The Black Organizing Project is reviving the spirit of Oakland’s Black community through relationship building, leadership development, political education, and policy-change.
Deputy Director Job Description
About the Black Organizing Project
The Black Organizing Project (BOP) is a Black member-led community organization working for racial, social, and economic justice through grassroots organizing and community-building in Oakland, California and across the Bay Area. In addition to caring for our community, BOP has adopted a more sustainable philosophy for our staff. BOP takes pride in caring for its staff by providing competitive salaries, 4-day work weeks, three paid company-wide seasonal rest periods each year, as well as other perks that promote a healthy work-life balance. While BOP currently observes a hybrid work model, we require all program staff to live within a one-hour driving distance from Oakland, CA.
Our vision is to build a strong bottom-up organization of Black people that will:
Organizational Culture
BOP is building toward a free and just world for Black people. Some of the expectations for staff conduct include active participation in building and sustaining a culture of radical care, equity for all members of the BOP team, joyful connection to Black Liberation, and thoughtful understanding of our political and historical experiences.
In service of this goal, staff are expected to:
About Our Ideal Candidate
Our ideal candidate is a mission- and values-aligned leader who brings deep expertise in organizing in Black communities, resource development, and providing effective organizational leadership. They are a creative, accountable, and relationship-oriented leader who can hold a sharp view of BOP’s priorities and progress. They possess the critical ability to identify strategic opportunities, craft elegant solutions, and motivate and support individual staff and teams to execute with joy, a learning-orientation, and rigor. Additionally, our ideal candidate needs to be able to passionately and persuasively communicate the vision and rally diverse internal and external stakeholders around the urgency of the work including staff, members, community partners, and funders.
Position Description and Functions
The Deputy Director is responsible for overseeing day-to-day internal operations, including: coordinating the activities of the Executive Leadership Team, ensuring strong alignment, communication, and cohesion across the organization towards effective and timely implementation of BOP’s goals. The Deputy Director will be part advisor, part gatekeeper, part problem solver, and part all-round strategic partner to develop strategy to meet organization goals and advance our mission. The role will have both internal and external facing responsibilities. The Deputy Director handles complex situations and multiple responsibilities simultaneously, while ensuring the completion of long-term projects. Deputy Director will be responsible for designing and implementing a range of organizational strategies to ensure that BOP is working to fulfill its mission. This is a leadership position in the organization that serves on the Executive Leadership Team and reports directly to the Executive Director.
Management & Operations
Organizational Culture, Learning, & Talent Management
Special Projects
Preferred Skills and Qualifications
The Black Organizing Project is reviving the spirit of Oakland’s Black community through relationship building, leadership development, political education, and policy-change.
Deputy Director Job Description
About the Black Organizing Project
The Black Organizing Project (BOP) is a Black member-led community organization working for racial, social, and economic justice through grassroots organizing and community-building in Oakland, California and across the Bay Area. In addition to caring for our community, BOP has adopted a more sustainable philosophy for our staff. BOP takes pride in caring for its staff by providing competitive salaries, 4-day work weeks, three paid company-wide seasonal rest periods each year, as well as other perks that promote a healthy work-life balance. While BOP currently observes a hybrid work model, we require all program staff to live within a one-hour driving distance from Oakland, CA.
Our vision is to build a…
Conditions and Compensation
This is a full-time, exempt, at-will position with a 90-day probationary period. Background check is required for all positions at BOP. For positions working directly with children fingerprinting will be required as well upon job offer.
Salary: $132,000-$152,000 (depending on experience), plus a 32 hour FTE work week, incredible co-workers, inspiring work and more.
BOP offers a generous benefits package to all regular full-time employees that includes:
Conditions and Compensation
This is a full-time, exempt, at-will position with a 90-day probationary period. Background check is required for all positions at BOP. For positions working directly with children fingerprinting will be required as well upon job offer.
Salary: $132,000-$152,000 (depending on experience), plus a 32 hour FTE work week, incredible co-workers, inspiring work and more.
BOP offers a generous benefits package to all regular full-time employees that includes: