Deputy Director of Programs

About Housing California Since 1988, Housing California has worked to create a California with homes, health, and wealth for all in thriving, sustainable communities. We bring together a diverse, cross-sector network to prevent and end homelessness, increase the supply of safe, stable, affordable homes, and reverse the legacy of racial and economic inequities by building power among the people most impacted by housing injustice, shaping the narrative, and advocating for the passage of transformative statewide policy solutions. Position SummaryThe Deputy Director - Programs is an organizational leader who brings strategic thinking, creativity, and values-alignment to Housing California. The Deputy Director - Programs reports directly to the ExecutiveDirector and serves as a critical strategic thought partner to her and our Deputy Director - Operations as we work closely together to strengthen internal capacity, shape organizational culture, and operationalize our strategic plan. This position is part of the Executive Leadership team. The Deputy Director - Programs manages the Directors of the Policy, Power Building, Strategic Initiatives, and Narrative and Strategic Communications teams, providing strategic guidance, thought partnership, and mentorship to the staff, modeling a collaborative working style that builds alignment and momentum across people, resources, and strategy to move our mission forward. Full details here: https://bit.ly/housingca_deputydirectorWhat You Will DoOrganizational LeadershipWork in collaboration with the Executive Leadership team and Director team to inform and shape the organization’s vision, values, and strategic plan, to support the organization’s growth,sustainability, and success.Model and nurture an organizational culture that aligns with Housing California values, advances racial equity, creates open communication, disrupts institutional racism, and fostersbelonging.Develop and implement practices to promote a culture of continuous organizational learning. Co-manage development and implementation of strategic and work plan implementation tracking and reporting mechanisms, monitor progress and suggest adjustments as needed,and support external evaluation efforts.Work with the Executive Director and Deputy Director - Operations to cultivate funder relationships, draft grant proposals and reports, and generally assist with fundraising to support Housing California’s full portfolio of work.Work with program teams to strengthen internal systems and structures to further integrate co-powering with individuals directly impacted by the affordable housing and homelessness crisis andalign with our equity-centered values.Cross-Sector LeadershipSupport the efforts of Housing California to serve as a “big tent” organization that works to build an impactful housing movement through collaboration and connection, by building, maintaining, and leveraging relationships with all parts of our cross-sector ecosystem and by working to overcome silos and support cross-programmatic work within the organization and beyond.Work in partnership with the Executive Director and Directors to ensure that Housing California has appropriate representation in key coalitions, and at times, taking the role as lead participanton behalf of the organization.Increase public awareness of Housing California, its staff, our work, and our role in the housing justice space by attending conferences, participating in presentations, and serving as a spokesperson forHousing California as needed.Team Management & DevelopmentManage a productive and collaborative team–providing direct supervision for key leaders in the organization: Strategic Initiatives Director, Policy Director, Power Building Director, Communications& Narrative Change Director, –which includes serving as a mentor and a coach to develop Directors asorganizational leaders and team managers, and connecting them with opportunities for growth andprofessional development.Support the Directors in their efforts to translate the strategic plan, annual goals, and deliverables into actionable work plans, project plans, and budgets for their teams.Work with Directors to proactively plan for future staffing needs and track overall workload formembers, making adjustments and augmenting staffing as needed.Deepen alignment between and among different programmatic teams. Help lead and enhance cross-teamcoordination with other Directors and team members, building a shared sense of goals and approaches to weaving our values and strategic priorities across all parts of the work.Who You AreYou have 15+ years of progressively responsible leadership experience in programmatic work, organizational development, strategic planning and implementation, and/or change management work, and 5+ years of managerial, supervisory, or other related experience, ideally in a nonprofit setting, some of which includes moving a progressive policy agenda.You have a demonstrated commitment to racial justice and to building power with communities of color.You have professional experience working on housing justice issues or in a field that intersects with housing justice work (e.g., community development, urban planning, health equity, criminal justice reform, education, disability justice, food insecurity, climate justice etc.).You have a solid understanding of non-profit budgeting in relationship to program management and have created, adapted, and managed budgets.You have familiarity with non-profit fundraising, including developing and maintaining relationships with funding partners, writing and/or contributing to grant proposals and reports, andparticipating in funder briefings.Additional experience that would be welcomed, but is not required:Lived experience with housing instability or homelessness.Bilingual Spanish/English.Developing and implementing narrative shift and strategic communications strategies.Experience with program evaluation.Position Location (Hybrid + Travel)Employees must live in California. There is a strong preference that the Deputy Director, - Programs is based in Sacramento or in the Bay Area. We may also consider candidates from the Los Angeles and San Diego region (within 30-45 minutes of major airport). Deputy Director - Programs is expected to participate in regular travel (mostly in California) of an estimated 25-35% in-person/travel time including the following engagements: ideally once a week in the Sacramento office, monthly all staff meeting in Sacramento; twice yearly in-person Board of Directors retreats; annual 2-3 day staff retreat; RUN Annual Summit, annual 3-day Housing California conference; Lobby Day in Sacramento and other policy-related activities that occur throughout the year; and various conferences orin-person partner meetings, based on need and interest.Our CultureHousing California is committed to creating a just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace that fosters aculture of belonging, ongoing learning and collaboration, and supports, stabilizes, and incentivizes people to join theHousing California team and stay for the long game.We value having staff who come from communities that are most impacted by the issues we address. Weespecially encourage Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and people of color; people from families that have immigrated to the U.S.; people who have been unhoused or experienced housing instability; women; LGBTQIA+ people; system-impacted people; and people with disabilities to apply for these positions.