Executive Director, Social Justice Fund

This is a Full Time Job

Job Title: Executive Director, Social Justice Fund

A little bit about our team:

The Warner Music Group / Blavatnik Family Foundation Social Justice Fund (WMG/BFF SJF) seeks a highly experienced leader in philanthropy and/or social investment with a demonstrated commitment and passion for social and racial justice and equity. Our ideal candidate is an open-minded, agile, curious, strategic thinker with a demonstrated commitment to systems change, movement and power building, and ameliorating the impact of racism on marginalized communities. This role requires significant experience in managing a significant spend-down non-profit fund with high internal and external visibility. We want a proven leader eager to help grow the Fund's impact and presence by leading the Fund with confidence, energy and a bold vision.

The WMG/BFF SJF invests in organizations around the globe that build more just and equitable communities and create real change in the lives of historically underserved and marginalized populations. We focus our investments on organizations that are led by and work to benefit affected populations, principally Black populations, in their intersectional dimensions, with a belief that work in these areas will aid in dismantling structural racism and advance equity and justice for all people. The Fund is time-limited (initially 10 years) and will make investments in both the US and abroad, focused on three key strategic pillars: education, arts and culture, and criminal justice reform.

Your role:

As Executive Director, you will work closely with the Fund's Advisory Board and should be comfortable interacting with senior executives regarding strategy development and program execution. The preferred location for this role is New York.

Here you'll get to:

Project Development and Oversight
• Oversee the Fund's long-range organizational planning, program development, monitoring, evaluationand impact, and stay abreast of the evolving global landscape around racial equity and justice
• Ensure compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulation necessary to maintain the Project's

good standing
• Cultivate a professional environment that upholds equity, dignity, respect, and diversity; emphasize

shared leadership and decision-making and embed collaborative and inclusive practices across the

Project and operations

Grants Management
• Produce at least two grant dockets annually of the Core Gra