| Job description |
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Tides Foundation is a founding organization of Tides Network and over its long history it also helped establish Tides Center, Tides Shared Spaces and other related organizations. Tides Foundation has provided professional and innovative services to individuals and institutions committed to accelerating positive social change through philanthropy.
The Associate Director assists in the overall leadership and management of this important component of Tides, which includes programmatic services, management of individual and corporate donor relationships, and grants administration. The Associate Director is charged with specific responsibilities in the administrative, fiscal, operations, and client services areas of Tides NY and takes part in Tides’ Quarterly Management Meetings in order to participate in strategic decision-making and to enhance communication within the entire organization.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities:
Component-Wide Leadership & Management:
- Works in partnership with the Director to develop and implement key initiatives and strategic goals.
- Serves as the manager on duty in the absence of the Director.
- Coordinates the agenda, ensures staff participation, and facilitates monthly Component Meetings.
- Coordinates Component-wide training efforts, strategic planning, and evaluation activities.
- Development and implementation of policies and procedures designed to enhance the work of the Component.
Overall Administrative & Fiscal Oversight:
- Assist in the development, management and review of Component Budget.
- Manages staff leave time, including review and approval of leave requests, monitoring accrual reports, and serving as a liaison to both Human Resources and Finance.
- Review and approval of individual credit card use, including the timely submission of individual monthly reporting on expenses.
- Review and approval of additional administrative and fiscal forms, including staff reimbursement requests, check requests, personnel change request forms, etc.
- Works to resolve outstanding budget and expense issues with appropriate finance staff.
Coordination of Administrative Support Services:
- Supervision of Philanthropic Advisor, including providing direction, monitoring and evaluating performance, and assessing training and professional development needs.
- Works with Philanthropic Advisor to manage workflow and develop and implement strategic goals and objectives related to administrative support services
- Development, monitoring and approval of budgetary items related to administrative support services
- Maintenance of quality assurance and coordination of evaluation and assessment efforts.
Coordinated oversight of Grants Administration & Processing:
- Works with Operations and Grants Manager to develop and implement strategic goals and objectives related to grants administration and processing.
- Maintenance of quality assurance and coordination of evaluation and assessment efforts.
Management of Donor Engagement & Client Services Activities:
- Management & Supervision of Philanthropic Advisor, Individual Donor Relations, including providing direction, monitoring and evaluating performance, and assessing training and professional development needs.
- Management & Supervision of Philanthropic Advisor, Corporate and Family Relations, including providing direction, monitoring and evaluating performance, and assessing training and professional development needs.
- Provides leadership in fund development efforts, including the recruitment and assignment of new clients, enhanced services for current clients, the generation of strategic goals and objectives related to the Planned Giving Program, and support for Tides’ program initiatives.
Leadership & Participation in Committees/Internal Work-Teams.:
- Long-term committee/work-teams include the Performance Review Team, the Regulatory Compliance Committee, the Personnel Policies & Procedures Committee, the Fund Development Team, and the Technology Development Committee. In addition to this, the Associate Director serves on and provides leadership for a variety of shorter-term committees and internal work-teams – including the Tides Center Management structure.
Leadership & Coordination of Other Key Projects:
- In addition to the duties listed above, the Associate Director provides leadership or serves a catalyst for other assigned projects, helping them move from design to implementation. In ensuring the successful completion of these projects, the Associate Director works in close partnership with the Director and other members of the NY and San Francisco Philanthropic Services Team.
- Other Duties as Assigned by the Director.
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Qualifications:
Experience/Education:
- Bachelor’s degree, nonprofit related work experience of more than ten years or a comparable combination of education and/or experience.
- 10+ years working with individual donors and affluent individuals.
- 5+ years of relevant nonprofit experience (donor relations, grants administration).
- 5-10 years of management experience.
- Creativity and a sense of humor are important.
- Required demonstrable experience providing leadership support in a multi-client environment.
- Must have the experience to balance competing demands and satisfy the conflicting needs of a multi-client base with tact and diplomacy.
- Previous experience in the non-profit or NGO sector.
- Requires project management experience seeing a projection from inception to development to implementation.
- Adaptability: enjoys the challenges of a changing environment and diverse client requirements.
- Willing to accept new challenges and opportunities as a key to personal and professional growth and continued success.
Knowledge:
- Experience and knowledge of progressive nonprofit sector critical.
- Experience and knowledge of international grantmaking, preferred.
- Experience and knowledge working outside of the United States, preferred.
- Knowledge of issues and trends in the fields of philanthropy and social change movement organizing.
- Understanding of political and social climate and trends basic knowledge of non-profit and NGO social change strategies: organizing, advocacy, service provision and direct action
- Basic knowledge of fund development as it relates to social change philanthropy.
Skills And Abilities:
- Proven ability to organize, develop, and maintain strong relationships with individual donors.
- Ability to develop systems to support fund development tasks and activities.
- Skill in fostering cooperation and teamwork among co-workers.
- Ability to think creatively to maximize constituent organizing efforts.
- Proven ability to take initiative and interpret and fulfill responsibilities without intensive management direction.
- Good communication skills, including listening, verbal and written communications (especially creating clear and concise email messages and memos).
- The ability to demonstrate sensitivity to and appreciation for diverse viewpoints, different communication styles and a wide range of diverse colleagues.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
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