Deputy Director

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Translate the organization's strategy into actionable priorities, plans, and measurable outcomes.

• Guide principals towards achieving organizational and departmental objectives while holding senior leadership accountable.

• Lead significant cross-entity projects from the planning stage through to implementation.

• Identify obstacles, facilitate decision-making, and ensure that commitments are translated into actions.

• Enhance coordination among teams and improve the effectiveness of organizational systems and processes.

• Assist the EpicWorks Advisory Board and Executive Director in planning and facilitating quarterly meetings.

• Oversee the organization's risk mitigation strategy and crisis response protocols.

• Monitor risks and lead efforts in process documentation and document retention.

• Collaborate with the CFO, Executive Director, and Controller to support business continuity planning.

• Align financial strategies with organizational priorities to promote sustainable growth.

• Work in partnership with the Executive Director and department heads as a member of the Senior Leadership Team.

• Manage and develop staff through clear expectations, coaching, feedback, professional growth, and accountability.

• Support performance management, goal-setting, and organizational planning efforts.

• Lead internal staff learning and communication initiatives.

• Develop and oversee the onboarding process for new staff.

• Supervise labor and management relations.

• Counsel executives of participating organizations on labor relations, collective bargaining, organizational changes, workforce impacts, partnerships, and conflict resolution.

• Create training, coaching, tools, and shared resources for management and labor relations.

• Advise leaders on challenges, trends, risks, and opportunities related to management and labor relations.

• Foster shared learning opportunities and disseminate effective management practices.

• Coordinate with Finance, People & Culture, Legal, Technology, Operations, and contacts from participating organizations.

• Sponsor organization-wide, cross-functional initiatives.

• Provide strategic oversight for assigned programs and initiatives.

• Establish measures for program effectiveness and report progress against set goals.

• Monitor budgets, performance, and sustainability in collaboration with Finance and program staff.

• Build relationships with participating organizations and partners, utilizing feedback to identify areas for improvement.

• Represent EpicWorks with participating organizations, unions, partners, funders, and stakeholders.

⛳️ Requirements

• Applicants must currently be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.

• Unable to sponsor or assume sponsorship of employment visas.

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in nonprofit management, political campaigns, or organizational operations with increasing responsibilities.

• At least 5 years of experience in a senior leadership position, preferably overseeing multi-functional teams and projects.

• Proven experience in enhancing organizational project management capacity, including the introduction of tools and practices, coaching staff, and developing complex project skills.

• Strong people management experience, including coaching and developing staff, managing managers, setting expectations, and supporting accountability and performance.

• Excellent judgment and problem-solving abilities.

• Capacity to navigate ambiguity, competing priorities, and sensitive organizational matters.

• Data analysis skills adequate for identifying trends and making data-informed decisions.

• Ability to cultivate strong, trusting relationships across teams and with organizational leaders, partners, and stakeholders.

• Experience in a collective bargaining environment and partnering with union leadership.

• Familiarity with complex, multi-entity nonprofit structures, such as 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), and PAC entities.

• Demonstrated commitment to racial, economic, and gender justice and the development of equitable, values-aligned organizations.

🏝️ Benefits

• Paid time off.

• Health insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Life insurance.

• Flexible spending accounts.

• Retirement plan options.

• Professional development funding.

• Remote work support.

• Fully remote work arrangement.