across all workstreams ie. major donors, institutional giving, grassroots, digital, and influencers.
Refine and enhance the existing fundraising program and grantmaking framework to meet the organization’s scale phase. For the grant program, this includes funding criteria, timelines, decision-making authority, and reporting, in coordination with support from our operations team.
Oversee REBUILD.US’s grantmaking framework including funding criteria, timelines, decision-making authority, and reporting.
Oversee operations staff to ensure grantmaking systems support rapid and effective movement of resources during climate disasters.
Keep fundraising and grantmaking strategies aligned with REBUILD.US’s broader theory of change.
Lead rapid-response activations during climate disasters, coordinating the REBUILD.US team, consultants, and vendors to collectively set and execute goals.
Ensure REBUILD.US continues to grow its utility as shared "movement infrastructure” so that an increased number of organizations across philanthropy, labor, and organizing adopt REBUILD.US as their “go-to” rapid response for disaster fundraising and grantmaking vehicles.
Build and strengthen relationships across philanthropy, labor, organizing, policy and other aligned sectors.
Represent REBUILD.US externally with donors, partners, movement leaders and other stakeholders.
Establish formal operational and financial systems, including elevating existing project management tools, CRM, and data sets.
Evaluate and improve existing project management tools, CRM systems, data sets, workflows, and reporting structures. Develop systems that create greater visibility into organizational priorities, progress, performance, and organizational decision-making.
Develop and manage the REBUILD.US budget and coordinate closely with the Organizing Resilience fundraising and operations team to ensure the core budget of REBUILD.US is raised, and the REBUILD.US program cash flow management is properly managed.
Partner with the Organizing Resilience team to ensure REBUILD.US's core operating budget is raised.
Oversee program cash-flow planning and ensure financial resources are effectively managed during both rapid-response activations and ongoing operations.
Align financial decisions and resource allocation with REBUILD.US’s strategic goals.
Oversee and communicate the overall vision for REBUILD.US. Align the team’s programmatic work with REBUILD.US’s values, strategy, and long-term goals.
Work in close partnership with leaders of Organizing Resilience to strengthen cross-functional alignment and maximize collective impact.
Support effective organizational decision-making and help build leadership systems and practices needed for REBUILD.US’s continued growth.