Manager of Operations

Perrin Family Foundation; New Haven (CT); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Perrin Family Foundation seeks a Manager of Operations in Connecticut to build and optimize the Foundation's day-to-day systems. You will report to the President and oversee operations, administration, grants management, and finance to support strategic goals.

This role emphasizes policy development, process improvement, and collaboration with program staff to ensure efficient workflows aligned with the Foundation's values and mission.

Job description

The Perrin Family Foundation envisions a society free from systemic oppression where Black and Brown youth exercise their innate power and live fully, at ease, in joy and liberation. Geographically focused on the state of Connecticut, our mission is to invest in and cultivate support for an ecosystem that builds the collective leadership and power of Black and Brown youth in order to advance movements for racial and social justice. Our work and approach are grounded in and guided by our core values, which you can learn more about here.

The only foundation in Connecticut exclusively dedicated to youth-led social justice, over the past decade PFF’s grantmaking, capacity building, and field building efforts have played an instrumental role in developing and strengthening the youth-led social change landscape in our state. More recently, PFF has engaged in a deep internal development and strategic planning work, with the goal of better aligning our internal structure and governance with our core mission and developing a theory of change and strategic framework that will guide our work over the next decade. In our external work, PFF will pursue the development of strategies aligned with our role in the ecosystem, which include: providing funding for youth-led racial and social justice efforts, partnering to incubate infrastructure that supports a strong field, building knowledge and shifting narratives about youth-led racial and social justice work, and organizing within philanthropy in service of our mission.

Often described by others as a foundation that has “outsized impact” given its size, PFF is seeking new team members as we embark on the implementation of our strategic framework.

The Perrin Family Foundation envisions a society free from systemic oppression where Black and Brown youth exercise their innate power and live fully, at ease, in joy and liberation. Geographically focused on the state of Connecticut, our mission is to invest in and cultivate support for an ecosystem that builds the collective leadership and power of Black and Brown youth in order to advance movements for racial and social justice. Our work and approach are grounded in and guided by our core values, which you canlearn more about here.

The only foundation in Connecticut exclusively dedicated to youth-led social justice, over the past decade PFF’s grantmaking, capacity building, and field building efforts have played an instrumental role in developing and strengthening the youth-led social change landscape in our state. More recently, PFF has engaged in a deep internal development and strategic planning work, with the goal of better aligning our internal structure and governance with our core mission and developing a theory of change and strategic framework that will guide our work over the next decade. In our external work, PFF will pursue the development of strategies aligned with our role in the ecosystem, which include: providing funding for youth-led racial and social justice efforts, partnering to incubate infrastructure that supports a strong field, building knowledge and shifting narratives about youth-led racial and social justice work, and organizing within philanthropy in service of our mission.

Often described by others as a foundation that has “outsized impact” given its size, PFF is seeking new team members as we embark on the implementation of our strategic framework.

ABOUT THE POSITION

PFF seeks an experienced candidate to join our team as Manager of Operations, responsible for developing, implementing, and executing systems that drive the day-to-day administration of the Foundation. Reporting to the President, this newly-created position will help strengthen and formalize internal systems and processes, develop and operationalize policies and procedures that build our capacity to achieve strategic goals, and ensure that all aspects of our business operations are in alignment with our organizational values. The Manager of Operations will play a lead role in managing multiple facets of the Foundation’s work, including operations, administration, grants management, and finance.