Deputy Director

Lilith Fund is seeking a highly-skilled, senior-level leader to take on the role of Deputy Director in Austin, Houston, or San Antonio, Texas. The Deputy Director will help shape the next phase of Lilith Fund, whose programs continue to grow in complexity, scale, and reach. This position has two large focus areas:

1) overseeing and managing Lilith Fund’s programmatic work and supporting program staff so they can continue to iterate and thrive and so that programs can have the greatest impact in our communities; and 2) organizational and leadership development to further strengthen Lilith Fund.

About Lilith Fund

Lilith Fund provides financial assistance and emotional support while building community spaces for people in Texas who need abortions—unapologetically, with compassion and conviction. Through organizing and movement-building, we foster a positive culture around abortion, strengthen people power, and fight for reproductive justice in and with our communities. Lilith Fund operates a direct assistance hotline—providing funding for reproductive health care services in Texas and abortion care in states where abortion is legal. Lilith Fund offers a client engagement program, providing leadership development, emotional support, and resource connection to clients, as well as facilitating organizing and advocacy efforts around the state.

Primary Responsibilities 

Program Management and Oversight 

• Oversee strategy, planning, development, and evaluation of hotline, client engagement, advocacy, and organizing programs
• Provide direct coaching and supervision for program staff direct reports
• Ensure the timely execution of key organization-wide deliverables; cultivate a shared understanding of, and accountability to high organizational standards and fidelity to goals, policies, and protocols
• Develop and implement plans for evolving staffing needs, promote internal staff leadership by implementing program-wide performance management practices, including support and oversight of program staff on the annual performance evaluation process
• Support the alignment, development, and efficacy of individual staff, teams, and initiatives
• Monitor changes in legal landscape and new and ongoing litigation; assess and manage risk; ensure legal compliance of programmatic work in partnership with Executive Director; review contracts, agreements, and other legal documents
• Establish protocols and tools for organizational conflict transformation and implement relevant team healing practices, as necessary
• Maintain and deepen our culture of continuous learning; design retreats, training, and practices that facilitate alignment, learning, experimentation, and celebration of accomplishments across programs
• Establish mechanisms for utilizing data to inform program efficacy, benchmarks, and impact evaluation 

Organizational and Leadership Development 

• Serve as a strategic thought partner and advisor to the Executive Director, inform and advise on overall strategy, troubleshoot challenges, and step in as needed during major organizational transitions
• Serve as a thought partner to the Executive Director on big-picture programmatic, administrative, human resources, and budget decisions 
• Inspire, motivate, and build rapport to assist in cultivating a cohesive staff team, ensuring that there is strong internal communication, participation, coordination, and accountability
• Work with Executive Director to build practices that help us adapt to growth and enable us to evaluate program opportunities and requests against alignment with vision, values, and resources
• Work with Executive Director to hone human resource policies and protocols; oversee implementation of systems and protocols to facilitate optimal organizational, team, and staff development, performance, and sustainability
• Work closely with the Executive Director, key staff, and the board of directors to determine key program and operational budgets for the organization
• Assist in organizing and participate in organizational strategic planning activities with consultants, staff, Executive Director, and Board of Directors 
• Attend and present program reports for Board of Directors meetings and retreats; cultivate partnership with board members and offer key programmatic insight to inform board governance and big-picture decision making

Secondary Responsibilities 

• Participate in coalition activities and act as a representative of Lilith Fund within community partnerships and initiatives 
• Attend key meetings with allies and funders; attend conferences and convenings; and develop compelling materials, reports, and presentations about our program work and impact

Qualifications 

Lilith Fund is looking for a thoughtful leader who brings relevant life experience as well as deep demonstrable experience in organizational growth management; program planning, development, and evaluation; staff supervision, professional development, and team-building; training and facilitation; internal and external relationship building; and budget oversight.

Strongly preferred qualifications include: 

• Previous experience (minimum 3 or more years) in senior-level position(s) with direct experience in staff, non-profit, and program management
• Strong analysis of and demonstrated commitment to reproductive justice, intersectionality, and anti-racism 
• Strong strategic thinking and analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work under pressure and make critical decisions in a hostile political climate
• Demonstrated experience in organizational management and facilitative leadership, with the ability to manage staff, develop teams, and create and implement programmatic strategies
• Experience with and interest in alternative leadership models
• Strong training, facilitation, and curriculum development experience
• Experience leading organization and/or team transformation  
• Ability to address conflict head-on with compassion, empathy, and sensitivity 
• Ability to cultivate, analyze, and use metrics/data to develop critical initiatives or changes
• Commitment to creativity and trying new things; experience engaging others to think outside the box on leadership development and organization-wide innovation
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; a persuasive and passionate communicator with the ability to inspire and galvanize people to work collaboratively to achieve excellence
• Ability to judiciously navigate interpersonal relationships with well-developed verbal and non-verbal communication, listening skills, and emotional intelligence
• Grounded and resourceful, with strong self-awareness, cultural competence and humility; flexible with a high degree of integrity and transparency
• Experience working with our core constituencies: low-income, women, trans, and non-binary people of color; lived experience that reflects our communities is highly desirable
• Impeccable judgment and discretion in dealing with sensitive information
• Experience using/learning business technology (i.e. email, GoTo Meeting, Google Suite, Google Meet, Slack, Tresorit, etc.)
• Must be comfortable and effective at working remotely with an all-remote team that relies heavily on digital communication 

Values-Driven Hiring 

Lilith Fund is committed to investing in the leadership of people who have had abortions and/or have received funding from an abortion fund, people of color, low-income people, people with disabilities, immigrant people, Black and Indigenous communities, formerly incarcerated people, queer, trans, and gender nonconforming people, and parents. We do not discourage applications from or discriminate against people with a conviction history, and we do not conduct conviction history checks as a part of our hiring process. You will not be asked about your conviction history at any point in the hiring process.

Position Details

This full-time salaried position will be located in Austin, Houston, or San Antonio, Texas, with an anticipated start in August 2024.  Applicants must reside within Lilith Fund’s service area. The position is primarily work-from-home and includes a work-from-home stipend. Some travel within Lilith Fund supporter/donor bases (Austin, Houston, San Antonio) and outside of the state is required. 

The salary for this position is budgeted at $97,000 in line with Lilith Fund’s salary bands, and is not negotiable. Lilith Fund offers annual pay increases and comprehensive benefits, including an employer-sponsored health care package for employee and dependents, a 401(k) plan with up to 6% employer match, unlimited paid time off, monthly work-from-home and wellness stipends, health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts with employer match, and more. The Deputy Director reports directly to the Executive Director and is also accountable to the Board of Directors. 

How to Apply

Please use this form to submit your application no later than June 16, 2024. Early submissions are encouraged. 

Within your application, please provide a one-page cover letter, a video upload, or a PowerPoint/Google Slide presentation. Your submission should address the following topics:

• What is your approach to managing staff? 
• What experiences and qualities make you well-suited for the Deputy Director position?
• Why are you interested in working at Lilith Fund? 

Due to our limited staff capacity, only complete applications submitted using the application form will be reviewed. Candidates selected for interviews will be notified via email. 

Lilith Fund offers annual pay increases and comprehensive benefits, including an employer-sponsored health care package for employee and dependents, a 401(k) plan with up to 6% employer match, unlimited paid time off, monthly work-from-home and wellness stipends, health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts with employer match, and more.

Please use this form to submit your application no later than June 16, 2024. Early submissions are encouraged. 

Within your application, please provide a one-page cover letter, a video upload, or a PowerPoint/Google Slide presentation. Your submission should address the following topics:

• What is your approach to managing staff? 
• What experiences and qualities make you well-suited for the Deputy Director position?
• Why are you interested in working at Lilith Fund? 

Due to our limited staff capacity, only complete applications submitted using the application form will be reviewed. Candidates selected for interviews will be notified via email.