Membership & Capacity Building

Title: Senior Director of Strategy

Status: Full-Time Exempt

Location: New York, NY – Hybrid

Reports to Co-Executive Directors

ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND

The Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF) is the nation’s only pan-Asian children’s advocacy organization uniting community organizations, youth, families, and allies to fight for equity for marginalized Asian American Pacific Islander New Yorkers. CACF aims to improve the health and well-being of Asian American and Pacific Islander children in New York.  Founded in 1986, CACF advocates for culturally competent, linguistically appropriate, and immigrant-accessible services for children and families of East Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian, West Asian, Central Asian, and Pacific Islander backgrounds.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Manages strategic pillars (policy advocacy, membership and coalition building, and leadership development programs) to ensure CACF achieves the ambitious goals of our 5-year strategic plan, and desired programmatic and community impact
• Works collaboratively with staff to design campaigns and programs that address root causes of disparity and inequity
• Supervise and oversee staff and their successful execution of work plans
• Provide strategic support to teams in developing goals and integrated work plans that result in measurable gains for AAPI communities. Regularly review these goals and plans with each team to adjust priorities and strategies.
• Drives cohesive strategy and cross team collaboration and establishes standards of performance across all campaigns and programs
• Ensure work is well coordinated and integrated across teams and with key stakeholders (our members, youth, caregivers, and allies) and that projects have clearly defined roles, goals, and systems for managing work
• Oversee the recruitment, hiring, and retention of talented staff, and work with direct reports to identify staffing and professional development needs of teams
• Inform, monitor, and manage various team operating plans and budget
• Actively engage in board relations and support CACF’s fundraising goals by participating in presentations to funders and other activities
• Member of CACF Executive Leadership Team to ensure leadership and staff hold to CACF’s mission, culture, and values

QUALIFICATIONS

• Has a passion for social justice, systems level change, and coalition-building, and enjoys leading high-performing teams in a fast-paced, impact-oriented, and dynamic environment and excels in these areas:
  -Policy advocacy orientation: An intuitive understanding of complex policy implications; how to achieve goals and priorities; and how to articulate them to various stakeholders across a diverse coalition.
  -Superb management skills: Demonstrated ability to lead teams to achieve ambitious results, ideally in areas of social justice. Sound judgment and willingness to make tough and strategic decisions when confronted with difficult choices.
  -Extraordinary interpersonal skills: Able to quickly build trust, credibility, and goodwill with a wide range of diverse audiences, including staff, partners, funders, elected officials, board members, and the media when needed.
• Preference for 10+ years of experience in areas related to: designing and evaluating programs, strategic advocacy and systems-level change, and coalition building.
• Demonstrated ability to translate findings into policy and/or programming is essential.
• Familiarity with NYC and NYS political landscape.
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills.
• Project management and budget management skills a plus.
• Experience working with AAPI community/ organizations and in coalition building a plus.
• Graduate degree in a relevant field preferred.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

Salary range is $110,000 to $120,000.

Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits. Four weeks vacation plus paid holidays. 403(b) plan pre-tax deduction for retirement and pre-tax commuter benefits plan available.

CACF is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, genetic information, age, veteran status, military status, mental or physical disability status, or citizenship status.

TO APPLY

Apply by September 15, 2024

If interested, please email your resume and cover letter to [email protected] with the subject line:  Senior Director of Strategy–Your name