Strategy And Impact Senior Associate

About the Obama Foundation

At the Obama Foundation, we are guided by a core belief: that ordinary people working together can change history. Our mission is to inspire those people to take action, empower them to change their world for the better, and connect them so they can achieve more together than they can alone.

We were founded by community organizers, so when we seek change, we do it by bringing people together.

That approach begins at home, on the South Side of Chicago, where we are building the Obama Presidential Center. The Center represents a historic opportunity for Chicago: a chance to build a world-class museum and public gathering space that celebrates our nation’s first African American President and First Lady, steps away from where he began his career, where she was raised, and where—together—they made their home.

But that approach extends to all our work, whether it’s holding leadership training sessions in communities throughout the U.S., bringing local leaders together in countries around the world, working to support the global education of girls, or ensuring young men of color have pathways to opportunity.

As President Obama has said, “we cannot solve the challenges of our time unless we solve them together.” So join us.

For more information, please visit www.obama.org.

Purpose of the Role

The Strategy and Impact Senior Associate will report to the Director of Strategy and Impact and sit within the Governance, Strategy, and Risk Team (GSR). The Strategy function within the GSR team oversees the organization’s strategic planning, monitors and reports progress to goals, measures organizational effectiveness and impact, and supports leadership in informing decision-making to ensure that Foundation is using resources to maximize impact.

You will support the team with project management, administrative support, research, and quantitative and qualitative data analysis. The Senior Associate will support the implementation of strategic projects (e.g., organizational transformations, change management, introduction of new policies and procedures), regular strategic planning processes (e.g., budgeting, quarterly business reviews, goal-setting, dashboards), impact evaluation, and data management.

Core Job Responsibilities

• Liaison and build relationships across Foundation teams to advocate for teams and to surface accomplishments, issues, and risks;
• Provide key administrative support to the Strategy team through scheduling large cross-team meetings, preparing meeting materials, and operational support as needed.
• Extract, analyze, and synthesize qualitative and quantitative data into concise analyses for executive decision-making, in collaboration with teams across the Foundation;
• Facilitate collaboration across multiple teams to produce monthly and quarterly reports;
• Provide project management support for cross-team strategic projects by preparing meeting materials and conducting follow-up;
• Manage projects and work streams through project management approaches and tools, identify and escalating issues, risks, and opportunities;
• Conduct research related to Foundation programming and operations to inform Strategy team’s recommendations;
• Create meeting materials and presentations for Leadership reviews and Board meetings;
• Work with different teams to understand and analyze data to help assess impact and operational effectiveness;

Key Deliverables / Outcomes

• Quarterly Board of Directors meeting materials
• Monthly Foundation-wide management reports
• Quarterly Business Review materials
• Strategic & Evaluation deliverables (analyses, presentations, research reports, Excel models)

Required Qualifications

• Mastery of Excel and PowerPoint
• Exceptional organizational skills
• Exemplary written and verbal communication skills
• Proven project management experience
• Exceptional data analysis skills
• Exceptional interpersonal, collaboration, relationship-building, and conflict resolution skills

The salary range for this role is between $71,775 and $119,625.

Don’t check off every box in the requirements listed above? Please apply anyway! Studies have shown that marginalized communities - such as women, LGBTQ+ and people of color - are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. The Obama Foundation is dedicated to building an inclusive, diverse, equitable, and accessible workplace that fosters a sense of belonging – so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to still consider submitting an application. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings!

In the interest of employee health and safety during the pendency of the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Obama Foundation is requiring that all prospective employees present proof that they are fully-vaccinated against COVID-19, or seek a reasonable accommodation for religious or medical reasons, prior to their first day of employment.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Foundation is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. The Foundation does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, parental status, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable laws. We encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply. If you are a qualified candidate with a disability, please e-mail us at [email protected] if you require a reasonable accommodation to complete this application.