Program Officer (NVF)

New Venture Fund; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

New Venture Fund's Justice Accelerator Fund is seeking a grantmaker who will supervise and advance a strategic portfolio of grants. Under the supervision of the Program Lead, you will own grant portfolios, devise investment strategy, conduct grantee due diligence, and report on impact.

You will project-manage grants through internal and fiscal sponsor processes, liaise between communications and program leads, and travel regularly when safe.

Qualifications

• Own grant portfolio(s) and devise investment strategy.
• Conduct grantee due diligence and manage relationships.
• Coordinate with communications and program leads to share grantee updates.

Responsibilities

• Project manage grants through internal and fiscal sponsor processes.
• Prepare board materials for the executive team.
• Center justice, equity, belonging and inclusion in leadership and work.

Job description

Under the supervision of the Program Lead, serve as a key grantmaker.

Own grant portfolio(s), including devising the investment strategy and securing approval from the Program Lead, conducting grantee due diligence, owning grantee relationships and reporting on impact. Project manage grants in your portfolio(s), both internally and through the fiscal sponsor’s grant-making process. Serve as a liaison between communications and program leads to ensure that the Just Trust elevates grantees’ work within your portfolio(s) and responds to grantee announcements in a timely, equitable and supportive manner.

Build trusting relationships and champion collaboration with other leaders in the field. Identify opportunities for cross-grantee collaboration and convene grantees for shared learnings, strategy development, and infrastructure building. Center justice, diversity, equity, belonging and inclusion in your personal and organizational leadership both internally and externally.

Assist in preparing board materials for the executive team. Travel regularly (when it is safe to do so).

COMPENSATION

The salary for this role is $120,000 to $140,000 depending on experience.

The Justice Accelerator Fund is a project of the New Venture Fund, a 501(c)(3) public charity that incubates new and innovative public-interest projects and grant-making programs. The New Venture Fund is committed to attracting, developing and retaining exceptional people, and to creating a work environment that is dynamic, rewarding and enables each of us to realize our potential. The New Venture Fund’s work environment is safe and open to all employees and partners, respecting the full spectrum of race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, political affiliation, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and all other classifications protected by law in the locality and/or state in which you are working.