Senior Director, State Organizational Development

Title: Senior Director, State Organizational Development

Department: State Capacity Building

Status: Exempt

Reports To: Senior Vice President, State Capacity Building

Positions Reporting To This Position: State Partnerships Director

Location: United States

Remote Work Eligibility: Yes; Regular Remote Work

Travel Requirements: Up to 20%

Union Position: No

Job Classification Level: M-III

Salary Range (depending on qualified experience): $117,000 – $162,000

General Description:

The League of Conservation Voters, Inc. (“LCV”), a non-profit organization, builds political power to protect people and the planet. We envision a world in which tackling the climate crisis, confronting environmental injustice, and strengthening our democracy lead to cleaner and healthier communities, good, well-paying jobs, and a more just, equitable, and sustainable planet for all.

For more than 50 years, LCV has fought for solutions to the interconnected threats our environment and democracy face. We do so by working with and holding elected officials accountable, mobilizing, organizing, and building grassroots power in communities, electing candidates who share our values, and partnering with and supporting our 30+ state affiliates across the country. LCV and our state affiliates, collectively called the Conservation Voters Movement (“CVM”), have committed to building an anti-racist national network by advancing racial justice and equity in everything we do.

LCV is hiring a Senior Director, State Organizational Development who will provide strategic organizational development consulting and coaching for senior leaders across the CVM with the goals of developing and strengthening competencies, skills and practices that increase their organizations’ operational, programmatic, and financial maturity, and developing and implementing structures that promote anti-racism, so they may more effectively and efficiently advance their missions into the future.

The Senior Director will also work as part of the State Capacity Building team to deepen our anti-racist approach to aligning the network’s strategies to our shared vision, and facilitate cross-network collaboration and learning so that state affiliates have the tools, skills, and capacity to work effectively across differences in class, race, and geography. The ideal candidate is an experienced and effective leader, grounded in principles of racial equity and social justice; committed to environmental progress and democracy; a proven organizational development professional; a creative thinker; and an effective collaborator and coach.

This position is classified as “Regular Remote Work”, which means the position is not assigned to an office and can work remotely full-time.

This job operates in a professional office or home office environment, and routinely uses standard office equipment including, but not limited to, computers, phones, photocopiers, and audiovisual systems. This position is largely sedentary, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods. The person in this position frequently communicates with internal and external stakeholders using electronic platforms

Applicants must be located in and legally authorized to work in the United States.

Responsibilities:

• Work with the Senior Vice President, State Capacity Building and as a senior member of the State Capacity Building team to lead the development of state-focused programs and network-wide services to further an anti-racist, equitable, and impactful CVM.
• Manage consultants and partner with senior State Capacity Building team members to provide state affiliates with a comprehensive array of organizational development services and resources, including consulting, coaching, training, tools, and templates.
• Provide a portfolio of 5-8 state affiliates with tailored support on organizational change, growth, strategy, operations, and anti-racist practices.
• Create and manage plans that clarify multi-year and annual priorities, goals, strategies and success measures for our state racial justice and equity work in consultation with the Chief Officer for Racial Justice and Equity.
• Collaborate with state affiliate partners to develop, track, and share success measures and lessons learned related to integrating racial justice and equity into internal operations (policies, practices, culture) and external programs (legislative advocacy, electoral campaigns, mobilizing, community organizing).
• Support the development and implementation of tools and systems to assess needs to advance collaboration and racial justice and equity across the CVM, and evaluate efforts to meet those needs.
• Support cohort and learning communities to convene, develop strategy, engage in peer-to-peer learning, build skills, share resources, and identify needs to strengthen CVM state affiliate organizational development.
• Supervise, lead, and develop the State Partnerships Director who implements strategies to expand and deepen authentic, long-term partnerships between the CVM and communities of color, low-income communities, working families, and other communities most impacted by climate change, environmental harm, and threats to democracy.
• Support the Senior Vice President, State Capacity Building in developing a shared CVM vision and designing and facilitating executive cohort meetings and other tools to advance the movement.
• Support organizational and network-wide fundraising as needed.
• Travel up to 20% of the time for state affiliate training, staff retreats, meetings, conferences and professional development opportunities, as needed.

Qualifications:

• Work Experience:
  • Required – At least 8 years of experience as a senior leader, or advising and coaching senior leaders in organizational development and change management, including:
    • Analyzing organizational systems, programs, policies, and practices with ongoing collaboration, planning, consulting, and coaching of organizational leaders;
    • Translating racial justice and equity values into practice and measuring progress toward organizational goals;
    • Developing organizational strategy, systems, and culture;
    • Supporting the design and implementation of organizational change processes;
    • Growing an organization in revenue and staff;
    • Designing and facilitating education and learning – including multi-day training initiatives, in-person, and online workshops.
  • Must have demonstrated supervisory experience successfully managing high-performing teams that are diverse by race, gender, and age.
  • Preferred – Experience working with state-based organizations with affiliated 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) entities. Experience working in partnerships and coalitions that have centered communities of color, low-income communities, working families, or other impacted communities. Experience working with environmental justice or local/state environmental organizations working in low-income communities or communities of color.
• Skills: Proven ability to recognize, analyze, and address the implications of structural and institutional inequity, and interpersonal power dynamics in organizations. Excellent written and verbal communication, facilitation, and public speaking skills. Exceptional supervision and coaching skills, including managing staff. Outstanding administrative skills, including the ability to produce, track, and manage multiple deliverables with overlapping deadlines in a high-performing environment. Emotional intelligence, strong interpersonal skills, humor, humility, and compassion. Demonstrated ability to develop collaborative, productive, and respectful relationships with leaders of state-based organizations and grassroots, community-based organizations.
• Racial Justice and Equity Competencies: Demonstrated awareness of how one’s life experiences influence one’s personal attitudes, biases, and assumptions. Demonstrated commitment to continual learning and ability to successfully deliver culturally responsive services. Commitment to equity and inclusion as organizational practice and culture. Understands how environmental issues intersect with racism, economic and social inequality in the U.S. and has a passion for working to dismantle these systems. Familiarity with the complexity of issues and obstacles facing communities’ of color engagement in the environmental movement. Commitment to social change.

LCV offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that includes vacation, sick and parental leave, personal days, paid holidays, health insurance (two plan options for staff to choose from), dental and vision insurance, life and disability insurance (short- and long-term), Flexible Spending Account, 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contribution, commuter benefits program, sabbatical, and student loan assistance.

To Apply: Send cover letter and resume to hr@lcv.org with “Senior Director, State Organizational Development” in the subject line by March 21, 2025. No phone calls please.

All employment is contingent upon the completion of a background check, employment and reference verifications.

LCV is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a racially just, equitable and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information, or any other protected status. LCV is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please contact hr@lcv.org.