Deputy Director

Deputy Director, Full-Time Hybrid – San Francisco, CA March 2025

Affordable housing is fundamental to thriving communities, yet too many people in the Bay Area face housing insecurity. At the Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California (NPH), we believe in a Bay Area where everyone has an affordable and stable home.

Who We Are

NPH is a 501(c)(3) membership-based advocacy nonprofit working to strengthen the affordable housing industry. We are dedicated to securing resources, promoting policies, educating the public, and supporting affordable homes as the foundation for thriving individuals, families and neighborhoods. With a $6M+ budget and 20+ staff members, we have a record of passing successful legislation, winning ballot measures, and offering critical programs that strengthen our industry and movement to build a future where low-income communities and communities of color can stay and prosper in the Bay Area.

What We Need

NPH is currently seeking a Deputy Director. This position provides high-level organizational leadership, operational oversight, and strategic HR and financial management to ensure NPH’s internal operations align with and support its mission, values and strategic priorities. As a key thought partner to the Executive Director, this role is responsible for optimizing systems, driving organizational effectiveness, and strengthening internal culture. Balancing strategic leadership with hands-on operational execution, the Deputy Director oversees Finance, Human Resources, Operations, Facilities, IT, and Organizational Development while providing cross-functional coordination. This role centers equity and inclusion, and applies a risk and compliance lens across all aspects of organizational operations, ensuring policies, processes, and decisions align with legal, financial, and operational best practices. The Deputy Director supervises staff responsible for finance, operations, racial equity, and data systems and collaborates with the senior leadership team to integrate financial, staffing, and administrative policies into broader organizational strategy.

• Responsibilities of the Deputy Director include:
  • Lead and strengthen internal operations, ensuring seamless administrative, HR, financial, and technology systems to support NPH’s mission.
  • Drive a positive, equity-centered workplace culture, overseeing HR strategy, staff development, and inclusive talent practices.
  • Support supervisors to build cross-team collaboration and innovation, advance NPH’s mission, membership, values and strategic priorities.
  • Oversee financial management, including budgeting, compliance, grant tracking, and financial planning in collaboration with the Executive Director and Board.
  • Optimize organizational processes and data systems, ensuring efficient operations, IT infrastructure, and cross-departmental coordination.
  • Serve as a strategic thought partner to the Executive Director, aligning internal operations with external advocacy, communications, and programmatic work. Supervise and mentor staff across operations, finance, racial equity, fund development, and data management, fostering a high-performing and collaborative team.
  • Ensure organizational sustainability, overseeing risk management, legal compliance, and long-term operational planning.

Who You Are

We are looking for candidates who bring a combination of professional expertise and personal commitment to advancing affordable housing and nonprofit operations. The ideal candidate will have relevant experience, or be able to demonstrate expertise, in the following areas:

• Deep commitment to NPH’s mission of advancing affordable housing solutions and equity in the Bay Area, with a passion for creating sustainable, people-centered systems that support this work.
• Background in affordable housing, advocacy, or membership-based nonprofits preferred, but not required.
• 5-7+ years of nonprofit leadership experience with a foundational background in HR, finance, and operations required.
• Candidates should have some exposure within all three areas, with a preference for those who bring advanced expertise in one or more.
• Demonstrated expertise in organizational management, staff leadership, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Excellent people management skills, with a proven ability to build, mentor, and support high-performing teams.
• Demonstrated understanding of how to design and lead an equity-based, institutional systems-change.
• Previous experience of leading impactful organization-wide change efforts preferred.
• Proficiency in Google Suite and MS Office applications required. Experience using Salesforce, Quickbooks, Zoom, Slack, LastPass, and HRIS platforms preferred, but not required. Willingness and ability to learn NPH platforms required.
• Strong financial acumen, including budgeting, financial oversight, and nonprofit compliance. Fund development strategy expertise preferred, but not required.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to balance big-picture strategy with tactical execution.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work in a hybrid work environment in San Francisco, attending at minimum in-person biweekly staff meetings, quarterly in-person board meetings, and scheduled in-person special events.
• Ability to travel regionally for job-related responsibilities such as meetings and events within the Bay Area.
• Occasional overnight travel, no more than twice per year, typically for scheduled statewide conferences.

NPH is committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace and is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer. We strongly encourage women, people of color, LGBTQ+ persons, people of different levels of physical ability, and all qualified persons to apply for this position.

What We Offer

The salary range for this position is $170,000 - $195,000 annually DOE and offers a full benefits package including medical and dental insurance, paid vacation, holidays and sick time, retirement savings plan, and professional development funds.

How To Apply

Interested candidates should email a resume and cover letter to: [email protected] with the subject line: Deputy Director