Associate Director, Consulting Services We need an outstanding project manager with exemplary client service skills to help our clients on a range of U.S.-focused efforts related to education, the environment, and additional issue areas. By joining our entrepreneurial team, you will get to lead complex projects, including planning and executing conferences, overseeing small-grants programs, managing the learning and collaboration of groups of funders, nonprofits and educators, and working directly with high-profile clients. In addition, you may lead strategy development and evaluation projects on behalf of our foundation clients. About Arabella Advisors Arabella Advisors helps philanthropists and investors pursue their social and environmental goals more effectively. Our platform of services enables clients to use all of their assets—grants, investments, relationships, time, and talent—to achieve greater good. We work with large foundations and corporations, as well as families and individuals, to develop strategic focus, execute projects, evaluate grantees and programs, invest for impact, efficiently manage grants and funds, and continually learn and innovate. Our team is socially minded and entrepreneurial, always looking for ways to make the world a better place by better serving our clients. Essential Responsibilities Client Services (75%) - Serve as project manager on client projects; duties include drafting and managing complex project budgets and project timelines and overseeing cross-functional teams
- Implement complex programs for clients; activities include designing and managing funder and grantee conferences, running grant-making cycles on our clients' behalves, and coordinating diverse stakeholder groups
- Maintain strong client relationships, facilitate client meetings, and clearly communicate progress and findings
- Develop high quality products and presentations that meet client expectations; products include reports analyzing and evaluating operational and grant-making programs, presentations explaining new philanthropic opportunities, and landscape analyses exploring new issue areas
Marketing and Business Development (20%) - Assist in the development of products and collateral that highlight the firm's expertise and abilities, including Arabella issue briefs
- Research and assist in cultivation of new clients and marketing channels
- Support Arabella's business development team in identifying and pitching new opportunities, including drafting proposals
Internal (5%) - Contribute to thought leadership
- Contribute to the development and implementation of internal systems
- Hire and manage staff as needed
Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience - Bachelor's degree
- At least five years of work experience with steadily increasing responsibility
- Experience in philanthropy, nonprofit management, business and/or consulting
- Ability to manage and lead a complex project, to oversee and delegate to others on the team, and to meet deadlines
- Experience with designing and implementing conferences, as well as with effectively managing a diverse range of stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to structure large amounts of information in a written document that is clear and easy to understand
- Strong research skills and an understanding of how to gather diverse sets of information from written documents and interviews
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent customer service acumen
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Ability to thrive in a fast paced and changing environment
Valued and Non-Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience - Graduate degree in relevant field (e.g. business, public policy, etc.)
- Management/supervisory experience
- Expertise in Education sector
- Experience identifying and overseeing project sub-contractors
- Familiarity with foundation governance, including decision-making structures and board management
- Familiarity with grants administration
A Career with Arabella Advisors We are committed to having a passion-driven, inclusive, fun, transparent, collaborative, and healthy culture. We invite you to visit our careers website to learn more about our people, culture, and work. However, we thought you should know that Arabella is committed to providing excellent benefits to our employees. For you and your eligible dependents, we pay 100% of premiums and in-network deductibles for health, vision, dental, and prescription insurance. We also provide you disability coverage; life insurance; personal and volunteer leave time; a 401K match that you are eligible to receive when you start; $1,500 a year for professional development; and a fitness benefit. We are also committed to building a firm that is diverse and inclusive. We invite our clients and employees to be fully themselves. By integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work, we benefit from increased knowledge, creativity, flexibility, and organizational and individual growth. We expect all Arabella staff to share this commitment. Directions
Candidates must submit a cover letter and resume to be considered for the position. We will disregard candidates that do not submit the appropriate materials. Cover letters should be thoughtful, specific to this position, and explain what motivated you to apply.
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