Associate, Advisory Services (AA)

Arabella Advisors; Durham, Chicago (NC, IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Arabella Advisors in Durham, NC is seeking an organized Associate to support a range of philanthropic clients. You will assist on strategy, grants management, program delivery, and client communications, with responsibilities including research, analysis, deliverable development, and logistics coordination.

The role offers exposure to high-impact projects across education, health, and the environment, and a collaborative, DEI-focused team.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting client services or project delivery in a professional setting.
• Strong research and analytical skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of client service across advisory projects.
• Assist with research, analysis, and deliverable development.
• Coordinate project logistics and administration.
• Help manage programs and grants under supervision.

Skills

Research

Analysis

Communications

Project management

Logistics coordination

Administration

Job description

Arabella Advisors helps foundations, philanthropists, corporations, and investors who are serious about impact achieve the greatest good with their resources. We work on issues ranging from the social and economic advancement of women and girls, and conservation of our climate and planet, to reducing poverty and inequity in the United States and around the world. Our staff members are mission-driven and action-oriented, and have a unique combination of experience in philanthropy, business, nonprofits, government, finance, law, and other fields. We combine creative, strategic thinking with knowledge and networks developed through decades of hands-on experience. The fastest-growing philanthropic advisory firm in the nation, Arabella is also a certified B Corporation.

About Arabella’s Advisory Team

The Advisory team is a collegial, client-focused, and DEI- and impact-driven community that provides a range of strategic consulting services to institutional foundations, family foundations, corporations and corporate foundations, impact investors, and philanthropic individuals. Our team helps clients chart their social impact and philanthropic journey, design and build new initiatives and organizations, develop grant-making and impact investment strategies, implement programs and grant initiatives, conduct diligence, evaluate impact, and collaborate effectively with other donors and investors. Together, we work with many of the nation’s leading philanthropists, helping them achieve equity-focused impact in education, health, conservation and the environment, and more.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

Advancing DEI within our firm and in our work with partners is critical to our mission. To be effective partners to philanthropists, nonprofits, and communities impacted by philanthropic dollars, we need to have a highly diverse staff, a workplace where individuals are encouraged to retain their uniqueness and can feel a sense of belonging, and a nuanced understanding of the racial, ethnic, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, and other disparities that undergird the issues we engage in and the interactions we have with one another. For us, equity means that our staff members, our clients, and the people they serve can experience the same level of success, no matter their starting place. We expect all our employees to share this commitment, and always seek ways to improve how well we live these values.

ABOUT THE POSITION

A curious, organized self-starter who will provide support for a range of Arabella’s philanthropic clients

Associates on the Advisory Team play an essential role in supporting delivery of excellent client service – including: research and analysis, communications and deliverable development, program management, and project support, including logistics coordination and administration – as well as internal projects. Associates will work on a portfolio of strategy, grants management, program management, and evaluation projects across multiple issue areas.

Erin Roberts published this page in Job Board 5 years ago