Role Description

As an Associate, Social Impact at Lever for Change, you will be responsible for supporting the programming, communications, and operations of a growing network of 500+ social change organizations to unlock funding for their missions through capacity-building programming, strategic partnerships, and storytelling. Reporting to the Officer, Social Impact, you will also provide support to Vice President, Programs & Social Impact and Vice President, Programs, Data, & Learning.

This is an exciting opportunity for a creative, hard-working professional to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment and to directly support the organizational strengthening and programmatic activities of a philanthropic start-up.

The Objectives You Will Meet

• Building Positive Working Relationships
  • Partners with colleagues across teams to support social change organizations with unlocking funding and building organizational capacity.
  • Maintain and build relationships with external social impact partners.
• Information Monitoring
  • Maintains accurate, well-structured contact and organizational information across databases for programmatic success.
  • Collaborates with other teams and partners to evaluate program success using qualitative and quantitative data.
• Communication
  • Oversee various forms of communication to promote programming and opportunities to a global network of social change organizations.
  • Assist with the development of social impact storytelling to engage donor audiences.
• Planning and Organizing
  • Assist with developing skill-building programming with a network of technical assistance providers.
  • Execute and manage workplans and deliverables for cross-team processes and programming.

How You Will Meet These Objectives

• Project Management
  • Support the Officer with developing an organizational capacity building curriculum on topics such as leadership development, organizational strategy, and fundraising for nonprofit organizations.
  • Serve as a project manager for the development of social impact partner contracts and invoicing.
  • Serve as project manager for a small gifts fund.
  • Assist with nominations for external funding and development opportunities for Network membership, including grant prizes, fellowships, and grant matching programs.
  • Support the Programs team with technical assistance for finalists in open calls.
• Network Engagement
  • Manage and create social impact storytelling products such as blogs, articles, and reports in conjunction with the Communications team to promote Network members to donor audiences.
  • Oversee communications to Network members, including a monthly newsletter, promotional materials, webpage, and social media posts.
  • Maintain a digital collection of capacity-building and application resources.
  • Support Social Impact officer with developing program-related memos, presentations, and reports for Senior Leadership.
• Learning
  • Manage measurement and evaluation of social impact programming effectiveness and membership experience.
  • Support Data and Learning team with Bold Solution Network data collection, maintenance, and analysis for programmatic success.
  • Keep abreast of current events, developments and issues in the field of philanthropy in order to maintain a balanced and objective perspective to support grantees and top-performing applicants.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years of professional project management experience ideally in philanthropy, NGO/nonprofit sector, organizational technical assistance, or related field.
• Minimum of a BA/BS.
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Positive “can-do” attitude and a willingness to do what is necessary to get the job done.
• Well-developed organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to follow tasks through to completion in a timely manner.
• Able to manage multiple tasks and projects under tight deadlines.
• Able to take initiative and work proactively.
• Excellent and effective interpersonal skills in working with colleagues at all levels; able to use discretion and maintain confidentiality; cultural sensitivity and demonstrated ability to work diplomatically with diverse constituencies.
• Technologically savvy. Experience with Salesforce, AirTable, and Asana a plus.
• English fluency (spoken and written) required.
• Demonstrated competency in interpersonal communication with grantees and high-level donor clients.

Physical Requirements and Work Environment

• The work environment is a home office setting.
• Intermittent physical activities will include bending, reaching, sitting, and moving around the office during working hours.
• Must be able to navigate throughout various offices of the building.
• Communicating with others to exchange information and perform duties.
• Ability to read materials on a computer screen.
• Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
• Moderate noise level consistent with an office environment.
• This is a remote position, with the organization’s primary office located in Chicago, IL.

Benefits

• 15% retirement contribution.
• Fully employer-paid health insurance (for you and dependents).
• Generous paid time off and holiday schedule.
• Robust parental leave.
• Life and disability protections.
• Tuition and professional development support.
• Stipends and reimbursements that support modern work.