Deputy Director

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LISC is one of the country’s largest community development organizations, helping forge vibrant, resilient communities across America. LISC works with residents and partners to close gaps in health, wealth, and opportunity so that people and places can thrive. We do this by acting as a conduit for grants, loans and equity--and by providing technical assistance and capacity building--to locally rooted organizations that carry out the work in communities.

LISC VA seeks an individual with a passion for strengthening communities to join its staff as Deputy Director. The Deputy Director is responsible for working closely with the Executive Director and key staff to develop the strategic direction for LISC VA. This includes strategy development, support and oversight on program implementation, and resource development. The successful candidate will have excellent leadership, organizational, collaboration, communication and program management skills.

The position requires a strong commitment to racial equity and to the role of community‑based non‑profit organizations as agents of change as well an understanding of key public and private partners who can offer additional resources to the work of community development. With the Executive Director, the Deputy is responsible for the day‑to‑day management of all LISC VA’s programs.

• Collaborate with Executive Director on strategic planning and facilitate strategy development across housing and economic development, with a focus on organizational sustainability and value to growing the community development field in the Richmond Region.
• Identify, strategically cultivate and solicit a portfolio of existing and new funders, including philanthropy, financial institutions, corporations and government sources.
• Support the staff and the Executive Director in project‑specific tasks, including developing new programmatic initiatives and managing existing programmatic initiatives.
• Cultivate new and sustain current excellent relationships with foundations and other private and public funders around the region particularly through grant writing and reporting on LISC’s impact.
• Develop and spearhead annual fundraising efforts, achieving annual milestones and creating effective measurements and reports.
• Work with LISC Public Policy program for more strategic policy solutions tailored to the local market.

• Manage Program Officers to meet annual programmatic and performance goals and align work with implementation of strategic plan focused on housing affordability, economic opportunity, and place‑based investing.
• Build and support the team in building strong working relationships with external partners, including regional, county and city government, partner community development finance institutions, and other regional leaders (non‑profits, CBOs, etc.) to direct resources towards community‑based non‑profit organizations.
• In collaboration with Executive Director, guide the LISC VA Team on annual work plans that advance the implementation of the strategic plan, and provide support to staff on developing and achieving individual annual programmatic and performance goals and workplans.
• Provide oversight and staff support to LISC VA affordable housing programs. Oversee LISC VA’s strategy in affordable housing preservation, and other non‑tax credit housing models.

• With the Executive Director, oversee the maintenance of internal operating systems and financial management tools to support programmatic work.
• Assist Executive Director to prepare annual operating/program budgets and reports.
• Oversee financial management systems including expense and revenue booking and allocations funding transactions, disbursements invoices and expense reports.
• Support program staff to conduct annual financial due diligence review of grantees.
• Oversee office‑wide portfolio of grant recipients, program‑based consultants and borrowers.

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