Liberty Hill Foundation · 1 day ago
Senior Director, Grantmaking and Capacity Building
Los Angeles, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$142K/yr - $177K/yr
8+ years expLiberty Hill Foundation has been a leader in social change for 50 years, focusing on justice and equity in Los Angeles. The Senior Director, Grantmaking and Capacity Building is responsible for leading grantmaking and capacity-building strategies, supervising staff, and ensuring alignment with community needs and organizational priorities.
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Responsibilities
Serve as a senior leader providing clear leadership, supervision, and coaching to develop Program and grantmaking staff, and other staff, with direct responsibility for performance, alignment, and results across grantmaking and capacity building functions, including current programs such as Ready to Rise and Department of Youth Development Incubation Academy. Environmental Leadership Initiative (ELI) and EJ Ready
Supervise and provide clear leadership and decision-making for Program Directors overseeing Ready to Rise, Department of Youth Development, ELI, and EJ Ready, ensuring consistent, high-quality, and equitable practice while respecting program-level implementation ownership
Build leadership capacity and internal bench strength, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, learning, and continuous improvement
Partner with Advancement, Finance, Operations, and senior leadership to support board, donor, and funder engagement related to grantmaking and capacity building, and integrate insights from these portfolios into broader organizational strategy and learning
Lead the conception and evolution of Liberty Hill’s grantmaking strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities, movement needs, and the evolving philanthropic landscape
Steward core grantmaking programs, including LibertyVote!, participatory grantmaking programs such as the Community Funding Board, the Fund for Change, and Rapid Response funding
Ensure the same community-driven approach to making funding decisions across all our grantmaking, DAFs, and giving circles
Serve as Liberty Hill’s primary internal philanthropic advisor for DAFs and giving circles, providing strategic oversight of dockets and grantmaking recommendations in close partnership with the DAF team
Represent Liberty Hill in participatory grantmaking cycles and donor-facing grantmaking engagements as needed
Set and steward the governance, systems, and decision-making frameworks for the external grantmaking lifecycle, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities, institutional learning, and long-term sustainability
Set and steward Liberty Hill’s overarching capacity-building strategy in alignment with grantmaking priorities and movement needs
Directly supervise Program Directors responsible for capacity-building implementation across our programs
Coach and support Program Directors as senior leaders, ensuring quality, consistency, and equity across capacity-building efforts
Identify strategic gaps, opportunities, landscape issues, and resource needs to ensure high-quality, effective, innovative approaches to capacity building to support movements
Work closely with the communications team to enable impact reporting and storytelling
Partner with Advancement, Finance, Operations, and senior leadership to support board, donor, and funder engagement related to grantmaking and capacity building
Support fundraising from foundations and institutional funders for capacity-building and grantmaking work in collaboration with Advancement
Ensure insights from grantmaking and capacity building inform organizational strategy, learning, and continuous adaptation in alignment with the strategic plan
Qualification
Required
BA/BS or equivalent experience, with a preference for a combination of personal lived/professional experience
8+ years of experience supervising people and teams, with a demonstrated track record of effective coaching and people management to achieve meaningful impact
5+ years of experience supervising mid-career or senior-level program leads
Significant senior-level experience in social justice grantmaking, philanthropy, or related movement-facing work, with responsibility for complex, multi-program portfolios
Deep understanding of the Los Angeles County grantmaking and organizing ecosystem, including strong relationships with community partners and knowledge of movement needs, would be an asset
Demonstrated ability to conceive and advance strategy, influence organizational direction, and lead execution of high-impact initiatives
Experience with participatory grantmaking models strongly preferred; experience with donor-advised funds, giving circles
Knowledge of capacity building approaches in social justice organizations; technical training or curriculum design expertise
Fluency in grants administration systems, policies, and workflows
Some experience with government-funded contracts or publicly funded programs
Excellent strategic communication skills and the ability to translate complex ideas for executive leaders, board members, donors, and community partners
Demonstrated commitment to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion, and the ability to integrate these values into leadership and decision-making
Resilience, sound judgment, and comfort making high-stakes decisions that shape organizational impact
Preferred
Experience with participatory grantmaking models strongly preferred; experience with donor-advised funds, giving circles
Benefits
100% employer-paid healthcare
Generous paid time off (including a two-week Winter Break and one week Summer Break)
Wellness stipends
403(b) match
Remote work support
Company
Liberty Hill Foundation
Liberty Hill Foundation aims to facilitate change on issues of poverty, economic Justice, and the environment.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Shane Murphy Goldsmith
President and CEO
Almas Sayeed
Vice President, Public Partnerships
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