Category: Job Posting

The Organization

About the Foundation

The Heising-Simons Foundation is a family foundation based in Los Altos and San Francisco, California. The Foundation works with its many partners to advance sustainable solutions in climate and clean energy, enable groundbreaking research in science, enhance the education of our youngest learners, and support human rights for all people. In 2020, the Foundation awarded more than $127 million in grants. The Foundation, and the affiliated Heising-Simons Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) organization, are guided by the values of humility, courage, justice, opportunity, sustainability, innovation, relationships, and integrity.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, all Heising-Simons Foundation staff are working remotely. We plan to reopen our offices on September 13, 2021, with flexible telecommuting policies.

About the Climate and Clean Energy Program

The goal of the Climate and Clean Energy (CCE) program is to protect people and the planet from the worst impacts of climate change by cutting pollution and accelerating the transition to a clean energy future. The Foundation’s and Action Fund’s grantmaking supports organizations that help advance government policies to spur large-scale progress curbing pollution, and to ensure that a low-carbon future is a prosperous one for the most vulnerable communities.

The CCE program currently funds solution-based policy efforts primarily in the U.S. focused on four strategic areas: 1) advancing climate policy to limit greenhouse gas emissions; 2) transforming the energy sectors that are the primary source of pollution; 3) cutting the most potent pollutants, such as methane; and 4) seizing time-sensitive opportunities to achieve large-scale emission reductions. In 2020, the Foundation awarded approximately 60 grants totaling $24 million in CCE grant funding, and the Action Fund awarded approximately 10 grants totaling more than $2 million in CCE grant funding. It is anticipated that the volume and amount of grantmaking will increase moderately in 2021. The program is also entering a process to integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into its strategy and grantmaking to mitigate climate change.

Position Overview

Position Summary

The CCE Program Director oversees the CCE team and is responsible for engaging members of the Board, the CEO, and the CCE team to establish and implement a common vision and strategy for the program’s grantmaking and activities for both the Foundation and the Action Fund.

This full-time (37.5 hours per week), exempt (salaried) position reports to the President and CEO and is responsible for overseeing the team’s two Program Officers, two Program Associates, and various consultants. This position can be based in either Los Altos or San Francisco, CA. While we will consider candidates who do not reside in the Bay Area, we will be prioritizing local candidates, as well as those willing to relocate, for this search.

Primary Responsibilities

·        Lead and manage the CCE program’s strategy and grantmaking

o   Develop, implement, and evaluate the CCE program’s overall strategy, as well as specific initiatives and grantmaking. Lead team in integrating equity into the strategy.

o   Regularly discuss strategy, updates in the CCE field, and the overall effectiveness of funding in the CCE program area with the Board and the President and CEO.

o   Develop annual grants and administrative budgets for the CCE program area and monitor progress and use of resources.

o   Manage the CCE grantmaking portfolio, including soliciting proposals, conducting site visits, summarize proposals for review by the Board, and report on progress to management and the Board.

o   Screen proposals and inquiries, applying breadth of expertise and the Foundation’s strategy. If necessary, develop a complete and coherent rationale for inquiries that will not be funded.

·        Manage, mentor, and build the capacity of the CCE team

o   Manage the CCE program team and consultants and serve as an essential member of the Foundation’s senior leadership team.

o   Supervise team members by coaching, mentoring, evaluating, and providing feedback to achieve the team’s and the Foundation’s goals and advance the employees’ career goals.

o   Provide regular feedback to supervisor, direct reports, and colleagues both informally and as a part of the annual review process.

o   Lead and/or assist with recruiting, onboarding, and training of new team members.

·        Build partnerships and represent the Foundation in the CCE field

o   Forge partnerships and collaborations with partner foundations, grantee partners, and other stakeholders. Provide non-financial support to grantees, including advice concerning capacity-building, fund development, network connections, projects, and evaluation.

o   Represent the Foundation, its CCE grantmaking, and CCE issues to external audiences through speaking, writing, and other opportunities.

o   Develop and implement activities designed to amplify the effects of Foundation grantmaking (e.g., convenings, communications, connecting with relevant public and private stakeholders), in collaboration with the Foundation’s communications team.

·        Continue learning and expanding the Foundation’s network in the CCE field

o   Keep abreast of current policy discussions, technologies, organizations, trends, and research in the CCE field.

o   Build knowledge of CCE issues, the CCE funding landscape and gaps in the field, and philanthropic grantmaking techniques. Attend workshops and conferences to learn about relevant topics and trends.

o   Join and/or network with relevant affinity groups or individuals to increase access to knowledge and thought partnership.

·        Support Foundation-wide advances

o   Participate in the Foundation’s overall strategic growth as a highly collaborative and supportive member of the senior leadership team.

o   Participate in Foundation-wide committees; diversity, equity, and inclusion work; internal culture-building; and training sessions.

o   Help the Foundation promote and maintain environmentally friendly office practices.

Desired Qualifications

Candidates are not expected to have experience in all areas listed in this job posting and will have an opportunity to learn and grow in the role.

·        Demonstrated long-term success in relevant professional experience, including leading strategies, people, and teams.

·        Passionate about achieving the goals of the CCE program and the Foundation.

·        A respected leader in the field, with broad expertise on the issues, key players, and strategies and tactics to advance policies.

·        Proven ability to design and implement successful, bold strategies while prioritizing resources to maximize impact.

·        Demonstrated sound judgment and critical thinking skills, with the ability to consider multiple perspectives and act thoughtfully with integrity.

·        Collaborative leadership style, respecting differences while working toward shared goals; flexible and committed to leading with humility, humor, and an openness to adapting and learning.

·        Strong track record of developing trusting, productive relationships in the field and operating with a deep sense of authentic respect for grantees and the individuals they serve, as well as engaging in a partnership-driven approach to grantmaking and change.

·        Exceptional relationship building and communication skills, including the ability to be an excellent listener and connect with a wide range of stakeholders.

·        Eager to mentor, coach, and motivate team members to continuously grow and learn.

·        Proven organizational and project management skills, with a keen attention to detail.

·        Excellent research, analysis, and synthesis skills.

·        Commitment to family philanthropy as a mechanism for change.

·        Self-motivated, with a proactive approach to work, an eagerness to learn, and a motivation to stay at the forefront of developments in the field.

·        Proficiency with all Microsoft Office applications.

·        Ability to accommodate travel (once it is safe to do so).

Compensation and Benefits

·        The starting salary for this position is $260,000 to $340,000 per year, depending on skills, experience, and geographic location. We conduct an annual review of our salary ranges and make adjustments based on data from our peer organizations.

·        We offer a comprehensive employee benefits package that includes employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents, long-term disability, business travel, and life insurance, flexible spending accounts for medical and child care expenses, a 401(k) plan (with a matching contribution of up to 16%), commuting assistance, an employee assistance program (EAP), tuition reimbursement and a generous professional development budget, matching gifts, fitness reimbursements, fertility assistance, mental health counseling, and identity theft protection. In addition, we allow schedule flexibility and telecommuting, with manager’s approval.

·        Paid time off includes:

o   Vacation: starts with three weeks/year, with increases based on tenure

o   Sick Leave: 12 days/year

o   Personal Days: two days/year

o   Family Medical Leave: 10 days/year

o   Parental Leave: 6-16 weeks, depending on tenure

o   Holidays: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; President’s Day; Memorial Day; Juneteenth; Independence Day; Labor Day; Veterans’ Day; Thanksgiving Day (and day after); Year-End Break (December 24th through New Year’s’ Day)

How To Apply

Application Process

The Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes a diverse pool of applicants. Foundation policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, military service, legally protected medical condition, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. Reasonable accommodation will be made so that qualified applicants with disabilities may participate in the application process. Please advise in writing of special needs at the time of application.

Our success is dependent on our ability to build teams that include people with different experiences who can challenge each other’s assumptions with new perspectives. We encourage people of color, from under-resourced communities, immigrants, LGBTQIA+, and others with diverse perspectives and experiences to apply.

The Foundation has retained CEA Consulting to lead this search. Interested and qualified candidates should apply by clicking here to upload a cover letter, resume, and salary requirements. Please direct any questions to Eileen Ashton at eileen@ceaconsulting.com. All correspondence will remain confidential.

APPLICATION LINK: https://job.ceaconsulting.com/jobs/director-climate-and-clean-energy-sf-bay-area–106213

The Organization

The Greater Worcester Community Foundation (GWCF) is launching a search for a mission-driven and experienced executive leader to serve as President & CEO.

GWCF was founded to engage Worcester County in its own betterment. With its history of leadership, strong relationships across sectors, and deep knowledge of the region’s needs and nonprofits, GWCF has the ability to significantly influence the priorities of the city of Worcester and the region and help direct community resources towards the most pressing issues and needs of the time.  GWCF has nearly $200 million under management in over 550 funds, and annually it distributes over $5 million through grants and scholarships for programs in education, the arts, health and human services, and environmental protection.

Position Overview

GWCF seeks a President & CEO who demonstrates a strong ability to raise community awareness and clearly articulate the vision and direction for GWCF. An appreciation for the culture of the region and willingness to understand the challenges and opportunities within the greater Worcester communities will be essential.

The President & CEO will be an experienced and motivated executive with the financial and business acumen to provide oversight for the operational and financial management of a complex organization.  An understanding of investments and knowledge of portfolio management, and skills working with investment consultants and advisors is desired. A track record of management skills and of successfully partnering with an active and participative governing board will be essential. The President & CEO will establish and maintain a climate of trust in all leadership and board-related matters and maintain a learning environment, encouraging active inquiry by the board and staff in pursuit of organizational excellence.

The successful candidate will have a sense of shared purpose in the success of others and the talent to inspire them to engage with the Foundation. Through philanthropic leadership, this person will promote the Community Foundation’s culture of integrity, inclusiveness, transparency and respect in which innovation, creativity, calculated risk-taking, and shared leadership are values, and where challenging but critical conversations are encouraged.

The President & CEO must reflect a true passion for the work of community foundations and demonstrate their belief in the importance of building a thriving community for all.  Working with the staff and the Board, this leader will maximize the Foundation’s impact. A history of successful fundraising with the demonstrated ability to build relationships, mobilize and connect donors and partners, attract new funders, and develop new partnerships is essential. This person must understand and communicate the value of community investment, be able to engender trust and successfully relate to donors.

The President & CEO must be a strategic and visionary leader who embraces progress and is open to examining different views and ways of working together. This individual must understand the potential of the Foundation to leverage its financial, social, and reputational capital to positively impact the community.  Expertise in public policy matters and experience in leveraging foundation resources to advance equity is essential.

GWCF seeks a leader who can cultivate, support, and inspire a united high-performing team of staff and volunteers.  The President & CEO must have the temperament and skills to bring passion, vision, direction, business discipline and inspiration to the organization.  A management approach that is accessible, collaborative and empowering must be demonstrated. The selected person must be committed to creating an engaging, respectful, and inclusive work environment.

GWCF seeks to challenge and change the practices, norms, and structures that create or perpetuate past, present, and future inequities. The President & CEO must have demonstrated leadership in advancing social justice initiatives designed to address and remedy structural inequalities and inequities. The ideal candidate must have experience working with diverse communities and a record of commitment to diversity of thought throughout the organization.

The President & CEO must give attention to developing and managing community initiatives. This person  understands community investment at a high level and has demonstrated experience and confidence in working with donors, service providers, business, and other civic leaders. The President & CEO will serve as the key spokesperson for the Foundation and must demonstrate excellent written and spoken communication skills.

The successful candidate will understand the importance of place, and be committed to live, work, and play an active role in the community life of Worcester County. The candidate will have at least 10 years of nonprofit and/or civic leadership, business leadership, and philanthropic experience, with at least 7 years in a managerial role. Deep experience in executive or managerial roles in a complex organization(s) is preferred. A bachelor’s degree is required.  Advanced degree and prior experience in foundation leadership is desired.

The Greater Worcester Community Foundation is committed to a community where everyone has the opportunity to thrive, and actively welcomes candidates from a wide range of backgrounds to lead this dynamic, philanthropic organization.

How To Apply

To apply, submit a current resume and letter of introduction to Kittleman & Associates, LLC at https://bit.ly/3f6LCTQ (click on the Apply button at the bottom of the page).

For more information about the Greater Worcester Community Foundation, visit www.greaterworcester.org

The Organization

Founded as CFED in 1979, Prosperity Now has spent the last 40 years supporting communities on the ground and creating a movement to provide opportunities for households, individuals, and families to prosper.

In 2020, Prosperity Now reaffirmed and evolved its vision, role, and strategy to better support those most adversely affected by a broken economic system—in particular those in Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) communities where individuals and families have been precluded from building wealth over centuries of discrimination. We seek to build a fair and just economy free from structural inequity and racism—an economy where everyone can fully participate across their life cycles, families can build sustainable wealth across generations and communities can prosper without exception.

Position Overview

To advance our fundraising priorities that promote systems-oriented solutions and racial economic justice, the newly created position of Corporate Relations Officer will lead the generation and cultivation of unique corporate partnerships for significant social impact from the grassroots to national level as a frontline fundraiser, relationship manager and overall strategist. The Corporate Relations Officer will implement an integrated strategic partnership program; manage a portfolio of current and prospective corporate investors and partners; and support a comprehensive strategy to grow the organization’s network, presence, and influence, with an emphasis on engaging key influencers in the business community. This role reports to the Director, Institutional Investment.

About Prosperity Now’s Development Team

Prosperity Now’s Development Team is a high-performing team of professionals who work under the leadership of Prosperity Now’s Vice President of Philanthropy to secure the resources necessary to advance Prosperity Now’s mission. The Development team and the Communications Team report into the Chief Engagement Officer and collectively serve as Prosperity Now’s external affairs team, strategically engaging stakeholders across a single, integrated continuum. The Development Team raises funds from multiple sources, including institutional funders, corporate funders, the public sector, and individuals.

Essential Functions/Duties

•  In coordination with the Director, Institutional Investment, set and achieve Prosperity Now’s annual corporate revenue goals and coordinate moves management
• As lead relationship manager, coordinate high-level stewardship, solicitation and prospecting of corporate donors to meet annual fundraising targets
• In partnership with the Development Team leadership, secure and build strategic partnerships with the business community to accelerate awareness and interest in Prosperity Now as an agent of change
• Manage a portfolio of companies and organizations capable of gifts of $10,000 and over, including existing and prospective donors, securing renewals, and increasing their support over time
• Implement comprehensive and integrated corporate engagements for support and meaningful opportunities for corporations and organizations to support Prosperity Now, as well as specific events or programmatic initiatives
• Support efforts to solicit sponsorships for the biannual Summit and other events, recruit and engage corporate chairs and host committees as appropriate
• Manage partnerships between senior leadership and the board to engage influencers, corporations and business leaders, donors and prospects—ensuring that participants are adequately informed and prepared for donor meetings and key events
• Coordinate with Development, Communications and Program staff to seamlessly integrate offline and online messages and fundraising collateral and donor engagement experiences related to corporate and other key influencers
• Lead corporate research and the effective use of contact management systems and processes to oversee corporate and other organizations donor acknowledgements and track pertinent donor and prospect information in Salesforce—including related data entry and analytic reporting and coordinating with the Development Team, Network Building Team, and across the organization as appropriate
• Assist with the planning of fundraising and cultivation events geared towards overall fundraising efforts in partnership with Development, Communications staff
• Support with the production of investor and prospective investor facing products including appeals, annual reports, marketing materials, website and other digital content
• Represent Prosperity Now at events and convenings featuring priority donors, partners, and influencers
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Educational background in related area of study with at least eight years of relevant experience, including at least five years of experience fundraising at mission-driven nonprofit organizations or in a comparable business development or advocacy environment
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Excellent relationship-building skills with diverse stakeholders, including funders, organizational leaders and team members at all levels of the organization
• Outstanding written communication skills with experience creating compelling proposals to secure funding
• Experience managing a corporate council to support general revenue and business engagement goals
• Strong verbal communication skills to share complex information clearly and efficiently
• Previous experience with donor databases and/or CRMs, particularly Salesforce
• Previous program design, implementation, and/or evaluation experience preferred
• Travel may be required up to 50% of the time

Salary Range: $94-108K annually

Prosperity Now is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that diversity of background and perspective are strengths, and seek to continue to grow a diverse, highly committed, skilled, and collaborative staff. We encourage candidates from various backgrounds to apply.

How To Apply

Apply: https://grnh.se/b7da5e0b3us

The Organization

The Smithsonian Institution is a unique complex of 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological Park, and nine research centers. Under the leadership of Secretary, Lonnie G. Bunch III, previously the founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Smithsonian is on a mission to become a truly 21st century museum complex. Following the success of the Smithsonian’s first comprehensive capital campaign, the largest ever undertaken by a cultural organization, the Smithsonian has built a model fundraising organization. This position offers exciting opportunities for the successful candidate to make a significant impact on the future of the Smithsonian

The National Museum of African Art has one of the most significant collections of African art in the world. It is renowned for exhibitions and programs that challenge assumptions about the continent and its diaspora- bringing together historical and contemporary art, north and south, east and west, in an ongoing conversation about who we are and where we’re going.

Position Overview

The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African Art is embarking on an exciting transformation with a new director and a new future-looking vision. We are seeking a highly motivated candidate to fill the Associate Director of Advancement and Communication position.  This is a key role in the Executive Management team, responsible for directing all functions and aspects of fundraising, communications, and external affairs for the National Museum of African Art.

The incumbent provides expert, pragmatic advice to the Museum Director on all aspects of advancement; makes substantial recommendations for policy changes and new program directions; and plans, establishes, and leads major fundraising initiatives, including but not limited to annual, major, planned, corporate, foundation, membership, and endowment giving, as well as capital campaigns, to support the broad and ever-evolving programmatic needs of the Museum.

The Associate Director works closely with the Museum’s Advisory Board in setting and supporting the priorities of the Museum’s Director. The Associate Director manages cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship. She/he/they work(s) closely with the Public Affairs Specialist and communications team in communicating the Museum’s mission and needs to a broad constituency. The Associate Director devises advancement and public relations strategies for accomplishing programmatic, exhibition and capital fundraising objectives and marketing campaigns and partnerships. She/he/they supervise(s) the Museum’s advancement, communications, and external affairs staff.

The Smithsonian and the National Museum of African Art is a welcoming organization. We encourage all interested candidates to apply. Successful candidates will ideally have a minimum of five years of relevant experience in major gifts fundraising and management, preferably within a major cultural institution, nonprofit organization, educational institution, or other environment of similar complexity. Demonstrated ability to build long-term donor relationships and securing five seven-figure gifts is required as well as experience in communications, PR and marketing.  Strong organization, relationship, collaboration, and communication skills, as well as the ability to work independently, are essential. Applications should show proven ability to motivate, develop and supervise staff.

Understanding of and dedication to the mission of the National Museum of African Art is essential. Fluency in French or Arabic and existing connections to a network of African Art donors, prospects, media and influencers is desired. A bachelor’s degree is required. National and international travel is required and work during the evenings and weekends may be necessary.

How To Apply

The Smithsonian Institution offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive package of benefits. Interested candidates should submit their resumes and a cover letter to oastaffing@si.edu by August 17, 2021. Please include the position title in your e-mail subject line. Resumes should include a description of your paid and non-paid work experience that is related to this job; starting and ending dates of job (Month and year); and average number of hours worked per week.

 The Smithsonian Institution is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer.  Candidates of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

The Organization

About McKnight

The McKnight Foundation is a fourth-generation family foundation that was established by William L. McKnight and his wife, Maude L. McKnight, in 1953. As an early leader of 3M, Mr. McKnight earned a reputation for spurring innovation and recognizing the creative potential in others—practices that live on at the Foundation and are reflected in its core values.

Driven by its mission to advance a more just, creative and abundant future where people and planet thrive, the McKnight Foundation works across many disciplines, sectors, and geographic boundaries. Its diverse programs are united in a quest to improve our shared fate. The Foundation envisions a world that recognizes the dignity of every human being, a world where we celebrate the creativity of the arts and sciences and come together to protect our one and only Earth.

A philanthropic leader based in Minneapolis and granting more than $90 million annually across the Minnesota, the Midwest and internationally, McKnight prioritizes working in partnership with communities and approaching complex challenges with curiosity and a willingness to take bold steps to achieve significant impact. The Foundation brings a diverse set of tools and resources to meet its mission including grantmaking, investments, collaboration, policy reform, research and strategic communications.

Learn more about the McKnight Foundation.

About CCRP

For over 35 years, the McKnight Foundation’s Collaborative Crop Research Program (CCRP) has worked to ensure a world where all have access to nutritious food that is sustainably produced by local people. This is accomplished through collaborative agroecological systems research and knowledge-sharing that strengthen the capacities of smallholder farmers, research institutes, and development organizations. McKnight takes a holistic, ecosystem approach to agriculture, supporting research and partnerships that lead to increased crop productivity, improved livelihoods, better nutrition, increased equity, and regenerative environmental outcomes in ten countries on two continents. The CCRP grew out of the Foundation’s Plant Biology Program, which was founded in 1983, and reflects the Foundation’s long-time commitment to place-based grantmaking and learning from those working on the ground.

Large-scale impact is realized when new ideas, technologies, or processes are adapted to new contexts, when insights from research catalyze change in policy and practice, and when innovation inspires further success. As farmers use new practices derived from research, the environment will also adapt and present new challenges that require further scientific advancement. The CCRP has fostered an approach that is adaptive to local contexts, evolves and iterates in response to new learning, and recognizes the long time horizons required to achieve meaningful outcomes for smallholder farmers; many of the program’s grant projects have led to technical and social innovations.

Since its founding, the CCRP has committed more than $134 Million in grantmaking to further collaborative crop research between smallholder farmers, leading local researchers, and development practitioners. Currently, grants support regionally based research projects that are grouped into three communities of practice (CoPs) in the Andes, West Africa and East & Southern Africa with leadership provided by regional consultants in collaboration with the Foundation team. The team also manages a portfolio of multi-region cross-cutting grants that fund research methods support, cutting edge innovations, and collective action/global thought leadership.

Position Overview

The Opportunity

The Program Officer will work at the cutting edge of transdisciplinary agroecological solutions and cultivate a global portfolio of research projects and related investments focused on creating equitable and sustainable options for smallholder farmers and food systems.

A member of the McKnight Foundation’s international program team based in Minneapolis, the Program Officer reports to the International Program Director. Working in close collaboration with the international team, grantees, regional consultants, and partners around the world, the CCRP team develops strategic responses to a range of pressing global challenges including rising population growth and global food security; mitigating agriculture’s impact on climate change and adapting to the impact of climate change on agriculture; and, the tension between regenerative and unsustainable crop production.

Key Priorities and Responsibilities

Grantmaking

• Partner with regional consultants, program director and senior program officer to manage a portfolio of existing, multi-year grants that support social and institutional mobilization of agroecology efforts across the international program and nurture new investment opportunities in partnership with regional teams.
• Working in close collaboration with the program director and senior program officer, advise on program strategy development.
• Collaborate in the review of concept notes, grant requests, final recommendations, and grant reports.
• Contribute to learning and strategy in areas of subject matter expertise as well as program innovation and evolution.

Program Operations and Budget Management

• Manage consultant pool—including contracts, negotiations and payments.
• Coordinate program budget, review monthly financial reports, ensure accuracy for grant payments and track payout goals.
• Liaise with operations team members across Foundation (digital platforms, knowledge management, legal, finance, and grants management) to ensure compliance and seamless integration of international programs.
• Participate in Foundation-wide integrated learning, meetings and events (cross-program work groups, retreats, DEI work, etc.).

Partnerships

• Actively collaborate with global consultant team, existing grantees, and new prospects to learn from current work, explore emerging opportunities, course-correct when needed, and build new concepts.
• Develop and maintain working relationships with nonprofits/NGOs, funders, policy makers and other networks and groups working on agroecological research, food systems and related issues.
• Organize and manage grantee convenings to support and advance regional communities of practice individually and collectively.

Ideal Candidate

McKnight seeks individuals who demonstrate an unwavering commitment to agroecological, farmer-centered research. You share the belief that empowering local communities across the globe to grow nutritious food, locally and sustainably, is the most effective way to reverse the failures of our current global food system. You are committed to applying your expertise in social science or social change to supporting a collaborative model of agroecological systems research to strengthen the capacity of farmer groups, researchers, development organizations and scientists to shift agricultural research towards holistic outcomes, equity and regenerative solutions. The ideal candidate brings the understanding that to achieve meaningful impact, the work spans research, practice, and systems change.

The successful candidate delights in managing processes and practices for complex organizational systems in service of transforming the field of agroecological research. Project management is a strength and a passion; you operate with a keen eye for detail, an ability to use data and analysis to identify key questions and support conclusions. You are a learner at heart doing your best work in partnership with others, opting for ideas and solutions that emerge from authentic collaboration.  It is essential that candidates demonstrate the intellectual energy and creativity required to view issues and challenges from multiple perspectives.

The Program Officer possesses the cultural competency to diplomatically navigate diverse international contexts and multi-national stakeholder groups. You are able to readily discern what is unique about each context and connect dots where there are common themes and learnings to be shared. This is challenging and complex work, so an adaptive style that allows you to thrive in ambiguity and maintain a bias toward action that keeps the program on the cutting edge is essential.

An individual who can comfortably pivot between the realities of smallholder farmers in the Global South and the demands of a program officer juggling a portfolio of grants, relationships, and significant project management and administrative responsibilities will thrive in this role. It is also critical that candidates truly understand the dynamics of holding privilege and power in a funder role and demonstrate the aptitude to co-create trusting relationships across the difference.

McKnight Foundation is a learning organization, and successful candidates are naturally curious, lifelong learners who readily delve into new topics and issue areas. You will embrace the opportunities to explore ways to align the international work with learnings generated by McKnight’s domestic programs (for example, Midwest Climate & Energy) and are personally committed to participating in the Foundation’s effort to integrate justice and equity into all facets of its work.

Qualifications

We are seeking candidates with at least 7 years of professional experience working in an international context with a focus on agriculture or economic/community development on behalf of a nonprofit/NGO, foundation or government agency. Project and operational management experience are essential with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience or a combination of experience and training. A bachelor’s degree is required, and a relevant master’s degree is preferred (or equivalent experience).

Previous experience in philanthropy or knowledge of the practice is an asset but not required. English language fluency is required, and preference will be given to those who also maintain fluency in French, Spanish, Portuguese, or other second language relevant to the regions where the program is active.

The salary range for the International Program Officer is $111,600-$117,800. The position is based in Minneapolis, MN (there are no exceptions). While the team is working remotely during COVID, employees are scheduled return to the office part-time in September 2021 and full-time in January 2022.

How To Apply

To Be Considered

The McKnight Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and proudly values diversity. We encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply.

Please submit your resume and cover letter expressing your interest in the position and fit for the role via GoodCitizen’s Candidate Portal. Letters may be addressed to Sarah Meyer.

The following team from GoodCitizen is assisting the McKnight Foundation in their search:

Sarah Meyer

Vice President

206.792.4221

sarah@goodcitizen.com

Mollie Smith

Search Associate

206.462.6190

mollie@goodcitizen.com

The Organization

The Client

The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice is the only philanthropic organization working exclusively to advance LGBTQI human rights around the globe. Astraea supports brilliant and brave grantee partners in the U.S. and internationally who challenge oppression and seed change. The Foundation’s founders—a cross-class, multi-racial group of women activists—dreamed of a women’s movement that centered the leadership of lesbians and women of color. For over four decades, Astraea has uniquely supported women’s rights and LBTQI movements working at the crossroads of gender justice, racial justice, bodily autonomy, sexual rights, and self-determination because we all deserve to live our lives freely, without fear, and with dignity.

The first grantmaker to hundreds of organizations, Astraea plays a catalytic role for LGBTQI groups around the world – particularly those led by lesbian, bisexual and queer women, trans and gender nonconforming folks, intersex people, and people of color. Astraea’s grantmaking, capacity building, media and communications, and philanthropic advocacy programs support work to build powerful movements for justice. A proud public foundation and one of the first women’s funds in the world, in its 44-year history Astraea has granted over $49 million to LGBTQI activists and artists.

To learn more, please visit: https://www.astraeafoundation.org/

The Position

This is a newly created position reporting to the Executive Director. In collaboration with the Executive, Development and Communications Teams, the Vice President for Strategic Engagement (VP, Engagement) serves as the chief storyteller and resource mobilizer for Astraea. They are tasked with building the deepest understanding of Astraea’s unique approach to resourcing LGBTQI movements around the globe, and informing donors, institutional partners and the general public about how Astraea is achieving its impact as a feminist fund. This position requires absolute ownership of Astraea’s communication, engagement, and community-centric fundraising strategies, which are built around amplifying the stories and voices of their grantee and movement partners.

This role additionally requires the ability to develop and implement annual strategic outcomes and revenue targets. When Astraea completes its next strategic plan in 2021/22, the VP, Engagement will oversee the development of an aligned communications and resource mobilization plan for generating revenue for the organization, positioning Astraea as a thought leader in social justice philanthropy and engaging a range of stakeholders in Astraea’s role fueling and amplifying global LGBTQI organizing. The VP, Engagement will be responsible for leading strategy aligned with that plan, including through direct supervision of the Development and Communications teams. The VP, Engagement will lead the teams in identifying, shaping and implementing comprehensive and cohesive resource mobilization and communications strategies to engage supporters, donors, donor prospects, institutional partners and other key stakeholders such as grantee partners, activist advisors, peer funders, and allies.

The VP, Engagement must hold an external presence within women’s funds and social justice philanthropic networks, uplifting Astraea’s values around intersectional leadership and radical feminism, and is responsible for managing and supervising Directors for Individual Giving, Institutional Partnerships, Strategic Communications and the Senior Donor Systems and Database Manager as well as the overall teams. In addition, as Astraea reinvents its internal infrastructure, knowledge and experience of best practices in data management and CRM software and other technology solutions, especially those that can enhance virtual engagement and donor retention are highly valued.

The ideal candidate has the skills to lead aligned communications and development departments; a track record of meeting ambitious fundraising goals; experience managing remote teams; and commitment to fostering a collaborative, values-aligned, creative and vibrant work environment.

●        Management and Organizational Leadership: The Vice President for Strategic Engagement will be responsible for leading and managing a team of highly skilled and passionate staff who bring a deep understanding of Astraea’s history, legacy, and importance to its funders, grantees and partners. As such, the ideal candidate will have prior experience leading communications and development teams, be an astute manager of people, and be committed to engaging in social-justice informed decision making and feminist leadership models. The VP, Engagement will ensure Astraea’s annual fundraising goals of around $14 million are met, oversee all communication strategies, manage a department budget, and cultivate and maintain an inclusive and equitable department culture while developing and maintaining strategic partnerships with Astraea’s funders, donors and philanthropic and movement allies. The VP, Engagement will also work closely and collaboratively with all members of the Executive and Management Teams and contribute to the development and oversight of organizational strategy and serve as the liaison to the Development Committee of the Board of Directors.

●        Strategy and Vision:  The Vice President for Strategic Engagement will be responsible for collaboratively developing and implementing a vision in partnership with the Development and Communications Teams. They will be responsible for communicating a compelling and inspired vision or sense of core purpose for the team. The ideal candidate holds an understanding of strategic communications as an organizing tool to mobilize their team, articulates possibilities, is innovative and optimistic, and creates mileposts and symbols to rally their teams behind the vision, making that vision exciting and shareable by everyone. They will lead the implementation, evaluation, and reporting on Astraea’s strategic communications framework, articulating a radical queer vision for philanthropic advocacy.

●        Centering Equity and Anti-Oppression in all its forms: Astraea works to combat oppression in all forms by embracing intersectional feminism as part of a wider struggle for social justice, recognizing that sexism, transphobia, homophobia, misogyny and restrictive gender norms harm everyone. Rooting its feminism in social justice, they particularly support Black, Indigenous, People of Color and Global South movements and leadership. This position will be responsible, along with every executive leadership position at Astraea, for ensuring that the Foundation’s values and principles are embedded in the organization’s communications and resource mobilization strategies and practices both internally and externally.

Required Skills and Experience

●        A track record of providing visionary leadership and effective management of highly collaborative teams. Prior experience leading communications and development teams is ideal;

●        Entrepreneurial approach to leading comprehensive and holistic communications and development strategies and campaigns across a variety of channels, with preference for diverse experience with community-centric and/or grassroots fundraising models. Experience with donor organizing or philanthropic advocacy is a plus;

●        A proven track record of fundraising success, ideally in an organization of equal or greater size to Astraea and preferably including the acquisition and stewardship of all levels of individual donors and foundations. Experience working with government funding a plus;

●        Aptitude to oversee communication strategies to donors, donor prospects, institutional partners, and other key stakeholders, including media and a larger digitally engaged audience;

●        Expertise in engaging audiences, both as a writer and public speaker. Media experience is preferred.

●        Technical fluency to oversee databases and software aligned with resource mobilization and communications work, such as Blackbaud;

●        Bachelor’s or advanced degree, or commensurate work experience with a minimum of 10-plus years of progressively responsible experience, ideally in a large nonprofit or foundation;

●        Knowledge of financial budgeting and planning.

Personal Qualities

●        Superior communication skills, with the ability to summarize information and connect with a variety of internal and external audiences, clarity and persuasiveness in written and oral communications, and high comfort level with electronic media;

●        Ability to work independently and effectively in a virtual, remote environment (for now), and build strong relationships with colleagues, staff, donors and partners across geographies and time zones;

●        Strong conceptual, analytic, and organizational skills to inform strategy development and execution;

●        A deep commitment to Astraea’s mission and values and to advancing gender, racial, disability and economic justice.

While we recognize that not all people will have all these experiences or qualities, the successful candidate will have some of the following:

●        A nuanced understanding of the philanthropic climate including trends and tensions, and Astraea’s place among global LGBTQI and feminist funders;

●        Experience working with public foundations, feminist funds and/or participatory grant makers;

●        History of being accountable to and working in solidarity with grassroots movements;

●        Global perspective and/or lived experience in the Global South and East;

●        Knowledge of social justice & community-centric approaches to resource mobilization & philanthropy.

Compensation

Astraea offers a competitive salary and benefits for this position, including resources for professional development. The range for annual compensation is $150,000 – $165,000 depending on experience. U.S. work authorization is required.

Location

The ideal candidate will live in the greater New York region. Candidates who do not live in the NYC metro area, but who are able to travel regularly to New York City and willing to travel based on the needs of the position, will also be considered.

How To Apply

Contact

For individuals wishing to be considered, please submit a cover letter and résumé to:

Michelle Kristel, Managing Partner

McCormack + Kristel

1740 Broadway, 15th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Phone: 212.531.5003 | Fax: 212.203.9599

Email: search@mccormackkristel.com | Website www.mccormackkristel.com

All inquiries will be held in strict confidence.  Please note that your education, dates of employment and other information will be verified prior to an offer.

Astraea is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse (multi-gender, cross-class and multi-racial), collaborative and sustainable work environment. We select, place, train, and promote the best-qualified individuals based upon relevant factors such as work quality, attitude, and experience so as to provide equal opportunity for all of our employees without regard to non-work-related factors such as sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, economic status, personal appearance including height and weight, family responsibility, matriculation, political affiliation or any other status. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the application and interview process, please express that with your cover letter and resume submission.

The Organization

Position Profile: TWO (2) GRANTMAKING DIRECTORS – BUSH FOUNDATION

kp prime search, the retained search division of kpCompanies, is leading the search for two Grantmaking Directors at the Bush Foundation: Grantmaking Director with strategic leadership responsibility for the Bush Fellowship Program and Grantmaking Director with strategic leadership responsibility for the Community Innovation Program.

Both roles call for a strategic and operational leader who can make a big impact across the Bush Foundation’s region of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and the 23 Native nations that share the same geography. Both positions represent an exceptional opportunity for forward-thinking leaders who are community-centric and eager to think big about all the ways that philanthropy can drive systems change. The ideal candidates thrive within a complex and dynamic environment, are adept at applying equity principles, and demonstrate openness and adaptability to effectively lead and support changes in external strategy and internal practices and processes.

Additionally, we will be looking for candidates who demonstrate alignment with and excitement for the Foundation’s operating values. These exempt positions report to the Vice President of Grantmaking and have no direct reports but have significant organization-wide responsibility for leading teams and work towards successful outcomes.

THE ORGANIZATION: Bush Foundation

The Bush Foundation is a private foundation based in St. Paul, Minnesota. It was established in 1953 by 3M executive Archibald Bush and his wife, Edyth, and is focused on investing in great ideas and the people who power them in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and the 23 Native nations that share the same geography. The specific programs and tactics have changed and evolved since the Foundation was founded but the work has always been rooted in supporting the ideas and people who are working to find solutions to the unique issues within their communities. As the programs continue to evolve, the emphasis remains on encouraging the region’s leaders to think bigger and think differently about what is possible in their communities.

The global pandemic, racial reckoning following the murder of George Floyd and the economic downturn have had a profound impact on the Foundation’s work and accelerated implementation of strategic changes that were already underway. To support the strategic changes, the Foundation has also transitioned towards an integrated grantmaking structure with all grant programs combined into a single grantmaking team that partners closely with an integrated program operations team.

For more information about the Bush Foundation, please visit www.bushfoundation.org.

The Bush Foundation’s operating values are core to both the way they operate and the strategies they pursue:

• Spread Optimism. We encourage individuals and organizations to think bigger and think differently about what is possible. We are positive and supportive in our internal and external interactions.
• Work Beyond Ourselves. We actively seek opportunities to work in true collaboration with others to have more impact. We are willing to both lead and follow. We candidly share what we learn with others.
• Everybody Matters. We are a champion for both excellence and equity inside and out of the Foundation. We have fair, open and inclusive processes. We work to raise the overall quality of life while also closing opportunity and achievement gaps.
• Steward Well. We demonstrate appreciation for the Foundation’s history and thoughtfully build on its legacy. We hold ourselves to high standards of integrity and accountability and conduct ourselves in a way we hope would make our founders proud.
• More Good. Every Year. We are a true learning organization and work to be smarter and more effective every year. We never lose sight of the reason we exist: to do the most possible good with the resources left to the community by Archibald G. Bush.

Position Overview

GRANTMAKING DIRECTORS AT THE BUSH FOUNDATION

Each Grantmaking Director provides strategic and operational leadership for the Foundation’s grantmaking programs. The strategy move towards more integrated programming is mirrored in how the Directors work together as part of an integrated and collaborative team that shares leadership and accountability with other Grantmaking staff and Program Operations. They will join a strong team of two other Grantmaking Directors (one with a focus on Ecosystem grants and Program-Related Investments and one with a focus on Native nations), five Grantmaking Officers, a Grantmaking Coordinator and the Vice President of Grantmaking, and partner closely with the Program Operations Director, Program Operations Officers and other staff throughout the Foundation.

All the Grantmaking Directors will be deeply involved in making sure that program-specific strategies and decisions align with and reflect organization-wide grantmaking goals. The core of these roles is to ensure that the programs are implemented with a consistently high standard of accessibility, equity, effective and efficient process, positive communications and supportive interactions with applicants. Here, we provide qualities specific to the individual positions as well as responsibilities and qualifications for the Grantmaking Director roles overall.

1. Grantmaking Director, Bush Fellowship Program

About the Program: The Bush Fellowship is awarded to up to 24 people every year, recognizing both the extraordinary accomplishments and support for the potential of these individuals. The Fellowship is an investment in people so that they can make a large-scale difference in their communities. The Fellowship is a flexible grant of up to $100,000 to help people strengthen and develop their leadership. Each Fellow defines their own vision and creates a unique Fellowship plan to develop the skills and build the relationships that will help make their vision a reality. Learn more about the Bush Fellowship Program here: https://www.bushfoundation.org/bush-fellowship.

This Grantmaking Director provides strategic and day-to-day leadership for the Bush Fellowship Program (BFP), in addition to serving as an active resource and leader on all of the Foundation’s other funding opportunities.

· We are seeking a leader of leaders. We are looking for someone who has a track record of community leadership themselves and deep experience coaching other leaders to catalyze individual, organizational and systems-level change.

· We’re looking for someone who is excited and experienced at spotting and supporting potential and established leadership in a wide variety of contexts. This would be demonstrated through experience mentoring, coaching, training and actively working with people – peers, partners, direct reports, coworkers – to further their leadership potential.

· This person will have understanding and experience of what it takes to drive systems-level change and derives joy from working with others to do the same.

· This person will have an understanding of the field of leadership development (broadly defined) and demonstrated experience networking and collaborating with others to lead change within the field.

· We’re looking for someone who can assess a full landscape of possibilities and possesses the vision and decision-making fortitude to look for highest impact candidates for the Fellowship and other Foundation programs.

2. Grantmaking Director, Community Innovation Program

About the Program: Community Innovation grants invest in great ideas and the people who power them. They support organizations coming together to solve community challenges, and efforts that help people lead in strong, equitable and connected ways. These grants are flexible in a lot of ways. They can be used to develop new ideas, test ones organizations already imagined or spread proven ideas for more impact. Community Innovation grants are meant to be transformation capital. They are an investment in an equitable future where every person has the opportunities and the support they need to thrive. Learn more about the Community Innovation Program here: https://www.bushfoundation.org/community-innovation-grants.

This Grantmaking Director provides strategic and day-to-day leadership for the Community Innovation (CI) Program, in addition to serving as an active resource and leader on all of the Foundation’s other funding opportunities.

· We’re looking for someone who is enthusiastic and experienced at spotting and supporting opportunities where transformative social and community change can happen. This would be demonstrated through experience developing or advancing community partnerships, cross-sector collaborations, funding partnerships, collaboratives or other similar initiatives.

· We are seeking someone who knows how change happens in complex systems and across sectors and can help people and groups imagine how to spread great ideas.

· We are looking for someone who can understand both the most pressing current and emergent issues throughout the region, the dynamics and players involved in addressing those issues, and knows philanthropy well enough to figure out what role philanthropy can play to make a difference.

· In a region filled with great ideas, we are searching for someone who can decipher the highest impact, most transformational ideas and help others to do the same.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR BOTH ROLES

• Lead and manage strategy and vision for the program they lead, centering and applying equity in how and what we do.
• Oversee relationship management for the program they lead, and dependent on the role, develop and maintain relationships with grantees, past, active, and potential Fellows.
• Ensure strategy coherence and alignment with other grantmaking strategies at the Foundation.
• Review and select grantees across grant programs, working closely with Grantmaking Officers, other Grantmaking Directors and cross-Foundation teams.
• Partner with Program Operations staff to design and deliver effective selection process and high-quality programming and support.
• Source and develop potential major investments, working closely with other staff members and the Bush Foundation’s board to review and analyze potential opportunities for risk and impact.
• Represent the Foundation externally by actively participating in and contributing to community discussions and activities, including providing issue leadership or support in priority areas as needed.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR BOTH ROLES

Required

· Experience and demonstrated success – likely to be at least 7 years – in building and maintaining strategic partnerships with external and community stakeholders in a similar role or organization.

· Enthusiasm for working in a collaborative work setting where shared decision-making and joint problem-solving is the norm.

· Proven ability to recognize and support transformational ideas and strategies that will drive systemic disruption, equity and change.

· Significant experience leading complex work projects, including motivating and inspiring top performance from colleagues who are not direct reports.

· Knowledge of the region, communities and issues in the region the Bush Foundation serves.

· Experience in representing an organization in external partnerships, collaborative efforts successfully managing expectations, building trust and moving collaborative work forward.

· Concrete examples of strong relationship-building over time with a broad and varied group of people across communities and at all organizational levels.

Preferred

· An established network of community and cross-sector partners.

· Experience working throughout the Bush Foundation funding region, particularly with rural/non-metro communities.

· Experience as a funder and familiarity with power dynamics of being in a role such as this.

· Experience making and presenting recommendations to committees and boards.

POSITION DATA

Candidates must currently live in or be willing to move to the Bush Foundation region – Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and the 23 Native nations that share the same geography. Most staff live in either Minneapolis or St. Paul, Minnesota or its surrounding suburbs. Foundation staff are currently working remotely with discussions underway about how and when to re-open the Foundation’s office space in St. Paul, Minnesota.

When travel is safe again, some travel will be required (up to 25% with significant flexibility), mostly in the region served by the Bush Foundation.

MORE INFORMATION & A NOTE ON COMPENSATION

You can learn more about both of these positions by watching the recording of the Bush Foundation’s informational webinar (https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=W1nWONlQs-8), held on July 22, 2021. The Foundation embeds simplicity and equity in its approach to compensation.

Salaries are ties to external benchmarks and regularly reviewed to make sure that employee contributions are fairly valued and that Foundation pay is competitive in attracting talented people.  All employees doing the same jobs are paid at the same rate, regardless of tenure or experience to avoid embedding disparities in the pay structure.

HOW TO APPLY

(All submissions received in strictest confidence.)

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume no later than 9:00pm Central Time on Wednesday, August 25, 2021. You can apply in the following ways:

1. Apply via email Joelle Allen at joelle@kpcompanies.com.

2. Apply on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/2646024721/?capColoOverride=true

The Organization

The Schott Foundation is a national public fund serving as a bridge between philanthropic partners and advocates to build movements to provide all students an opportunity to learn.

Our mission is to develop and strengthen a broad-based and representative movement to achieve fully-resourced, quality PreK-12 public education.

Position Overview

The Development Associate is a core member of the Schott Foundation’s development team. The development team is responsible for achieving the organization’s ambitious fundraising goals as well as powerfully stewarding and strengthening Schott’s relationships with the philanthropists, organizations, and foundations that provide financial support for the organization’s programs, operations, and grantmaking.

The Development Associate will support the implementation of a comprehensive development strategy. The position’s scope encompasses researching and identifying potential funding sources, maintaining information about prospects and donors, supporting the development of grant proposals and reports, and managing event logistics.

The Associate will have knowledge of fundraising best practices and fundraising operations. S/he/they will support the fundraising efforts to grow Schott and shift resources to the education justice movement. This position will report to the Senior Vice President of Advancement and work closely with the communications, programs, operations, and finance teams.

For more details please visit: http://schottfoundation.org/about/who-we-are/staff/jobs/development-associate

How To Apply

Please email your resume and a substantive cover letter to jobs@schottfoundation.org. Be sure to include “Development Associate” in the subject line.

The recruitment is open until filled. The priority deadline for applications is Wednesday, August 25, 2021.

The Organization

The Schott Foundation is a national public fund serving as a bridge between philanthropic partners and advocates to build movements to provide all students an opportunity to learn.

Our mission is to develop and strengthen a broad-based and representative movement to achieve fully-resourced, quality PreK-12 public education.

Position Overview

Director, National Opportunity to Learn Network

Department:

Programs and Advocacy

Location

Fully Remote

FLSA Status

Exempt

Position Overview

The Director, National Opportunity to Learn Network, will work closely with grantees and external stakeholders to cultivate and support effective campaigns focused on building systems to provide all students an opportunity to learn through philanthropic support and other strategic capacity building supports. The Director will be a critical leader, visionary, and partner to the Senior Vice President of Programs & Advocacy in the achievement of Schott’s vision of a best-in-class education and social justice philanthropy that is integrated and intersectional in its approaches and fully aligned in its culture, operations, and systems. S/he/they will work to position Schott internally and externally as a leading force for change in alignment with grantees and other philanthropic partners to effectively respond to national and international challenges with urgency and impact.

Reports to:

Senior Vice President of Programs & Advocacy

Responsibilities

Program Administration and Management (30%)

• Manage and grow Opportunity to Learn Network staffing, deliverables and outcomes in three target regions-Northeast, South and California.
• Manage day-to-day partnerships related to the Foundation’s stakeholders, which may include grassroots organizations, other foundations, policymakers, labor unions, corporate partners, educational institutions, and others to resource strategic and systemic campaigns in targeted localities and states across the country.
• Manage network building, policy, and communications resourcing deliverables for the National Opportunity to Learn Network.
• Collaborate across the organization to support related programmatic efforts and to ensure overall alignment with Schott’s vision and strategic priorities.

Grantmaking and Grantee Support (30%)

• Manage the administration of grants awarded by the Schott Foundation to nonprofit partners, leveraging Schott resources to have a measurable impact, particularly related to increasing state and national networks of organizations and individuals.
• Support the growth and maintenance of major philanthropic and advocacy partnerships by building grantee capacity for effective movement building. Provide strategic guidance to the Schott Foundation, including power-mapping, strategies for decision-maker targeting, effective coalition building, community organizing, voter engagement tactics, messaging and persuasion tactics, and public engagement in support of equity in public education.
• Manage the development and dissemination of capacity building supports and tools for local/state advocacy partners and grantees to advance their advocacy efforts with relevant decision makers and the philanthropic community.

Development (25%)

• Engage and cultivate current and prospective donors as needed.
• Contribute to grant proposals and grant reports as needed.
• Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with funder colleagues, grantees, and other key partners to seek opportunity to leverage Schott’s investments.
• Work with the leadership and development team to strategically identify and cultivate new donors.

Communications and External Relations (15%)

• Serve as an effective public spokesperson for Schott and raise the visibility of the organization’s work by presenting and writing in diverse forums.
• Represent the Foundation to external constituencies and participate in high-level programs and discussions with partner organizations. Support the development of strategic partnerships and collaborations that leverage and extend Schott’s impact.
• Work closely with the Director of Communications to elevate the work of grantees and disseminate stories and lessons learned on the impact of program and grantmaking initiatives.
• Build on the Foundation’s identity as a thought leader in areas of programmatic focus as well as an innovator in social justice philanthropy.
• Participate in coalitions and develop relationships with allies and other organizations to further advocacy goals and serve as an effective advocate and responsible spokesperson for the Foundation.

Qualifications

• Significant work experience (7+ years) and credibility as a leader and expert on in the areas of education policy or philanthropy sectors.

• Experience working in coalition(s), including developing shared plans, coordinating external and internal communications, and understanding internal political dynamics among partner groups.
• Experience with both grassroots organizing and grasstops engagement and deployment to mobilize activist networks at the state and/or national levels.
• Demonstrated success in the area of campaign management, organizing and/or partnership development. Other social justice-related lobbying, targeted constituent outreach, voter persuasion and turnout, and messaging research experience is a plus.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the philanthropic sector and some fundraising experience. A network in philanthropy and a firm understanding of key public policy, research, and movement building efforts in the sector; accurate and current knowledge of trends, movements, and developing policy to inform emerging changemaking opportunities
• Excellent analytic, writing, and strategic planning skills, and a demonstrated ability to manage multiple, often-conflicting deadlines; establish and negotiate timelines; and ensure timely delivery of high-quality work.
• Creativity, flexibility, sound judgment, and ability to take initiative and work independently.
• Effective interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to interact professionally with diverse staff, clients, and consultants across varied geographies. A team player who can add value to the Schott team beyond his/her area of expertise.
• Deep demonstrated passion for and commitment to the Foundation’s mission and a track record of driving impact on cross-cutting social justice issues and movement building. A natural disruptor and innovator with the ability to inspire, motivate, generate new ideas and actualize change programmatically and operationally.
• Outstanding organizational, programmatic, and financial management experience, including the ability to move work from concept to implementation and completion.
• Models a commitment to creating and reinforcing a transparent, accountable, and mutually respectful work environment.
• Willingness to travel frequently.
• A strong sense of passion, purpose, and sense of humor.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required; Master’s degree, law degree, or higher preferred.

Travel

The Schott Team currently operates virtually with staff located throughout the United States. This position requires regular travel to participate in grantor and grantee meetings, attend conferences, and otherwise participate in job-related events. The employee is also expected to travel to staff retreats and board meetings up to six times a year.

Physical Demands and Work Environment Factors

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will sit for long periods of time and may use repetitive wrist and hand motions involved in typing and computer work as well as in sorting and handling documents. The employee is regularly required to reach, with hands and arms, and engage in light work that includes moving objects up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and color vision as the employee will have close visual contact with a computer monitor daily.

Equal employment opportunity and having a diverse staff are fundamental principles at the Schott Foundation for Public Education, where employment and promotional opportunities are based upon individual capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation/preference, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as established under law.

How To Apply

Please email your resume and a substantive cover letter to jobs@schottfoundation.org. Be sure to include “Director, National OTL Network” in the subject line.

The recruitment is open until filled. The priority deadline for applications is Wednesday, August 18, 2021.

The Organization

The cores of the modern progressive political infrastructure emerged in 2003 when a famous PowerPoint presented by Rob Stein became a clarion call among national organizations, foundations, and the consultant class to build infrastructure to mirror the political right’s massive, coordinated network of funders, media, leadership development organizations, and networked outreach organizations. The infrastructure was designed to increase coordination, reduce duplication, and increase scale.

While the progressive movement infrastructure developed over the last decade has had significant impact, it has also faced major challenges with diversity and inclusion. TPF was created to solve these issues. Founded in 2014, TPF is, at its core, an ecosystem builder. The organization exists to support organizations rooted in, and accountable to, multi-racial and multi-class bases within states. These organizations work towards independent political power and are building critical movement ecosystems for change. Rooted in the belief that change comes from supporting organizations that are led by and draw from the lived experiences of the communities they serve, TPF bases its work on community engagement and democratic principles instead of entrenched structures and partisanship.

Position Overview

The Partnership Funds (TPF) is pleased to invite nominations and applications for the inaugural Director of Philanthropic Engagement (Director). In collaboration with the Executive Director, the Director will work to advance TPF’s impact and support the continued success of their grantees.

The Partnership Funds is a c3/c4 pooled fund focused on building independent political power. It uses pooled funding from philanthropic partners to invest in member-led organizations and networks as necessary vehicles to develop and exercise independent political power. They prioritize organizations that center the leadership and lived experiences of people most impacted by inequality and historically excluded from democratic practices. This is rooted in the belief that systemic inequalities are most effectively addressed when interventions are driven by the lived experiences and leadership of impacted communities. As such, TPF is committed to building independent political power through organizations that center the leadership and experiences of Black women, immigrants, women of color, and LGBTQ people.

Reporting to and in direct partnership with the Executive Director, the new Director will contribute to the execution of TPF’s next-stage vision internally and externally. Internally, the Director will be invited to move the organization’s vision and value proposition as set by the Executive Director, and to support the Executive Director’s efforts to grow TPF’s funder base by identifying new, sustainable, and mission-aligned sources of revenue. Externally, the Director will provide guidance to TPF’s cohort of grantees to help them grow their own bases of support and become more revenue independent as a means of building their independent political power.

TPF seeks a proven fundraiser and partnership builder with a minimum of three-to-five years of experience working with a variety of funders – particularly with high-net-worth individuals and institutional donors. The successful candidate will be an exceptional relationship builder, increasing rapport, trust, and investment across a diverse and growing community of passionate stakeholders. S/he/they will be a strong listener, communicator, and storyteller who can articulate and amplify the values, lived experiences, and lessons that demonstrate the potential and impact of the work.

The targeted salary for this position is $90,000 with competitive health care and retirement benefits. TPF has a small team that operates from New York and North Carolina, but their philanthropic partners and grantees are located throughout the United States. There is a preference, but not a requirement, that the selected candidate be located in the American Southeast.

OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FACING THE NEW DIRECTOR OF PHILANTHROPIC ENGAGEMENT

Following the hire of Erin Dale as TPF’s second ever Executive Director in 2019, the organization updated its vision to build an ecosystem that supports the development of real independent political power rooted in community. Now, following a year in which much of their progress towards these goals was hindered by the pandemic, the organization has a number of internal and external opportunities for the new Director to shape the vision and future of TPF.

Specific areas of focus for the Director of Philanthropic Engagement Include:

Donor Identification and Cultivation

• The new Director will identify new revenue opportunities for the organization, with a particular focus on identifying and engaging high net worth individuals (HNWIs). S/he/they will work closely with the ED to conceptualize and lead a comprehensive fund and relationship development strategy that is connected to program impact and will ensure the team has the skills, systems, and workflow tools to effectively steward donors across all areas of giving and engagement.
• The Director will meaningfully engage with TPF’s board to capitalize on the power of historic and emerging relationships and networks.
• The Director, in partnership with the ED, will cultivate and manage a portfolio of institutional funders generating C3 and C4 funding. S/he/they will oversee implementation of grants management and reporting.

Grantee Management and Leadership

• The Director will work with grantees as a coach and partner to support the development of strategies for independent revenue generation and power building.
• S/he/they will support the ED in identifying and advancing independent resource generation strategies that increase funding for movement building organizations.

Strategic Vision

• The Director will execute and promote the set vision of the organization and help craft a message around TPF’s value proposition that is both internally and externally consistent.
• The Director will nurture and contribute to TPF’s culture of embodied leadership on the team in which each individual is invited to bring their whole selves to this important work. This includes engaging in somatic exercises and individualized check ins to help center and align the team in a dynamic and stressful time for our world.
• The Director will bring experience and savvy in supporting ongoing strategic and process development within the organization.

QUALIFICATIONS OF THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

The ideal candidate will, first and foremost, be committed to TPF’s mission and intent to build the ecosystem for the organization’s partners to collaborate and coalesce around a shared vision of growing political power through increased revenue independence. S/he/they will be passionate about contributing to a cooperative model where funder and community organizations are truly partners.

While no one person will embody all the qualities enumerated below, the ideal candidate will possess many of the following professional and personal abilities, attributes, and experiences:

Foundational Requirements

• Alignment with the Partnership Funds organizational mission and vision, including experience working with racially, culturally, and socio-economically diverse communities and demonstrated commitment to racial equity and gender justice.
• Tenacious and flexible, with a “getting to a yes” attitude and a propensity for working through roadblocks and achieving your goals.
• Ability to hold space for others in both personal and professional ways.
• A self-starter who brings a learning stance and willingness to grow in the role.
• An optimistic outlook and the humor, integrity, kindness, and patience necessary to work within a transformative environment.

Desired Strategic Competencies

• Design’s processes and structures to build organization alignment around and drive effective execution of fundraising and community building strategy.
• Nurtures a learning environment that continuously benefits from the perspectives of TPF’s partners, is willing to take risks, and can fail forward by learning, being agile, and accepting invitations to co-create.
• Demonstrated ability to use quantitative and qualitative data in the construction of effective interventions and strategic and tactical decision-making.
• Tracks areas of interest, need, and challenge in the sector and translates this into areas for development and growth for the organization. Identifies potential challenges or threats and develops plans to respond.
• Highly relational, with a strong belief in the importance of relationship-building for success, both internally and externally.

Desired Technical Competencies, Experience, & Education

• Experience across many facets of Development, particularly with HNWIs and institutional donors.
• Ability to multitask and meet deadlines within designated timeframes as well as demonstrated resourcefulness in setting priorities; strong organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively, take initiative and contribute ideas for enhancing performance.
• High EQ, including excellent written and oral communication skills, and the ability to interact productively with the full range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Highly relational, with a strong belief in the importance of relationship-building for success, both internally and externally. Supervisory experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree, with an advanced degree in a relevant area preferred. At least three-to-five years of nonprofit development experience.

How To Apply

For more about The Partnership Funds, please visit:  www.partnershipfunds.org

This search is being led by Katherine Jacobs and Andres Marcuse-Gonzalez of NPAG. Due to the pace of this search, candidates are strongly encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Candidates may submit their cover letter, outlining their interest and qualifications, along with their resume via NPAG’s website.