SOLIDARITY PROGRAM OFFICER - BEAI FUND (GI)

Grassroots International; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

Grassroots International in Boston seeks a Solidarity Program Officer for the BEAI Fund to develop and manage a grantmaking program advancing environmental and climate justice in the US and globally. You will lead an advisory board and support grantees through the full grantmaking cycle.

The role requires strong fundraising, grantwriting, and communication skills, with travel as needed and a commitment to mission-driven organizing.

Qualifications

• Commitment to Grassroots’ mission and BEAI Fund; understanding of environmental and climate justice movements in US and globally.
• Experience in grassroots social justice organizing in domestic and/or international settings.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work flexibly as part of a mission-driven team.
• High level of self-organization with attention to detail, administrative and computer skills.
• Experience in grantmaking, program development, and fundraising.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including public speaking.
• Spanish language fluency desirable; other languages a plus.
• Willingness to travel nationally and regionally, including some evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership on issues vital to the program, including grassroots and climate justice work in the US.
• Staff an Advisory Board comprising representatives from grassroots organizing and funders to guide grantmaking.
• Support applicants in the grantwriting process and provide background to staff, Advisory Board, and Board.
• Create strong relations with grantees and manage all grantmaking stages.
• Gather information to monitor projects and promote them with external evaluator coordination.
• Share information with BEAI Initiative and funders as needed.
• Represent Grassroots International in organizing and funder spaces.
• Report to the Director of Grantmaking and Advocacy.

Skills

Mission alignment

Grantmaking experience

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Administrative skills

Computer skills

Grantwriting / fundraising

Spanish language

Public speaking

Travel willingness

Job description

SOLIDARITY PROGRAM OFFICER - BEAI FUND (GI)

Posted on November 08, 2017

Grassroots International seeks an experienced individual to work as an active member of its Program Team. The Solidarity Program Officer – BEAI Fund develops and manages a grantmaking program consistent with Grassroots’ mission, through resources raised through the Building Equity and Alignment for Impact (BEAI) Fund. The position will be based at our Boston office.

Grassroots International works in partnership with social movements to create a just and sustainable world by advancing the human rights to land, water, and food through global grantmaking, building solidarity across organizations and movements, and advocacy in the US. Grassroots International envisions a world in which a universal commitment to the health and well‑being of the earth and all its peoples, fueled by successful global movements for economic and climate justice, has transformed production practices, consumption patterns, and economic and social relations to ones based on sustainability, equity, and the rights to land, food, and water. Our partnerships recognize that change is successful only when people in their own communities organize to confront the root causes of their problems.

The BEAI Fund was created by the Building Equity and Alignment for Impact Initiative, a network made of up grassroots organizing groups, national environmental organizations, and funders, founded in 2013 to build a more powerful, diverse, and inclusive climate justice and environmental movement. The BEAI Fund aims to contribute towards addressing the historical disparity that has kept the grassroots organizing sector underfunded, to ensure that this sector has the resources needed to increase its capacity, replicate, expand and scale its impact to ensure that lasting solutions and tangible emissions reduction targets are met on the ground. Grassroots International is the Fund Manager of the BEAI Fund.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Providing leadership on issues vital to this program work, including grassroots organizing for environmental justice and climate justice in the US;
• Staffing an Advisory Board made up of representatives from the grassroots organizing sector, national environmental organizations, and funders, which will make recommendations around grantmaking;
• Supporting applicants in the grantwriting process, reviewing application materials and providing background to other staff, Advisory Board, and Board members on applicants;
• Creating strong relations with grantees and managing all stages of the grantmaking process;
• Gathering information necessary to monitor projects and promote them, including collaboration with an external evaluator;
• Sharing information with the BEA Initiative and with funders as needed; and
• Representing Grassroots International in organizing and funder spaces.
• This position reports to the Director of Grantmaking and Advocacy

QUALIFICATIONS/KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS

• Commitment to the mission of Grassroots International, to the purpose of the BEAI Fund, and to the Jemez Principles for Democratic Organizing. Demonstrated understanding and expertise on program matters central to Grassroots’ mission, particularly to environmental and climate justice struggles in the US and to global social movements.
• Experience in grassroots social justice organizing in domestic and/or international settings strongly preferred.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work flexibly as part of a team in a mission-driven organization;
• High level of self-organization with close attention to detail, administrative skills, and computer skills;
• Experience in grantmaking process (either as a funder or applicant), program development, and fundraising;
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including the capacity to write clear and compelling program-related material and speak publicly on program themes.
• Foreign language fluency in Spanish highly desirable, other language proficiency a plus;
• Must be open to occasional national, regional, and local travel, as well as some evening and weekend hours.

COMPENSATION

Salary commensurate with experience. Benefits prorated for ⅘ time.

Grassroots International is an Affirmitive Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Women and people of color are strongly encouraged to apply.