Program Officer, Power Jobs

The Semi-monthly (per pay period) compensation for this position in FY23 is:

$4,688 per pay period

Location: San Francisco, CA Department: Community Impact - Power Pathway

Type: limited term, exempt Experience: Intermediate

Organization Overview

Founded in 1948, the San Francisco Foundation is one of the nation’s largest community foundations — a grantmaking public charity dedicated to improving life within a specific local region. Our mission is to mobilize resources and act as a catalyst for change to build strong communities, foster civic leadership, and promote philanthropy in the San Francisco Bay Area.

POSITION SUMMARY The following sections are designed based on the Results Based Leadership for Racial Equity

Boundaries

The Program Officer has primary responsibility for grantmaking and strategy implementation for the Power Pathway. The Program Officer contributes to the development and manages implementation of pathway strategies and results-based outcomes that advance racial equity and economic inclusion in the San Francisco Bay Area through strengthening grassroots organizing by community and faith-based organizations building a pipeline of BIPOC leaders and promoting integrated voter engagement and political power-building.

Authority

Strategy Implementation

• Develop and implement plans to advance critical elements of SFF’s equity agenda through civic leadership role.
• Thought leadership and information dissemination.
• Contribute to the development of pathway strategies and the identification of program outcomes as well as manage key components of strategy development and implementation.

Collaboration

• Lead proactive efforts with other funders, private and public sector leaders and grantees. This could include raising additional funds from other foundations and donors to meet identified needs connected to specific outcomes, as well as convening grantees around an identified programmatic outcome.
• Collaborate with the Marketing and Communications staff on media, marketing and public relations activities.

Grantmaking

• Work with grantees on applications/reports, work with grants admin staff to manage grantmaking budget, navigate online systems to process and track grants, develop relationships with community orgs and grantees
• Develop strategy and manage the Power Pathways grantmaking portfolio in partnership with the Senior Director of the Power Pathway.

Role

• Identify, facilitate and manage opportunities to bring various constituencies together to further the goals of SFF’s Equity Agenda. For instance convenings may be used to position SFF as a resource for those interested in addressing critical issues affecting individuals and communities, to gather input on a specific strategy or body of work to garner support for a particular cause or activity, to educate and learn, or for other similar purposes.
• Demonstrate content expertise, conduct political landscape research, and provide thought leadership and information dissemination through key speaking engagements, articles, media interviews, and other social media opportunities. Plan and organize convenyings and other briefings.
• Review, research and recommend grants. Evaluate the solicitation of grants and the response to nonprofit, government, and private agency requests fo Foundation funding. This could include the development of RFP’s (Request for Proposals) and/or plans for grants distribution. Evaluate merits of written proposals, conduct due diligence, participate in site visits, review research and present grant recommendations to senior staff and SFF’s Board of Trustees, as appropriate.
• In collaborate with the Director of Strategic Learning and Evaluations contribute to the determination of the benchmarks, indicators of success and methodology to track and assess the progress twoard outcomes associated with the pathway strategy as well as the effectiveness of grants and progress reports.
• Provide resource and referral advice and technical assistance to grantees and other foundations and/or collaboratives.
• In partnership with the Planned Giving and Philanthropy team, the Program Officer will meet with donors and prospective donors as assigned, providing them with information about pathway efforts or other specific issues, best practices and grantmaking opportunities in the Bay Area. Provide background information for direct funding requests to donors. Organize and present at donor forums.
• Work with partners, donors, grantees, civic and political leaders; provide external leadership for SFF.

Tasks

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with funder partners, particularly those connected to the Power Pathway areas of focus and core community and institutional partners.
• Participate with Koshland Committee advisory group and staff on programmatic activities and events.
• Provide external leadership and develop multi-sector partnerships to advance pathway results and the overarching regional equity agenda.
• Assist in developing a foundation-wide understanding of and support for pathway and overall equity strategy.
• Determine and refine pathway results and strategies, including grantmaking, convenings, research, and partnerships, all oriented toward advancing regional racial and economic equity.
• Seek opportunities to learn from and share new grantmaking and evaluation approaches.
• Identify themes and trends across our grant portfolio and the nonprofit sector to inform and refine grantmaking strategy and potential partnerships and other opportunities, including fundraising for specific projects and collaborative efforts.
• Collaborate with Marketing and Communications staff to advance pathway and overarching equity goals.
• Ensure a strategic focus on policy and systems change at scale.
• Collaborate to make decisions on grantmaking and other investments and to develop alignment and synergy across pathways and the broader department and Foundation to accelerate momentum towards results.
• Monitor, maintain knowledge of, and assess emerging equity issues, policies, and practices at the local, regional, state, and national levels -- particularly those connected to the Power Pathway agenda.
• Create opportunities to collaborate and network among all Power Pathway grant partners.

Competencies & Qualifications

• Proven record of successfully working collaboratively and in teams.
• Knowledge of grantmaking and successfully managing projects to achieve specified goals and outcomes. Ideally the Program Officer will have broad, multi-sector knowledge and /or experience cuopled with a strong understanding of Bay Area nonprofit and philanthropic communities.
• Four (4) years of increasingly responsible and experience in the public non-profit and/or philanthropic sector.
• Excellent active listening, verbal, and written communications skills.
• Understanding of organizational development operations of small and large nonprofits.
• Ability to build successful relationships with local leaders and organizations and engage people from diverse backgrounds in a variety of settings.
• Ability to facilitate meetings, synthesize ideas, and provide sensitive feedback.
• Ability to lead collaboratives of multiple funders and leaders, provide cross-sector learning opportunities
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent professional experience
• Ability to represent the foundation well in public settings, with donors and with philanthropic, private and public sector stakeholders.
• Finance, and budget experience strongly preferred

Content Area Knowledge

• Demonstrated deep commitment to and experience working with racial and economic equity principles and practices.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in community organizing, movement building, integrated voter engagement, and leadership in the Bay Area region.
• Racial and economic equity experience necessary in the fields of community organizing, civic engagement, and/or integrated voter engagement, including Familiarity with policy and systems change

Technical Abilities And Skills

• Ability to learn, navigate and manage online grantmaking and budget tools, including Fluxx, Qliksense, SmartSheets and PowerPlan
• Computer literacy in Microsoft environments.

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align exactly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Compensation: When determining compensation at the Foundation, we consider total compensation including base wage, variable pay, discretionary and legally required medical and fringe benefits, education and development expenses, taxes, and insurance. Each position offers a set pay based on external market and internal equity factors. In compliance with the California pay transparency law, salaries are listed for each position on the posting sites where positions are posted. More information about our compensation philosophy and benefits may be found on the career page of the San Francisco Foundation

Remote Work Policy: The Foundation has adopted a long-term hybrid in-person and remote work policy. Dedicated to its employee health and safety, The Foundation will continue to make decisions in accordance with San Francisco County and California mandates. Employees must reside or plan to relocate to California if hired.

Requesting Accommodations: The Foundation is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, The Foundation will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact [email protected].

The San Francisco Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and encourages people of diverse backgrounds to apply.

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