Liberation Ventures Overview

Liberation Ventures (LV) is building the power to win federal, comprehensive reparations for Black Americans. LV is a field catalyst and intermediary, and exists to support the incredible field of people and organizations across the country building momentum toward that North Star. LV is guided by five organizational beliefs.

LV’s three pillars of work include:

• Mobilizing abundant resources by investing in organizations that accelerate the reparations movement & co-creating grantmaking strategies with practitioners in the field. 
• Spreading irresistible narratives by building narrative power, amplifying the stories of our movement, and framing reparations as the issue of our time
• Strengthening movement capacity through relationship and connective tissue building, research, and tailored organizational development support.

Liberation Ventures is laying the groundwork to secure racial repair, at scale, in our lifetime. LV is building a multiracial democracy that works for all of us – and realizing a dream in our name, where reparations for Black people unlock true belonging for us all. To find out more about LV’s work, visit Liberation Ventures’ website.

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Position Summary

This position is an exciting opportunity to join the team at Liberation Ventures and drive LV’s work to gather, analyze, and incorporate data and insights to inform LV’s strategy and exponentially increase our impact over the next decade. This person will work closely with LV team members across the organization, and especially the VP of Narrative Change, Director of State and Local Initiatives, and the CEO.

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Core Responsibilities

Grantmaking Strategy & Impact Analysis (25%): In 2024, Liberation Ventures published a co-created, 10-year Reparations Grantmaking Blueprint which outlines the strategy for our grantmaking over the next decade. This person will track impact against the nine KPIs outlined in the Blueprint (working in partnership with the Director of State and Local Initiatives and the Narrative Change team), advise annual grantmaking to ensure adherence to the Blueprint, and work with the CEO to understand and communicate grantmaking impact on a regular basis. Key responsibilities include:

• Working cross functionally across the organization to ensure LV is tracking impact across all KPIs; in some cases, design and implement survey or other data collection methods to gather information.
• Updating the models, assumptions, and example organizations in the Blueprint ahead of grantmaking processes that will leverage the Blueprint
• Supporting the rollout of each new iteration of the Blueprint, including presenting at conferences and working with the VP of Narrative Change on comms strategy
• Developing criteria and processes to align grantmaking decisions to the Blueprint
• Working with the CEO to identify opportunities to sharpen the language and format of the Blueprint for use with funders

Polling & Research (25%): This person will manage LV’s research infrastructure, including conducting a public opinion poll in house, managing the Reparations Research Consortium, and maintaining tools and resources that enable collaboration on research between academics, scholars, and practitioners. Key responsibilities include:

• Revising, implementing, analyzing, and communicating LV’s (bi)annual nationally-representative reparations poll
• Partnering with local and state advocacy organizations to create, launch, and analyze localized reparations polling data
• Managing LV’s Reparations Research Consortium, including:
  
  • Organizing quarterly meetings in partnership with Urban Institute and Brookings Institution
  • Maintaining and creating infrastructure (e.g., research database, etc.) to support collaboration between and across researchers and movement organizations
  • Building relationships with researchers, pollsters, and movement partners with an interest in research 
  • Tracking critical movement-wide research questions and (if appropriate) establishing partnerships to investigate them
  • Supporting Research Consortium members to execute research projects

Audience Research Analysis (25%): This person will partner with the Narrative team to conduct audience research that supports effective movement communications. Key responsibilities include:

• Conducting qualitative and/or quantitative audience research
• Evaluating social media/communications analytics
• Developing training decks and activities

Special Projects Across the Organization (25%): This person will support other data and/or impact projects across the organization when needs arise. Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting the CEO to communicate the impact of LV’s work through written materials (e.g., powerpoint decks, speechwriting, grant reports)
• Supporting the operations team to conduct necessary data gathering and analysis
• Building and reviewing surveys for other LV functions
• Supporting other capacity-building projects

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Key Qualifications

• Mission and Values Alignment: cares deeply about LV’s mission, and can speak passionately, clearly, and personally about the imperative of our work.
  
  • Deep belief in Liberation Ventures’ mission
  • Demonstrated commitment to LV’s beliefs in practice. 
  • Strong understanding of LV’s field of work — racial, economic, and gender justice and their intersections, and the systems and structures that cause ongoing harm in these areas.

• Strong quantitative analyst: experience collecting, analyzing, and visualizing data, and communicating insights from data
  
  • Experience analyzing and visualizing data, ideally in R
  • Experience using Github to store, share, and collaborate on code
  • Experience designing and deploying surveys or other forms of quantitative impact evaluation, ideally in Qualtrics
  • Comfort in ambiguous data environments; willing to hustle, and able to find and analyze qualitative and quantitative data in uncommon places and through creative means
  • Comfort performing complex quantitative analysis with large amounts of data: 3+ years of experience in roles requiring this type of work

• Clear and structured thinker and communicator: comfort synthesizing data into clear insights to communicate internally and externally
  
  • Exceptional analytical, written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Extremely low-ego; no task is too small

• Exceptional relationship builder: can build trust quickly with all different types of people, across lines of difference, especially race
  
  • Able to see, name, and navigate power and privilege dynamics in a group and contribute to a working environment where all people are equally valued, feel cared for, and are accountable to each other.
  • Track record of building strong partnerships with team members at all levels of an organization; relational, collaborative approach to management and leadership.

• Exceptional project management skills: strong attention to detail and can effectively manage equitable, streamlined processes with multiple stakeholders
  
  • Highly organized and able to manage multiple streams of work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
  • Attentive to detail and accountable to others; can operate at a quick pace with minimal oversight

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Compensation and Benefits

The starting salary range for the position is $95,000 - $125,000, dependent on experience. Liberation Ventures provides a comprehensive benefits package that includes unlimited paid time off, employer-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums, employer contributions to a 401(k) plan, and access to health and flexible spending accounts.

For this position, Liberation Ventures also provides a professional development stipend and annual healing bonus.

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Work Environment

This position is open to candidates in any location in the US. Liberation Ventures has a flexible, remote working environment. The Liberation Ventures team has quarterly in-person retreats, usually in New York City. 

This position requires some travel; approximately 1-2 trips per quarter, including team retreats if this person is not based in NYC.

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How to Apply 

We only accept online applications.

Please note: No phone calls please. Only those selected to participate in our hiring process will be contacted.

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Equal Opportunity Employment

Liberation Ventures is deeply committed to equity and envisions a just and fair society where everyone can participate, prosper, and reach their full potential. As part of our dedication to fostering a more inclusive world, we are an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any team member or applicant on the basis of race, skin color, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or parenthood. Liberation Ventures is steadfast in creating and sustaining a diverse, multicultural working environment that reflects our core values.

“Proof of eligibility to work in the United States must be provided if selected for hire.”

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