Senior Director, Client Service

Arabella Advisors; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Arabella Advisors in Washington, DC is seeking a Senior Director of Client Service to lead operations for our fiscal sponsorship initiatives. You will help quickly launch, scale, and manage programs for donor collaboratives, advocacy efforts, and new nonprofit ventures.

You will build strong external and internal relationships, guide strategic practices, and foster diversity, equity, and inclusion across client engagements while empowering teams to reach meaningful social impact.

Job description

Arabella Advisors provides guidance and support to changemakers pursuing significant social and environmental impact. An award-winning professional services firm and certified B Corporation, Arabella Advisors is dedicated to making philanthropic work more efficient, effective, and equitable. We work together across geographies 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.

ABOUT THE POSITION

Arabella Advisors is a business built on the conviction that we can help changemakers achieve transformative impact by equipping them with the right tools. As a certified B Corp, our goal is to help our clients identify the most promising pathways to change, build bold and impactful efforts, and partner wisely with organizations, communities, and leaders. Central to our mission’s success is the skillful management of relationships with the clients we serve in our Managed Organization’s initiatives. As Senior Director of Client Service in our fiscal sponsorship business, you will help quickly launch, scale, and manage operations for a variety of client philanthropic initiatives, including donor collaboratives, advocacy campaigns, and new nonprofit organizations. At the heart of your efforts will be ensuring that throughout the collaborative work and projects we embark on with our clients, that we build strong relationships with them that help unleash their full potential in the fulfillment of their mission.

You will also help our Managed Organizations team continue to enhance its practices, using your skills to build internal capacity, systems, and technologies that enable us to more powerfully serve the sector. We are looking for a leader with outstanding relational skills who can balance building strong external and internal collaborations with building out a highly strategic approach to the work we are doing with our clients. We want to find someone with an entrepreneurial spirit who cares deeply about helping clients accomplish greater good, and who values integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion into every aspect of their work.