Strategy Associate (JFI)

Jain Family Institute; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full medical and dental insurance

401(k) with 4% match

Transit benefit (MetroCard)

Unlimited vacation

Job summary

Jain Family Institute (JFI) in New York, NY seeks a Strategy Associate to support the COO in coordinating projects across people operations, communications, operations, budgeting, events, and culture. You will draft correspondence, organize All Hands meetings, coordinate onboarding, and support external meetings with stakeholders.

The role emphasizes analytic insight, multi-project management, and strong written communication; a genuine interest in grants writing is valued.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of work experience in strategy consulting, government, policy, or finance preferred.
• Proven track record of working closely with VP+ level management and driving multiple projects.
• Ability to anticipate needs of a busy COO and CEO.
• Ability to dive into any area of the business and facilitate executive decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and discretion with confidential information.
• Strong organization, prioritization, and initiative in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Support COO in carrying out projects across operations, finance, events, and culture.
• Draft correspondence and organize operational to-dos with the Operations Manager.
• Coordinate All Hands meetings, annual retreat, and onboarding to boost morale.
• Prepare agendas, materials, and logistics for external meetings (fundraising, clients, partners).
• Generate analytic and qualitative insights to track progress and resource needs.
• Collaborate with communications on presentations and speaking points for internal/external audiences.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Project management

Executive communication

Multitasking

Confidential information handling

Proactive / self-starting

Tools

Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

JFI is an applied research organization in the social sciences. We work to bring just and equitable research and policy from conception in theory to implementation in society. Our current active initiatives include applied research in higher education finance, guaranteed income, and digital ethics. We are a rapidly growing, young organization looking for candidates who are flexible, hard-working, and self-starting.

The strategy associate will report to the COO and support him/her in carrying out projects across people operations, communications, technical operations, workplace operations, budgeting, events, JFI culture, and special projects. Specific tasks include:

• Work closely with the Operations Manager to organize operational to-dos, follow-ups, and to draft thoughtful correspondence
• Organize inspiring and informative All Hands meetings, annual company retreat, and an onboarding process to share important business information to the company as well as engage and boost team morale
• Support strategy execution by creating agendas, materials and logistics for external meetings, such as fundraising, client, or partner meetings
• Generate analytic and qualitative insights to track progress against goals, and flag projects or goals requiring resources and attention
• Collaborate with the communications team on design and development of presentations and speaking points for internal and external audiences across all project areas
• Strong interest in grants writing

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• 2-3 years of work experience
  • experience in strategy consulting, government, policy, or finance preferred
  • interest in social science, research and in becoming a leader at an organization preferred
• Proven track record of working closely with VP+ level management, with an ability to track, prioritize, and drive multiple projects successfully
• Ability to anticipate the needs of a busy COO and CEO
• Ability to dive into any area of the business or product, understand business needs, and facilitate executive decisions
• Excellent communicator in written and verbal form
• Highest level of integrity and management of confidential information
• Ability to multitask, managing several high priority projects simultaneously
• Proactive and unafraid to ask questions or jump in – must thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Strong written communication skills and ability to distill and convey information in a compelling manner and use basic data and analytic skills to advance a work product, ability to see the "big picture" and to prioritize
• Executive presence
• Strong work ethic, disciplined execution skills, willingness to do whatever it takes to deliver results.
• Entrepreneurial, with a high tolerance for ambiguity and complexity and bias for action
• Strong familiarity with Excel and Microsoft Office Suite (is this relevant) and project management software

Commitment

• Full-time
• Confidentiality: as needed

Compensation and Benefits

• Full medical and dental insurance covered 100% by employer
• 401(k) with up to 4% employer match on a vesting schedule
• NYC Metro area transit unlimited MetroCard covered 100% by employer (or alternative transportation amounting to equivalent amount per month)
• Standard federal holidays and unlimited paid vacation