Executive Director/Co-Director — Global LGBTQI Justice, Remote

Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice; New York (NY); Remote; USD 200,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) employer match

Generous PTO

Job summary

Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice in New York seeks an Executive Director or Co-Directors to lead a global, mission-driven organization advancing LGBTQI rights and feminist funding. You will partner with the Board and staff to sustain artistic, financial, and programmatic excellence while centering activist leadership and participatory grantmaking.

The role emphasizes strategic fundraising, financial stewardship of a $14 million budget, and building a diverse, inclusive workplace across

Qualifications

• Executive or senior leadership experience with a global or multinational organization, including experience managing remote teams.
• Prior executive or senior leadership experience in a grantmaking or philanthropic support organization.
• Proven success building strong and effective teams and creating cultures defined by transparency, accountability, trust and respect.
• Strategic fundraising experience that includes cultivating individual and institutional donor relationships, soliciting major gifts, and negotiating government contracts.
• Prior experience working with a nonprofit board and a demonstrable understanding of board development, governance and decision-making.
• Financial acumen to develop, track, and manage a $14 million budget that includes restricted government contracts, foreign funds, complex investments, and fiscal sponsorships.
• An understanding of the fiscal and donor reporting requirements associated with global grassroots grantmaking.
• Demonstrated experience leading the creation and implementation of strategic plans.
• Exceptional communications skills including the ability to effectively convey radical ideas and to engage individuals and large groups.
• Fluency in English and another language(s).
• Enthusiasm for significant domestic and international travel.
• Authorization to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Inspire, mentor and motivate an international team of experts connected by a deep passion for human rights and social justice.
• Model feminist leadership principles that support self-determination and advance equity and inclusion.
• Champion a culture grounded in transparency and accountability.
• Center healing justice practices and uphold the ongoing supportive work to nourish and strengthen staff.
• Leverage networks to develop a global board of directors.
• With staff, board, grantees, advisors, and peers, develop a strategic plan that defines Astraea’s role in the global ecosystem of feminist funds and movements.
• In collaboration with regional and feminist funds, enhance Astraea’s role in building LGBTQI movements and the philanthropic infrastructure.
• Center participatory grantmaking that shifts power to activists and refine funding models to be even more nimble, responsive, and flexible.

Skills

Executive leadership

Senior leadership experience

Fundraising experience

Strategic planning

Board governance experience

Financial acumen

Fluency in English and another/other语言

Travel readiness

Job description

Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice in New York seeks an Executive Director or Co-Directors to lead a global, mission-driven organization advancing LGBTQI rights and feminist funding. You will partner with the Board and staff to sustain artistic, financial, and programmatic excellence while centering activist leadership and participatory grantmaking.

The role emphasizes strategic fundraising, financial stewardship of a $14 million budget, and building a diverse, inclusive workplace across