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The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust is seeking a Senior Program Officer to oversee a $12M policy and advocacy portfolio. This role includes strategic leadership, effective grant making, and collaboration within a growing team focused on immigration, social safety, and health care initiatives.
The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust (the “Trust”), a family foundation, supports advocacy for social change that promotes human dignity and contributes to a more just, democratic and environmentally sustainable world. A year ago, the Trust hired its first Chief Executive Officer. It now is in the process of expanding its staff, building out its organizational infrastructure and developing and refining its philanthropic strategies.
The Trust is seeking a skilled and experienced grant maker to serve as its Senior Program Officer, overseeing, shaping and building a $12M policy and advocacy portfolio that is focused on immigration, the social safety net, health care and reproductive rights. Reporting to the CEO, the Senior Program Officer will be a member of the Trust’s management team and will serve as an ongoing thought partner to the CEO, bringing best practices and experience from previous foundation roles.
This is a full-time position located in the Trust’s offices in mid-town Manhattan.
Strong candidates will have meaningful experience and an existing network in grant making as well as a desire to work in an entrepreneurial setting and contribute to the Trust’s overall development and organizational growth. Effective partnership and collaboration with Trust staff and Trustees will be pivotal; the Senior Program Officer will be expected to demonstrate a high level of integrity and excellent professional judgment.
Successful candidates will have previously served in a foundation program role and will be enthusiastic about developing and executing forward-looking strategies for the portfolio that reflect priorities identified by the Board. The selected candidate will bring a deep sense of the needs of the field and the dynamic environment for the work, as well as strategic knowledge of high-impact funding opportunities.
Responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):
Competitive candidates will demonstrate the following professional and personal qualifications:
Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience.
The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust has engaged Koya Leadership Partners to help in this hire. Please submit a compelling cover letter and resume to Molly Brennan and Shavon Bellhere .
The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust deeply values equity and inclusion and is committed to the recruitment and retention of individuals of underrepresented backgrounds, including (but not limited to) gender identity and expression, race, religion and sexual orientation.
Koya Leadership Partners is a national retainedexecutivesearch and human capital consulting firm that works exclusively with mission-driven organizations, institutions of higher education and social enterprises. We deliver measurable results, finding exceptionally talented people who truly fit the unique culture of our client organizations andensuring that organizations have the resources and strategies to support them.For more information, visitwww.koyapartners.com