• Job Description

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  About the National Network of Abortion Funds:

  The National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF) builds power with members to remove financial and logistical barriers to abortion access by centering people who have abortions and organizing at the intersections of racial, economic and reproductive justice. Together with our members, we advocate for cultural and political change to ensure access for people who face the greatest obstacles to abortion access: people with lower income, people of color, young people, and transgender and gender nonconforming people.

  This is an exciting time for NNAF as we grow, nurture new funds emerging in underserved areas, and deepen our support for funds working within the reproductive justice framework. We are working to make access to abortion a reality for everyone, no matter their resources. We are building a movement, mentoring young leaders, and working toward a world in which everyone can shape their own futures and families. We invite you to join us as the newest member of our dedicated and growing team at a time when we are explicitly focused on scaling our network and building the infrastructure of abortion funds to be fully staffed organizations with robust abortion funding budgets.

  NNAF is a multi-racial, multi-religious, gender expansive staff of about 70, located across the United States. We know how important it is to support our remote staff to maintain connection and cohesiveness as a team. To this end, we ensure weekly one-on-one supervision, face-to-face virtual staff meetings, quarterly in-person meetings, and more. Read more about us here .

  About the Opportunity:

  The Deputy Director of Development (DDD) will join the Executive team at NNAF as an important voice and contributor for the organization’s ongoing mission to best serve the funds in our network. The last several years have brought in a high volume of donations and grants to the organization, driven by the ongoing threat of dwindling access to abortion, and the DDD will be responsible for developing a strategy to engage, develop, and maintain those donors, sustaining NNAF in the long term.

  The Deputy Director of Development will inherit an engaged and motivated team, and will report directly to the Executive Director. Our ideal candidate will bring strong experience in fundraising, including the systems and processes required to maintain an active donor and funder base. This person will also bring a demonstrated alignment with NNAF’s mission and values , and develop a strategy to engage donors as active and critical members of our movement as well as think strategically about redistribution of funds in a partnered way. This role is an opportunity for a generalist, a leader who is well-versed in both institutional and individual fundraising streams and strategies.

  
  

  Areas of Leadership:

  Executive & Organizational Leadership: In partnership with the executive team and development staff, define development goals for the next iteration of NNAF’s evolution and growth in the areas of donor engagement, philanthropic engagement, and development operations, as well as overarching development strategy. Engage in long range planning, in partnership with finance and programs (including 3/5/10 year forecasting). Promote and advance strong communication within and among teams. Act as advisor, mentor, strategist, and thought partner to the network’s funds, providing technical expertise and support around fundraising.

  • Key Qualifications:
    • Significant experience serving as a senior leader in medium to large nonprofit organizations, ideally during times of evolution or rapid growth
    • Experience envisioning and implementing an overarching fundraising strategy at the organizational level, rooted in values alignment
    • Outstanding communicator, both internally and externally
    • Strong facilitative leadership skills
    • Track record of serving as a thought partner and strategic advisor to executive leaders, board members, and team members at all levels of an organization
    • Leadership practice that actively centers equity and inclusivity in management and decision-making
    • Deep belief in NNAF’s mission and approach

  Development as Movement Building: As a key member of the Executive team, make NNAF a political home to new and existing donors and funding partners. Ens ure strong stewardship of donations and grants, in partnership with finance and program. Design, define, and implement the strategy to distribute to funds, in balance with resourcing internally at NNAF. Assess and evaluate the current state of fundraising at NNAF, in order to inform goals for the future state. Position development as another strategy for organizing and movement building, both internally and externally. Evaluate systems and processes, including internal tracking and donor stewardship, to engage, develop, and retain donors.

  • Key Qualifications:
    • Experience leading fundraising at a parallel sized organization
    • Experience successfully raising six- and seven-figure gifts, as well as experience with plans around community based fundraising, peer to peer fundraising, and donor circles
    • Track record of celebrity and influencer cultivation, engagement, and stewardship
    • Ability to evaluate and build systems and processes for fundraising
    • Familiarity with grantmaking and the mechanics of a pass-through organization, and commitment to wealth redistribution as a fundraising philosophy
    • Understanding of development as movement building, and experience leveraging fundraising as an opportunity to engage diverse audiences in mission-based work
    • Experience with targeted outreach and donor cultivation that moves donor relationships from transactional to transformational
    • Experience politicizing and mobilizing a donor base with concrete calls to action
    • Demonstrable understanding of the nuance around funding abortion and building power for change

  
  

  Team Leadership: Build upon and develop the skills and capacity of the development team, including existing leadership, with an eye toward developing individual members of the team, the team as a whole, and system and process optimization. Assess and evaluate the current structure of the team, and adjust as necessary to ensure that development’s strategy maps directly onto overall organizational strategy.

  • Key Qualifications:
    • Experience inheriting and developing an existing team with high competence and knowledge
    • History of people-centered leadership, with an orientation toward mentorship, collaboration, and development of individuals and teams, that strengthens relationships and builds skill
    • Proven history of leading, inspiring, and developing cohesive and high functioning teams with diverse identities to effectively deliver outcomes while centering an organization’s mission
    • Proven ability to cultivate, grow, and manage positive, authentic, mutually beneficial relationships at all levels of an organization, across lines of difference

  Compensation:

  Salary & Benefits: $165,000 - $185,000. Best in Class benefits package currently including 100% employer paid health insurance plus 50% for dependents/families, a 5% employer retirement match, 32-hour work weeks, 3 weeks vacation, 13 holidays, generous sick time, and a commitment to professional development.

  How to Apply
  This search is being managed by Axis Talent Partners, a boutique search firm that partners with social impact organizations. Interested candidates should apply, including a resume detailing their qualifications for the position and their interest in NNAF’s mission HERE

  NNAF is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any individual based on any non-merit factor, and is committed to an equitable workplace where everyone is treated as a respected and valued member of the team. In fact, NNAF actively seeks to build and maintain a diverse staff with regard to race, culture, ethnicity, class, religion, physical ability, age, gender, and sexual orientation. As an organization working in solidarity with the reproductive justice movement, NNAF is committed to fostering the leadership and elevating the voices of women, young people, people of color, Native people, immigrant and refugees, low-income people, LGBQ+, and transgender, gender non-conforming, and non-binary people, people who have had abortions, people with disabilities, young parents, people who were formerly imprisoned, people who have received funding for abortions, and people living in the many intersections of these experiences. We encourage people from these communities to apply.

• About the company

  Axis Talent Partners is an executive search and talent strategy firm. We partner with social impact organizations to provide talent solutions that are grounded in relationship building and centered in equity and inclusivity.

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