About Hive Fund

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.

For more information, please visit https://hivefund.org/.

The Opportunity

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.


Key Responsibilities

Senior Leadership & Strategy

• Collaborate with the CEO to ensure grant-making and grantee support align with organizational vision and values.
• Contribute to senior leadership discussions, helping shape organization-wide priorities and strategic direction.
• Work cross-functionally with communications, development, and operations teams to ensure integrated efforts.
• Support the development of internal systems and processes that foster learning, reflection, and knowledge sharing.
• Participate in cross-organizational initiatives and special projects.

Team Leadership & Management

• Hire, supervise, and support the professional development of Program Officers and Senior Program Officers.
• Conduct performance reviews and foster a culture of trust, collaboration, and learning.
• Review and formalize grant management and evaluation processes in partnership with program and operations staff, ensuring effective use of Blackbaud Grantmaking, Asana, and other systems
• Lead the development and editing of program-related materials, ensuring clarity and alignment with the Hive Fund’s voice and strategic goals and provide editorial support to Program Officers as needed
• Promote cross-geography and cross-issue collaboration within the team.
• Support team participation in funder tables and conferences, centering opportunities to provide thought leadership and elevate grantee partners.
• Foster strong team dynamics, encourage feedback, and build systems of shared accountability and continuous improvement.

Program Oversight

• Develop and manage the annual grantmaking and programmatic calendar, budget, and workplan.
• Approve recommendations for grants and gifts, providing guidance to Program Officers on strategy development, implementation, scoping, and relationship management.
• Provide strategic guidance on grantmaking processes in coordination with the Operations Manager and fiscal sponsor, Windward Fund.
• Support and align grant strategies across geographies and issue areas for consistency and clarity.
• Ensure grantmaking remains responsive, adaptive, and informed by partner input and field insights.
• Implement participatory practices and review and formalize the Hive Fund’s holistic security and healing justice program.
• Manage a small portfolio of strategic national and regional grants.

External Relations, Fundraising, and Communications

• Represent the Hive Fund externally at convenings, partner meetings, and other engagements.
• Build trusting relationships with funders, grantees, peer organizations, and other stakeholders.
• Manage relationships with key stakeholders to assess developments in the field and strategic points for philanthropic engagement and partnership.
• Partner with the communications and development teams to frame and package programmatic work for funder proposals and reports.
• Support the Strategic Partnerships Director to set and track funder metrics that align with grantmaking priorities.
• Identify and elevate grantee stories for amplification through digital and print channels.
• Facilitate an inclusive, streamlined docket development process.

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Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate brings a deep commitment to equity, justice, and the mission of the Hive Fund. They are an experienced grant-maker, a skilled strategist, and a values-driven leader with a strong track record of team management and grant-making program development.

This individual thrives in collaborative, high-trust environments and understands the complexities of working across movements, regions, and populations. They have experience within philanthropy, community-rooted organizations, and movement-building spaces—preferably within or alongside the U.S. South. The successful candidate will combine strategic insight with humility, operational discipline with creativity, and big-picture thinking with attention to detail.


‍Skills and Competencies

• 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

Salary and Benefits

The salary range for this position is $200,000 – $240,000 based on experience.

Comprehensive benefits package that includes 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for employees (and their families). Employees are able to enroll in 401k retirement plan and are eligible for a 3% automatic contribution and up to a 3% employer match on 401k contributions. Employees are also eligible for pre-tax transportation benefits. Employees will receive 120 hours of vacation time, 80 hours of health leave, up to 2 days of casual leave, and 20 hours of volunteer leave annually. Employees will also receive 13 paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Employees are eligible for 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave after 90 days of employment.

Travel is required for convenings, partner meetings, and other organizational gatherings. Estimated travel is 30% for a leader living in Hive Fund’s priority states of Georgia, Louisiania, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas; and higher for those living outside subject to the needs of the role.


‍Location

This is a remote, U.S.-based role. Preference will be given to candidates located in Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Texas.


‍Hive Fund’s EEO Statement

In alignment with our core values and approach, the Hive Fund is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse, collaborative, and sustainable work environment. We believe that White supremacy, misogyny, and economic systems that make pollution profitable are intimately intertwined. Addressing the climate crisis at a scale and in the time needed to avert disaster will require transforming the systems of power governing who pollutes, who profits, and whose lives are valued. We therefore recruit and hire with the understanding of systemic oppression and of the lived reality of people with marginalized identities and strongly encourage all to apply, especially Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous people; queer, trans, and gender non-conforming people; intersex people; people with disabilities; and formerly incarcerated people.

Hive Fund is a project of Windward Fund, a 501(c)(3) public charity that incubates new and innovative public-interest projects and grant-making programs. Windward is committed to attracting, developing and retaining exceptional people, and to creating a work environment that is dynamic, rewarding and enables each of us to realize our potential. Windward’s work environment is safe and open to all employees and partners, respecting the full spectrum of race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, political affiliation, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and all other classifications protected by law in the locality and/or state in which you are working.


E-Verify

Windward participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with employees’ Form I-9 information to confirm authorization to work in the United States. Job candidates and employees authorized to work may not be discriminated against on the basis of national origin or citizenship status.


To Be Considered

Please submit your resume and cover letter expressing your interest in the position and fit for the role via the “Become a Candidate” button. Letters may be addressed to Kevin Bryant.

Applicants applying by October 29 will be given priority consideration, with the position open until filled.