California Community Foundation
Program Officer, Young Adult Family Fund
California Community Foundation, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90079
Program Officer, Young Adult Family Fund
Starting salary range: $103,000.00-$105,000.00/Annually
($3,961.54-$4,038.46 biweekly)
Full-Time, Exempt, Salaried
This is an in-office position for the first 100 days. Requires in-office work five (5) days per week. Following the first 100 days, staff have the flexibility to work two (2) days remotely. Mandatory in-office workdays are Tuesdays & Wednesdays.
Only applicants who reside in California and submit a cover letter will be considered.
***CCF IS A MANDATORY COVID-19 VACCINATION EMPLOYER***
Job Summary:
Reporting to the Senior Program Officer, the Program Officer will be relationship lead for a portfolio of grantees within the Young Adult Family Fund. The Program Officer will be responsible for collective outcomes, grantmaking, capacity building, project management, donor relations, and community engagement as related to the Young Adult Family Fund.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Strategy Development and Implementation:
Implements mission, vision and strategic objectives as aligned with the fund’s compass.
Tracks progress towards strategic objectives, designs new objectives as necessary and course corrects while driving towards common outcomes.
Collaborates with a wide breadth of internal and external partners to achieve strategic objectives.
Assumes primary responsibility for communicating results to multiple audiences and spurring collective action towards common objectives.
Drives strategy by maintaining depth and expertise in the fund’s areas of interest.
Portfolio Management:
Manages strategic grantmaking, relationships and projects related to a common set of outcomes and budget.
Effectively communicates status of portfolio and potential improvements to team.
Oversees executed grants and maintains ongoing, supportive relationship with partners.
Works to strengthen organizational capacity of grantees and sector.
Evaluates portfolio investments and initiative outcomes to guide and advance related goals.
Serves as a thought-partner and content expert to aligned partners and networks.
Grantmaking and Monitoring:
Ensures that grants are strategically aligned and invested to achieve maximum impact towards shared outcomes.
Conducts due diligence of organizations including review and analysis of grant proposals, organizational documents, financial information, site visits and interviews with other funders and relevant agencies.
Makes funding recommendations to team and donor family.
Produces grant agreement data, reviews progress reports and payment requests, and maintains ongoing communications with grantees.
Works with grant partners to report results by using effective outcome measures to assist team and donor family to better assess the impact of its grants.
Prepares and presents written and oral analyses of grant requests, issue briefs, and portfolio reports for CCF staff, donors, leadership, board, etc.
Community Engagement and Partner Relations:
Works directly to maintain and strengthen relationships with grantees, foundation partners, consultants, and various constituency groups, including community-based service providers, policy and advocacy organizations, government agencies, local and state-level elected policymakers, civic and business leaders, etc.
Represents CCF at special events and on relevant committees, commissions, and boards.
Works directly with community members and prospective grant seekers to provide clarification of CCF priorities, direction regarding application procedures, and feedback on proposals.
Communications:
Communicates expertly (written and oral) with internal team, donor family, CCF staff, partners and other stakeholders about fund priorities, activities, and progress.
Responds to external requests for information as a community ambassador of CCF, the fund and its priorities.
Works in partnership across CCF departments to produce relevant materials for distribution to key stakeholders.
Research and Special Projects:
Conducts, proposes, and monitors research as related to fund’s interests.
Uses research process and products to guide strategies and inform partners.
Builds on research projects to identify solutions related to collective outcomes.
Ensures that research is disseminated and presented to appropriate stakeholders.
Designs, manages, and facilitates special projects for CCF by ensuring timely preparation and coordination of key activities and materials.
Facilitation & Convening:
Strategically convenes stakeholders to develop and accomplish a shared agenda that moves work towards fund goals.
Plans and coordinates meetings with stakeholders and uses opportunities to engage CCF donors, grantees, staff, board, and community.
Represents the donor fund and stakeholders at community events and meetings with foundation partners, constituencies, and stakeholder groups.
Plans and supports events as needed.
Integration of Work:
Integrates the expertise, resources and goals of CCF’s departments into portfolio to increase opportunity for systemic change towards organizational outcomes. Identifies and pursues opportunities for internal integration of work across functions and departments to leverage strengths and efforts across CCF.
General:
Assists team members, donor family, CCF colleagues, and serves on interdepartmental teams across the organization to ensure the effective and efficient CCF operations. At all times, demonstrates cooperative behavior with supervisors and coworkers. Other duties as assigned, dependent on organizational needs and employee skills.
Job Qualifications
Education:
Bachelor's degree required, preferably in a related field.
Master’s level degree in a field related to the primary funding areas of the foundation is preferred.
Work Experience:
At least five (5) years of demonstrated content expertise, related program design and implementation, grantmaking and/or management experience required with a minimum of three years working in the nonprofit, public and/or philanthropic sector required.
Experience in managing consultants and project working teams to achieve results is essential.
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Leadership Skills:
Ability to make well-reasoned decisions in the best interests of the fund for the present and future, and the ability to work collaboratively and effectively with individuals of diverse backgrounds.
Project Management Skills:
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. Ability to implement and manage projects, prioritize work effectively and adjust to multiple demands.
Convening and Facilitation Skills:
Able to facilitate meetings and group processes for the purposes of fact-finding, decision-making, peer learning and problem solving.
Communication Skills:
Excellent writing, math and oral communication skills with the ability to write clear, concise analyses and narratives. Ability to prepare and deliver effective presentations, and to comfortably interact with diverse audiences.
Technical Knowledge:
Demonstrated mastery in majority of issues or functional area of the family fund (i.e. housing, economic mobility, mental health, strategy development, evaluation, etc.). Demonstrated analytical capabilities and substantive knowledge of best practices in fields of interest to the foundation, familiarity with non-profit financial statements, loan and mission-related investment programs, public policy and legislative process, public and private funding streams related to the foundation’s domains of work, and a working understanding of outcome measures and evaluation methodologies aimed at assessing program effectiveness.
Community Knowledge:
Knowledge of the Los Angeles County nonprofit community, familiarity with the geography and diverse neighborhoods throughout the region, and experience in working effectively with diverse and broad-based community constituencies.
Technology Skills:
Internet competency and strong computer proficiency, including mastery of the Microsoft Office software suite (particularly Word, PowerPoint and Excel) is required.
Team & General Skills:
Ability to work well independently. Ability to take initiative and follow tasks through to completion. Ability to lead a team toward CCF's goals, leveraging each team member's skill set.
Employee Benefits:
In addition to a rewarding work environment, California Community Foundation (CCF) is proud to offer a generous benefits package. Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plans are provided at no cost for all full-time staff. Life Insurance is covered at 100% of the employee's annual salary, plus $25,000. AD&D Insurance is covered at 100% of the employee's annual salary.
CCF contributes 10% of all full-time employee's salaries into our 403b retirement plan. CCF subsidizes monthly transit passes for staff who commute via public transportation. CCF also offers an assortment of snacks available to all staff in our breakrooms, and an on-site fitness center.
After one year of service, all full-time employees are eligible for tuition reimbursement of up to $15,000 for higher education. CCF also offers a student loan repayment program of $100/month for all full-time employees after one year of service.
Equal Opportunity Hiring Statement:
The California Community Foundation (CCF) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Disclaimer:
This description should not be construed to contain every function or responsibility that may be required to be performed by an incumbent in this job classification. This job description is intended to be general and will evolve over time. The description is subject to periodic updating. At management’s discretion, the employee may be assigned different or additional duties from time to time.
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Starting salary range: $103,000.00-$105,000.00/Annually
($3,961.54-$4,038.46 biweekly)
Full-Time, Exempt, Salaried
This is an in-office position for the first 100 days. Requires in-office work five (5) days per week. Following the first 100 days, staff have the flexibility to work two (2) days remotely. Mandatory in-office workdays are Tuesdays & Wednesdays.
Only applicants who reside in California and submit a cover letter will be considered.
***CCF IS A MANDATORY COVID-19 VACCINATION EMPLOYER***
Job Summary:
Reporting to the Senior Program Officer, the Program Officer will be relationship lead for a portfolio of grantees within the Young Adult Family Fund. The Program Officer will be responsible for collective outcomes, grantmaking, capacity building, project management, donor relations, and community engagement as related to the Young Adult Family Fund.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Strategy Development and Implementation:
Implements mission, vision and strategic objectives as aligned with the fund’s compass.
Tracks progress towards strategic objectives, designs new objectives as necessary and course corrects while driving towards common outcomes.
Collaborates with a wide breadth of internal and external partners to achieve strategic objectives.
Assumes primary responsibility for communicating results to multiple audiences and spurring collective action towards common objectives.
Drives strategy by maintaining depth and expertise in the fund’s areas of interest.
Portfolio Management:
Manages strategic grantmaking, relationships and projects related to a common set of outcomes and budget.
Effectively communicates status of portfolio and potential improvements to team.
Oversees executed grants and maintains ongoing, supportive relationship with partners.
Works to strengthen organizational capacity of grantees and sector.
Evaluates portfolio investments and initiative outcomes to guide and advance related goals.
Serves as a thought-partner and content expert to aligned partners and networks.
Grantmaking and Monitoring:
Ensures that grants are strategically aligned and invested to achieve maximum impact towards shared outcomes.
Conducts due diligence of organizations including review and analysis of grant proposals, organizational documents, financial information, site visits and interviews with other funders and relevant agencies.
Makes funding recommendations to team and donor family.
Produces grant agreement data, reviews progress reports and payment requests, and maintains ongoing communications with grantees.
Works with grant partners to report results by using effective outcome measures to assist team and donor family to better assess the impact of its grants.
Prepares and presents written and oral analyses of grant requests, issue briefs, and portfolio reports for CCF staff, donors, leadership, board, etc.
Community Engagement and Partner Relations:
Works directly to maintain and strengthen relationships with grantees, foundation partners, consultants, and various constituency groups, including community-based service providers, policy and advocacy organizations, government agencies, local and state-level elected policymakers, civic and business leaders, etc.
Represents CCF at special events and on relevant committees, commissions, and boards.
Works directly with community members and prospective grant seekers to provide clarification of CCF priorities, direction regarding application procedures, and feedback on proposals.
Communications:
Communicates expertly (written and oral) with internal team, donor family, CCF staff, partners and other stakeholders about fund priorities, activities, and progress.
Responds to external requests for information as a community ambassador of CCF, the fund and its priorities.
Works in partnership across CCF departments to produce relevant materials for distribution to key stakeholders.
Research and Special Projects:
Conducts, proposes, and monitors research as related to fund’s interests.
Uses research process and products to guide strategies and inform partners.
Builds on research projects to identify solutions related to collective outcomes.
Ensures that research is disseminated and presented to appropriate stakeholders.
Designs, manages, and facilitates special projects for CCF by ensuring timely preparation and coordination of key activities and materials.
Facilitation & Convening:
Strategically convenes stakeholders to develop and accomplish a shared agenda that moves work towards fund goals.
Plans and coordinates meetings with stakeholders and uses opportunities to engage CCF donors, grantees, staff, board, and community.
Represents the donor fund and stakeholders at community events and meetings with foundation partners, constituencies, and stakeholder groups.
Plans and supports events as needed.
Integration of Work:
Integrates the expertise, resources and goals of CCF’s departments into portfolio to increase opportunity for systemic change towards organizational outcomes. Identifies and pursues opportunities for internal integration of work across functions and departments to leverage strengths and efforts across CCF.
General:
Assists team members, donor family, CCF colleagues, and serves on interdepartmental teams across the organization to ensure the effective and efficient CCF operations. At all times, demonstrates cooperative behavior with supervisors and coworkers. Other duties as assigned, dependent on organizational needs and employee skills.
Job Qualifications
Education:
Bachelor's degree required, preferably in a related field.
Master’s level degree in a field related to the primary funding areas of the foundation is preferred.
Work Experience:
At least five (5) years of demonstrated content expertise, related program design and implementation, grantmaking and/or management experience required with a minimum of three years working in the nonprofit, public and/or philanthropic sector required.
Experience in managing consultants and project working teams to achieve results is essential.
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Leadership Skills:
Ability to make well-reasoned decisions in the best interests of the fund for the present and future, and the ability to work collaboratively and effectively with individuals of diverse backgrounds.
Project Management Skills:
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. Ability to implement and manage projects, prioritize work effectively and adjust to multiple demands.
Convening and Facilitation Skills:
Able to facilitate meetings and group processes for the purposes of fact-finding, decision-making, peer learning and problem solving.
Communication Skills:
Excellent writing, math and oral communication skills with the ability to write clear, concise analyses and narratives. Ability to prepare and deliver effective presentations, and to comfortably interact with diverse audiences.
Technical Knowledge:
Demonstrated mastery in majority of issues or functional area of the family fund (i.e. housing, economic mobility, mental health, strategy development, evaluation, etc.). Demonstrated analytical capabilities and substantive knowledge of best practices in fields of interest to the foundation, familiarity with non-profit financial statements, loan and mission-related investment programs, public policy and legislative process, public and private funding streams related to the foundation’s domains of work, and a working understanding of outcome measures and evaluation methodologies aimed at assessing program effectiveness.
Community Knowledge:
Knowledge of the Los Angeles County nonprofit community, familiarity with the geography and diverse neighborhoods throughout the region, and experience in working effectively with diverse and broad-based community constituencies.
Technology Skills:
Internet competency and strong computer proficiency, including mastery of the Microsoft Office software suite (particularly Word, PowerPoint and Excel) is required.
Team & General Skills:
Ability to work well independently. Ability to take initiative and follow tasks through to completion. Ability to lead a team toward CCF's goals, leveraging each team member's skill set.
Employee Benefits:
In addition to a rewarding work environment, California Community Foundation (CCF) is proud to offer a generous benefits package. Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plans are provided at no cost for all full-time staff. Life Insurance is covered at 100% of the employee's annual salary, plus $25,000. AD&D Insurance is covered at 100% of the employee's annual salary.
CCF contributes 10% of all full-time employee's salaries into our 403b retirement plan. CCF subsidizes monthly transit passes for staff who commute via public transportation. CCF also offers an assortment of snacks available to all staff in our breakrooms, and an on-site fitness center.
After one year of service, all full-time employees are eligible for tuition reimbursement of up to $15,000 for higher education. CCF also offers a student loan repayment program of $100/month for all full-time employees after one year of service.
Equal Opportunity Hiring Statement:
The California Community Foundation (CCF) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Disclaimer:
This description should not be construed to contain every function or responsibility that may be required to be performed by an incumbent in this job classification. This job description is intended to be general and will evolve over time. The description is subject to periodic updating. At management’s discretion, the employee may be assigned different or additional duties from time to time.
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