Resist supports frontline grassroots organizations at the forefront of the movement for social justice. We seek a passionate and creative visionary who, as Co-Director of Grants, will join our staff collective in our mission to support radical grassroots groups.

About the Co-Director of Grants

Resist has two Co-Directors of Grants who oversee Resist’s grantmaking activities. The position for which we are currently hiring includes working with all applicants from the western region of the United States, processing and screening their applications and helping guide the grant evaluation process, which occurs six times a year. This Co-Director collaborates with the other Co-Director of Grants in charge of the eastern part of the United States, helping revise grants programs as needed, developing new projects as Resist evolves, and conducting outreach to potential applicants.

Resist strives to be a non-hierarchical organization and operates as a collective. All staff members sit on the Board of Directors (along with a majority of non-staff members), jointly work on various projects, and share office tasks.

About Resist

Founded in support of military draft resistance in 1967, Resist has always tried to be a different type of foundation. For nearly five decades it has provided financial support to grassroots groups at the forefront of social justice movements. Today we continue to support scores of the most exciting frontline-led grassroots groups across the United States that mobilize, utilize direct actiion, and work on a variety of issues and the intersections that link them. Issues include climate justice, economic justice, racial justice, reproductive justice, immigrant justice, LGBTQI justice, housing rights, police accountability, prisoners’ rights/prison abolition, and peace.

(You can read more about our history and some of the groups that we have funded in the past here and learn about our current grantees here.)

About the Position

1. Grants Program Work

• Manage grant application process, engage in a reference process for applicants, award grants based on Board decisions, and operate grants program within Resist’s annual budget
• Determine grants program priorities and evaluate grant-making systems and process
• Stay current on movements and struggles in the US as well as strategies within social justice philanthropy
• Perform outreach to communities, regions, and movements, including traveling to places where applicants convene
• Provide assistance and be a resource to applicants and grantees, including information or advice about resource development, program development, and/or navigating philanthropy.
• Develop grantmaking skills by seeking out and participating in skill-building opportunities and representing Resist.

2. Alliance Building and External Communications

• Articulate the aims and objectives of Resist’s grantmaking program, including priorities, guidelines and proposal review process in collaboration with the Communications Director
• Participate in collaborative efforts involving allied funders and community groups
• Represent Resist at relevant activist gatherings, conferences, and fundraising events as well as attend and speak at events/fundraisers organized by Resist

3. Staff Collective Work

• Serve on the Board, attend Board meetings (which currently happen on six Sundays of the year), and carry out Board decisions
• Work with the staff and Board to prepare and adopt an annual budget
• Engage in anti-oppression and transformative justice work and trainings
• Work with the communications and fundraising staff to develop strategies and to highlight the work of grantees
• Engage incollaborative work within the staff collective, such as helping with mailings, event planning, and audit preparation.
• Participate in peer support and mutual accountability processes
• Work collectively to move Resist forward politically and ensure that the organization is living its values

Qualifications

Resist is committed to finding someone with the right mix of political commitment, experience (both traditional and nontraditional), and potential to grow with us. We strongly encourage people from communities most impacted by structural oppression and from the communities we work with to apply, particularly people of color; people with disabilities; lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, and Two-Spirit people; immigrants; women and feminine-identified people; and genderqueer, trans, and gender non-conforming people.

In addition, we seek a person who has:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to think strategically and creatively
• Ability and interest in working collaboratively as part of a non-hierarchical collective
• Project management experience
• Experience working under deadlines
• Experience working with different constituents with varied backgrounds
• Strong commitment to and participation in social movements for justice
• Good people skills on the phone, in person, and in writing
• Ability to learn database software

Send a resume and a thoughtful one-page cover letter indicating why you are a good match for Resist by e-mail to jobs@resist.org or by mail to: Hiring Committee, Resist, 259 Elm Street, #201, Somerville, MA 02144

This is a full-time position with a salary of $65,000 with excellent benefits including health and dental insurance. Applications will be accepted until July 31, 2015. Interviews will begin in July and be conducted on a rolling basis. Email questions to jobs@resist.org.