Associate Director, Managed Organizations

Arabella Advisors; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Arabella Advisors seeks an Associate Director for the Managed Organizations team to oversee a portfolio of nonprofit projects, ensuring back-office infrastructure supports programmatic goals. This role will focus on operational excellence across multiple organizations the firm manages as fiscal sponsors.

You will work with New Venture Fund, Windward Fund, Hopewell Fund (c)(3) public charities, and Sixteen Thirty Fund (c)(4), handling compliance, budgeting, HR, technology, and project-management

Qualifications

• Experienced operations professional with strong project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of nonprofit projects to ensure back-office infrastructure supports programmatic goals.
• Provide operational expertise to nonprofit organizations Arabella manages that serve as fiscal sponsors.
• Coordinate compliance, budgeting and finance, HR, technology, and project management across MO portfolio.

Skills

Project management

Operations

Job description

Associate Director, Managed Organizations

Arabella Advisors helps foundations, philanthropists and investors who are serious about impact achieve the greatest good with their resources. We work together across geographies 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 THE POSITION

An experienced operations professional with strong project management skills who will manage a portfolio of nonprofit projects to ensure they have the back-office infrastructure necessary to meet their programmatic goals

Associate Directors on the Managed Organizations (MO) team project manage -- and provide operational expertise to -- the nonprofit organizations Arabella manages that serve as fiscal sponsors, including the New Venture Fund, the Windward Fund, and the Hopewell Fund—all 501(c)(3) public charities—and the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a 501(c)(4). These managed nonprofit organizations house new and innovative public interest projects -- many focused on conservation, global health, and civic engagement -- as well as coordinate collaborative initiatives between donors and administer grants programs.

MO team members are deeply passionate about the role that smooth, efficient back-office organizational operations play in achieving social impact. Our colleagues are experienced and skilled in areas like non-profit (c3) and (c4) compliance, budgeting and finance, human resources, technology, and project management. Associate Directors play a central role as conductors of these projects – ensuring all the pieces flow together smoothly and that the projects have the infrastructure needed to meet their strategic and programmatic goals. As an example, advocacy-focused projects are a growing component of our work, so this would be a great role for someone interested in gaining experience in the operations and compliance side of nonprofit advocacy initiatives.