Job Description:
- Coordinate and participate in introductory calls with new organizations seeking funding
- Review grant proposals and prepare initial grant screens and memos to assess impact and viability
- Present key findings, opportunities, and risks to Co-Founder, Manager, and external Advisor
- Grant and philanthropic investment management
- Support processing of grants, investments, and consulting contracts from a donor-advised fund
- Lead quarterly outreach to grantees and gather portfolio impact and financial reports
- Update team budget and document meeting notes in Salesforce
- Streamline and improve grantmaking processes on an ongoing basis
- Serve as a point of contact for business partners, grantees, consultants, and co-founders
- Convene and facilitate relationship-building opportunities between Blue Haven Initiative and the ecosystem
- Develop and maintain cross-organizational relationships with different Blue Haven Initiative teams
- Conduct data-driven research on complex social and environmental challenges
- Participate in brainstorming to inform portfolio strategy and impact hypotheses
- Build high-quality deliverables to capture portfolio strategy (i.e., PowerPoint presentations, reports)
- Help lead Catalytic Capital investment portfolio along with the Ventures Senior Associate.
- Serve as project manager when team launches new initiatives or partnerships (i.e. Rika HR Leadership course, crash management strategy, employee donations, donor collaborative.)
- Support Founder with Chief of Staff responsibilities, including panel and meeting preparation
- Assist with knowledge capture and drawing of internal and publicly shared lessons learned
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business or closely related field
- 24 months experience in either private equity, venture capital, management consulting, investment banking, or development finance
- Proficiency in Salesforce, and proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Certification in financial mathematics, and certification in International development
To Apply
Please apply through our external application.