Climate Grants & Operations Associate

Barr Foundation; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 74,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Retirement Benefits

Paid Vacation (15 days)

Parental Leave

Health Leave

Job summary

The Barr Foundation is seeking a full-time Program Associate to support the Climate team, managing grantmaking processes, contracts, and data workflows across 150+ grantees and ~40 contractors. You will collaborate with internal teams to implement processes, track tasks, and maintain datasets essential to advancing the program’s strategic goals.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, and proficient in Microsoft Office or Google Workspace, with interest in Asana and Salesforce.

Qualifications

• Commitment to advancing racial equity and inclusion in your work and in our workplace.
• Demonstrated proactive project management experience.
• Self-motivated with strong problem-solving abilities, attention to detail, and ability to track and meet multiple deadlines.
• Comfort working with quantitative data and budgeting tools.
• Demonstrated ability to identify, collect, organize, and synthesize information from various data sources.
• Effective communication and presentation skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills to manage relationships with a broad range of people (internal and external).
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office and Google applications; experience with project management tools (e.g., Asana) and database systems (e.g., Salesforce) is a plus.
• Experience with nonprofit or philanthropic organizations is a plus.
• Academic coursework or professional/volunteer experience in clean energy, transportation, resilience, environmental justice, or public policy is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Grantmaking and Contracts Support: streamline grants and contracts from concept to approval; manage documentation and liaise with the Grants Management Team.
• Maintain processes to monitor contract invoices, grant payments, and reports; ensure timely and accurate data in systems.
• Proactive project management: track internal deadlines, manage workload across workstreams, and support meetings and events.
• Coordinate with consultants for event management or facilitation support as needed.
• Facilitate Climate team engagements with Communications and Learning and Evaluation teams; participate in Climate team meetings.
• Foundation-wide responsibilities: participate in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives and cross-functional activities.

Skills

Project management

Microsoft Office or Google Workspace

Strong written communication

Interpersonal skills

Budgeting tools

Data analysis

Asana

Salesforce

Nonprofit/philanthropy experience

Academic coursework or volunteer work—

Tools

Asana

Salesforce

Microsoft Office

Google Workspace

Job description

The Barr Foundation is seeking a full-time Program Associate to support the Climate team, managing grantmaking processes, contracts, and data workflows across 150+ grantees and ~40 contractors. You will collaborate with internal teams to implement processes, track tasks, and maintain datasets essential to advancing the program’s strategic goals.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, and proficient in Microsoft Office or Google Workspace, with interest in Asana and Salesforce.