Company Name
Hive Fund for Climate and Gender Justice
Company City
Durham
Company State
NC
Job Location
Remote, SE US Preferred
Company Information
Hive Fund raises funds and makes grants to groups working to accelerate the transition from dirty to clean energy in ways that center justice, redistribute power, and create healthier, safer, and more prosperous communities. We focus our grantmaking in the US South — a region whose high pollution levels, abundant opportunities for clean energy expansion, and legacy of environmental justice leadership make it critical for global climate progress.
In partnership with more than 30 donors, a broad array of advisors, and 11 full-time staff, Hive Fund provides multiyear, general support to more than 140 grantee partners, primarily in Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, and the Carolinas — states contributing nearly a quarter of the nation’s climate pollution. Nearly three quarters of this funding flows to organizations led by Black, Brown, Indigenous, and Asian American and Pacific Islander women and gender non-conforming people — impactful leaders that have historically been overlooked and undervalued by philanthropy. Our flexible and stable funding helps groups build people, economic, and cultural power to achieve and sustain wins and build momentum for increasingly ambitious and just climate action.
Job Description
The Program Director is a senior leadership role, reporting to the CEO of the Hive Fund for Climate and Gender Justice and serving as a core member of the Senior Leadership Team. This is a unique opportunity to help steer one of the country’s most trusted philanthropic intermediaries at the intersection of climate justice, gender justice, and power building.
The Program Director will lead and support a high-performing team of Program Officers, ensuring that strategy, execution, and learning are coherent across a growing portfolio. With an expansive, equity-centered view, the Program Director will hold responsibility for aligning grantmaking with organizational goals, cultivating strong relationships, and guiding the design and delivery of investments that build people power, phase out polluting energy and accelerate the transition to equitable clean energy in the US South.
In a region rich with movement history and facing the compounding effects of climate injustice, the Program Director will play a pivotal role in strengthening the Hive Fund’s impact, infrastructure, and voice.
Job Qualifications
- 7+ years of professional experience in philanthropy
- 5+ years of experience managing people and leading high-performing teams. Skilled at coaching, mentoring, and supporting team growth
- Demonstrated experience managing grant-making programs and strategic initiatives
- Experience managing programs that address environmental, climate justice, or adjacent issue areas. Knowledge of and familiarity with energy justice is strongly desired
- Knowledge of and/or connection to the U.S. South (with preference for Hive Fund’s priority states of Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas)
- Familiarity with social justice organizing and power building movements
- Prior experience working and leading within a multi-entity structure a plus
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to engage and influence a wide range of stakeholders and build long‐term relationships
- Commitment to building a programmatic portfolio that prioritizes participatory practices and supports just solutions
- Flexible, adaptable, and able to effectively toggle between strategy and execution
- Self-starter with the ability to work both independently without close oversight and as a team player
- Strong project management and time management skills with exceptional attention to detail
- Experience facilitating meetings towards successful objectives and outcomes
How to Apply
Apply through this link: https://www.goodcitizen.com/executive-search/hive-fund-program-director/