Deputy Director

About the role

CADRE Community Asset Development Re-defining Education (CADRE) is an independent, community-based, parent membership organization in South Los Angeles founded in 2001. CADRE is led by African American and Latino parents and caregivers whose children attend local schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). We work for systemic change by supporting grassroots South LA parents as leaders in stopping the pushout crisis in schools serving low-income neighborhoods of color. Our mission is to solidify and advance parent leadership to ensure that all children are rightfully educated regardless of where they live. Through parent capacity building, political education, advocacy, and organizing, CADRE challenges schools’ beliefs and practices that criminalize children and parents and violate their human rights to a quality education, dignity, and participation in our public education system. We build power to win new policies and challenge existing ones as part of a movement toward educational and racial justice.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Executive Director in advancing CADRE’s mission, vision, and strategic plan
• Strengthen internal leadership, communication, and operational alignment across all teams
• Serve as a key link between field organizing, programs, operations, and executive leadership
• Support implementation of annual organizational and programmatic priorities
• Foster a healthy, trauma-informed, and sustainable organizational culture

Requirements

• 5+ years of nonprofit, organizing, or movement-based leadership and organizational management experience, specifically in program development, staff supervision, resource development, strategic planning, and evaluation
• Strong strategic thinking, facilitation, and people management skills
• Demonstrated experience supporting executive leadership and building organizational systems
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; ease with multi-lingual communication environments
• Ability to assess, synthesize, and re-organize information for people with different learning styles and in different settings
• Demonstrated ability to work in multi-racial, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, and multi-class settings
• Comfort working in community-based, grassroots environments with and for working-class communities
• Understanding of social, economic, and political factors surrounding public education and low-income neighborhoods
• Familiarity with community organizing strategies, tactics, and issue campaigns
• Commitment to racial, gender, and education justice
• Proficiency in Google Workspace, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook), and project management tools

Qualifications

• Bilingual English/Spanish written and oral fluency strongly preferred
• Familiarity with local education reform landscape, LAUSD policy arena, and South LA community
• Experience with trauma-informed organizational practices
• Experience with parent organizing or family engagement work

Skills

• Strategic thinking
• Facilitation
• People management
• Communication
• Organizational development
• Volunteer management
• Grant writing
• Community engagement

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Ten (10) paid holidays per year
• Paid time off (PTO) including vacation accrual and sick/personal leave
• Optional pre-tax flexible spending account (medical and dependent care)

Pay

$85,000–$100,000 annually, commensurate with experience

Schedule

Exempt, full-time position