Associate Director, Risk Management (AA)

Arabella Advisors; Durham, Washington (NC, District of Columbia); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Arabella Advisors seeks an organized and detail-oriented project manager with exceptional communication skills and experience in nonprofit operations and risk management. This is a new role that will partner with the compliance, legal, and finance teams, as well as account managers and project staff.

You will join a fast-growing, entrepreneurial team reshaping the charitable sector, advancing the most important social issues facing humanity today.

Qualifications

• Organized and detail-oriented project manager with exceptional communication skills
• Experience in nonprofit operations and risk management
• Ability to partner with compliance, legal, finance teams and account managers

Responsibilities

• Partner with compliance, legal, and finance teams, as well as account managers and project staff.
• Shape, monitor, and evaluate how the firm assesses and manages risks to the nonprofit organizations it manages.
• Collaborate with a fast-growing, entrepreneurial team reshaping the charitable sector.

Job description

Arabella Advisors helps foundations, philanthropists 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 Managed Organizations Team

Arabella Advisors provides operations and management support to multiple nonprofit organizations, 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 organizations house new and innovative public interest projects and nonprofits, as well as coordinate collaborative initiatives between donors and administer grants programs. This type of structure is commonly referred to as fiscal sponsorship, and candidates are highly encouraged to research fiscal sponsorship prior to a first interview. The managed organizations provide support to a diverse range of projects, including many focused on conservation, global health and civic engagement.

ABOUT THE POSITION

You are mission-driven and action-oriented. You love to get involved and work as part of a team to accomplish something great. You value diversity, equity, and inclusion and are eager to put those values into practice. Any job is your job if it helps the team succeed, and you thrive on variety. Today, you’re looking for a role where you can use those traits to make a real difference in the world by advancing the most important social issues facing humanity today.

If that sounds like you, Arabella Advisors can’t wait to meet you.

Arabella Advisors seeks an organized and detail-oriented project manager with exceptional communication skills and experience in nonprofit operations and risk management. If you want the opportunity to work with a fast-growing and entrepreneurial team reshaping the charitable sector, then this job is for you. This is a new position that will partner with the compliance, legal, and finance teams, as well as account managers and project staff. This role will play a key role in shaping, monitoring, and evaluating how the firm assesses and manages risks to the nonprofit organizations it manages.