Program Officer

RISE Together Fund/RISE Together Action Fund; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

RISE Together Fund and RISE Together Action Fund in the United States are seeking a Program Officer to help develop, execute, and evaluate grantmaking and program strategy for BAMEMSA communities. The role is full-time and remote, offering a chance to strengthen field capacity and drive racial, gender, and queer justice through targeted learning opportunities.

The position is US-based remote, with responsibility for guiding program development, learning opportunities, and technical assistance to

Responsibilities

• Oversee grantmaking activities and program development for BAMEMSA field.
• Implement grantee technical assistance, capacity building, and field-building efforts.
• Develop and evaluate strategy in line with RTF and RTAF goals.

Job description

The RISE Together Fund (RTF) and RISE Together Action Fund (RTAF) support cutting-edge Black, African, Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian (BAMEMSA) field-led work. RTF bolsters its national grantmaking with programming, field building, and technical assistance to build and expand the capacity of the BAMEMSA movement toward racial, gender, and queer justice and a fully inclusive and representative democracy. Since 2008, RTF has funded directly impacted voices to lead policy and social change in BAMEMSA communities. RTF is the first and only national donor collaborative dedicated to supporting the critical work of BAMEMSA individuals and organizations facing anti-Muslim targeting, hate crimes, and xenophobia. In 2021, RTF’s grantees spanned 18 states and since 2008, RTF has granted more than $18 million and reached more than 500 organizations.

ABOUT THE POSITION

Program Officer will help develop, execute, and evaluate grantmaking and program development, strategy in furtherance of RTF and RTAF goals. Specifically, the Program Officer will help oversee RTF’s grantmaking activities, implement grantee program development, technical assistance, capacity and field building efforts and/or other learning opportunities to support the BAMEMSA field.

This is a full-time (40 hour per week) US-based remote position.

COMPENSATION

$80,000-$95,000 per year with geographic salary differentials

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