Senior Advisor, Sponsored Projects & Funds

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors•RPA New York, NY

4d•Remote

About The Position

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) is a nonprofit organization that currently advises on and manages more than $400 million in annual giving by individuals, families, corporations and major foundations. RPA accelerates philanthropy in pursuit of a just world. Continuing the Rockefeller family’s legacy of thoughtful, effective philanthropy, RPA remains at the forefront of philanthropic growth and innovation, with a diverse team led by experienced grantmakers with significant depth of knowledge across the spectrum of issue areas. Founded in 2002, RPA has grown into one of the world’s largest philanthropic service organizations and, as a whole, has facilitated more than $3 billion in grantmaking to nearly 70 countries. RPA serves as a fiscal sponsor for more than 120+ projects, providing governance, management and operational infrastructure to support their charitable purposes. The Senior Advisor has a portfolio of assigned fiscal sponsorship projects and has the responsibility for developing and maintaining strategic partnerships with both the leadership of the project and the funders of the project. The Senior Advisor provides strategic advice for assigned client relationships involving frequent interaction with clients and active support for charitable project outcomes funded by various grants to the project. The Senior Advisor is the lead on a relationship supported by other team members to handle service transactions and support and guidance.

Requirements

A Bachelor’s and graduate work or equivalent experience preferred.
Previous professional experience in the philanthropic or related field with increasing responsibility and proven effectiveness in working with Grantmakers, programs, grant seekers, and non-profit organizations in content creation and or research (7-9 or more years of experience)
An understanding of the broad spectrum of private philanthropy, including trends in giving and key issues.

Responsibilities

Lead the guidance and support for the delivery of a group of significant projects within a function, using an appropriate project management methodology to give assurance that the intended outcomes of RPA team contributions are identified and achieved.
Lead the planning and delivery of a wide range of information gathering and stakeholder consultation activities and specify, negotiate, and agree on RPA operational deliverables ensuring integration across the program.
Manage identification of risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints associated with the project, escalating these where appropriate. Where necessary, develop, agree on, and implement solutions to overcome these.
Leads team engagement; defines the guidance required to achieve outcome, coordinates team actions across project activities; coordinates flow of additional team members’ efforts; and builds the capability of the team through training, coaching, and mentoring.
Interpret the philanthropic need and identify solution recommendations to operational problems at a project unit level.
Support business development opportunities through the cultivation of key external relationships, representing the organization in desirable networks, and generating proposals and related content as needed.
Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to work independently while providing guidance and training to others on planning, organizing, prioritizing, and overseeing activities to efficiently meet business objectives.
Works at an advanced level to shift into and out of a mental mindset associated with assessing the facts and circumstances of the current situation and/or environment and making the appropriate/innovative adjustments to thinking and work habits to thrive in any scenario. Typically works independently and provides guidance.
Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to negotiate independently while providing guidance and training to others on how to help the organization by obtaining consensus between two or more internal or external parties who may have different interests.
Works at an advanced level to prioritize components of a project, program, or portfolio work in context with risks, activities, stakeholders, etc. across the life of the project or program. Typically works independently and provides guidance.
Able to work independently or with minimal ongoing supervision, but also able to function collaboratively as part of a broader client team as needed.
Contributes meaningful creative insights, original ideas, and strategic counsel that distinguishes the organization from competitors.
Works with full competence to identify, acquire, and manage the resources (physical and human) for the project. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
Assign tasks and responsibilities to Assistants, Associates, and Advisors as needed. Provide directional guidance, feedback, and training as needed. Coordinate and manage tasks to support projects.