Specialist, Mobility & Social Impact Programs

About This Role

We are seeking a Specialist, Mobility & Social Impact Programs, to join our team at the Ford Motor Company Fund. In this role, you will be working at the intersection of mobility, technology, innovation, and philanthropy. This role is key to how the Ford Motor Company Fund actively reimagines how mobility can be the catalyst to Ford’s social impact strategies.

The Ford Motor Company Fund’s mission is to partner with communities to move people forward and upward. As the corporate foundation and philanthropic arm of Ford Motor Company, it’s only natural that we work to ensure all people are empowered with Freedom of Movement - so all people may access the services, goods and opportunities they desire to live a dignified and independent life. We seek to make investments that put “social impact on wheels” to bring essential services like food and healthcare to under resourced communities, that support innovative entrepreneurs addressing Mobility deficits in communities, and that create safer conditions for all road users, including the most vulnerable road users without car-centric mobility journeys.

We’re looking for someone creative and passionate about the future of mobility and transportation. The ideal candidate is a dynamic and entrepreneurial leader interested in developing the conversations and partnerships that will enable the Ford Fund to make a societal impact through solutions that enable freedom of movement for communities around the world.

About Ford Motor Company Fund

As the global philanthropic arm of Ford Motor Company, the Ford Motor Company Fund focuses on providing access to essential services, education for the future of work and entrepreneurship opportunities for under-resourced and underrepresented communities. Ford Fund’s partnerships and programming are designed to be responsive to unique community needs, ensuring people have equitable opportunities to move forward. Harnessing Ford’s scale, resources and mobility expertise, Ford Fund drives meaningful impact through grantmaking, Ford Community Centers and employee volunteerism. For more information, visit fordfund.org or join us at @FordFund on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

• Manage Ford Fund’s smart mobility grantmaking system and program budgets in coordination with our finance team
• Work efficiently with virtual collaboration applications, embrace human-centered design thinking, and design with people at the center of solutions
• Serve as a peer leader be exemplifying attributes like entrepreneurship, energy, active listening and productivity.
• Learn by building and create an environment of trust through vulnerability, empathy, and honest dialogue
• Evaluate emerging technologies, mobility solutions, and business models for collaborative community problem solving
• All other duties as assigned by Ford Fund team.
• Understand community need, particularly the mobility needs in Ford Fund’s operating communities
• Own assigned portfolios of Mobility investments and manage grantee pipeline, including evaluating grant proposals, serving as relationship liaison with grantees and managing previous grantees and key performance metric measurement.
• Develop and establish data driven metrics and assessment methodologies for all mobility solutions and initiatives
• Leverage your experience in mobility, transportation policy, and public-private partnerships to assist in refining Ford’s unique value proposition in the mobility landscape

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Ability to handle multiple major priorities during a significant strategy transformation
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Passion and understanding of the intersection of philanthropy, social impact and mobility
• 3+ years of foundation, nonprofit, mobility, transportation policy, emerging technology, or startup experience
• Ability to develop and execute workplans to deliver mobility initiatives with limited management oversight
• Highest level of professional and personal integrity

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with local and/or national mobility organizations, corporate philanthropy, or institutional foundations
• Operational or program design experience within external community engagement in underserved communities
• A forward-looking vision and ability to anticipate and leverage emerging technologies in mobility / philanthropy
• Extraordinary written and verbal communication skills to support and develop management proposals, media interviews, and public presentations
• Master’s Degree
• Human centered design thinking experience with expertise in social impact and program design
• Experience in data analytics with the ability to communicate and influence through data set trends and story telling
• Strong knowledge of public-private-philanthropic mobility partnership landscape including transportation policy and initiatives
• Strong business acumen with the desire to become a thought leader in mobility and philanthropy
• Experience developing and implementing mobility initiatives or partnerships
• Knowledge or experience related to mobility startups, mobility innovation, or mobility incubation hubs
• 5+ years of foundation, nonprofit, mobility, transportation policy, emerging technology, or startup experience
• Comfortable escalating issues while maintaining positive relationships
• White space, undefined project management experience ground in strategic thinking and creative problem-solving skills

Join our team as we create tomorrow!  We believe in putting people first, working together, and facing challenges head-on, because we’re Built Ford Tough. We’re one team striving to make people’s lives better while creating value, delivering excellence and ultimately going for the win.

s an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Tuition assistance

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

2023 Ford New Hire Benefits Summary

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.,

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