Growald Climate Fund - Program Manager, Organizational Development

Program Manager, Organizational Development | Full Time | Based in San Francisco, CA or Brookline, MA

Reports to Associate Director, Organizational Development

About Growald Climate Fund

We are a high-impact venture global philanthropy fund catalyzing the rapid transition to a clean energy future. We believe that philanthropy plays a key role in nurturing new climate solutions, supporting a vibrant and growing civil society, and promoting objective research and analysis for use by governments and key partners.

About the OD Pillar 

Organizational development (OD) has been a core practice to Growald’s venture philanthropy approach since inception. As our venture portfolio has grown, and as OD has become an ever more integral part of growing the field, the work has evolved into its own pillar. This enables Growald to not only increase the support provided to our own grantees, but to support the broader field and network through shared services and initiatives.

Specifically, Growald’s OD pillar invests in innovative seed to scale initiatives providing organizational infrastructure support to climate organizations. Along with directly coaching and servicing organizations and their leaders, the OD team designs and manages a range of pilot programs to effectively service the needs of organizations supported by Growald and its funding partners.

About You

You understand what it takes to build, manage and scale organizations and programs in the Global South and emerging economies. You’ve either had the experience of doing this yourself and/or have the skills and background in coaching and mentoring leaders and facilitating organizational development services and programs. Though not a prerequisite, you have previously worked in climate philanthropy, managed budgets and have strong networks amongst funders, nonprofits and social enterprises in the space. Importantly, you are a team player with integrity, a strong emotional quotient and an ability to nurture high trust relationships. Passion about organizational impact and wellbeing inspires you and taking initiative, visioning possibilities and solving problems at scale is the water you swim in.

This is a FLSA Full Time Exempt, reporting to our Associate Director, Organizational Development.

Responsibilities include:

Strategic Support

• Contribute to pillar strategy development and revisions
• Provide administrative and logistical support to the Director and Associate Director
• Manage the preparation of memos, reports and presentations for internal and external stakeholders
• Develop and recommend guidance for difficult geographies.

Grantmaking Portfolio

• Serve as OD primary point of contact for all GCF portfolio of grantees as they move through their grant lifecycle supporting the GCF Grantee Lead as needed. 
• Conduct regular check-ins with grantees to ensure smooth operations of the grants, programmatic delivery, organizational growth, and fundraising needs.
• Develop risk and opportunity analysis of grantees and presents to Pillar team/Director.
• Administer rubrics to assess grantees’ organizational health, and develop and track plans to support organizational sustainability and scale. 
• Recommend new grantees and partners that drive forward long-term Pillar and Organizational strategy 
• Conduct due diligence on prospective grantees for the docket 

Program Leadership 

• Work with grantees to develop business plans, monitor progress, and provide technical assistance 
• Conduct strategic research and/or gathering field intelligence for current and emergent priority areas of work. Develop reports of findings. 
• Monitor the effectiveness and quality of services and make recommendations for improvements or new services. Lead quality assessments and feedback exercises on services offered.

Innovation 

• Manage the implementation of evaluation frameworks 
• Coordinate the delivery of shared backbone services to grantees and regrantors 
• Assist with special projects and initiatives such as developing new tools or processes

Internal Administration 

• Partner with Grants Management Team to ensure all GivingData requirements are consistently fulfilled
• Lead docket write-ups and board updates
• Document metrics and lessons to contribute to GCF’s annual impact report
• Support the developmental of the annual impact report 
• Support the development of critical materials 

Qualifications:

• Graduate degree preferred 
• At least 5-7 years of experience working in  nonprofit management in emerging geographies, capacity building of nonprofits, and/or international social development consulting
• International development experience, particularly in emerging regions with nonprofits and working with multicultural teams
• Experience in climate space preferred, but not required
• Excellent listening and relationship building skills, and ability to lead with sensitivity
• Experience with grantmaking or grant receiving organizations and processes
• Previous experience with grantmaking and collective impact models preferred but not required
• Highly strategic and ability to work with others to develop collective strategy
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to summarize and present information to various audiences, including NGOs, funders and experts
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
• Multilingual skills a plus, but not mandatory

The starting salary range for this position is $102,000-$127,000.

Benefits & Organizational Culture

We have a dynamic and agile organizational culture and we’re serious about supporting our people to thrive. Read more about our organizational culture here. 

• This is a full-time role based at our San Francisco, CA or Brookline, MA office. 
• Flexible work policy: flex hours and opportunity to work from home two days / week. 
• 401(k) retirement plan with 6% employer match
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision coverage
• 100% employer-paid long-term disability, short-term disability and basic life insurance 
• Four weeks of PTO plus thirteen paid holidays (including closure week between Christmas and New Year’s) 
• Annual allowance for professional development activities
• Coaching and management support with regular 1:1 meetings
• Performance reviews and feedback to support you and the team to reflect and grow
• A co-developed initial three month work plan to help you hit the ground running and have clarity on your role and responsibilities  

Equal Opportunity Employer   

As an equal opportunity employer, we recognize the power of a diverse community and strongly encourage applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status. Must be authorized to work lawfully in the United States. All Growald employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Additionally, CDC Boosters shots are highly recommended. 

Compensation

Growald Climate Fund offers competitive salaries annually benchmarked against a thousand other philanthropic non profit grant making foundations. The starting salary range for this position is $102,000-$127,000. Please apply or contact [email protected] to speak with our recruiter about compensation! Benefits include 100% employer paid medical, dental, vision care, generous allowances including professional development, commuter, and work from home, an employer matched retirement plan, 13 holidays, 20-25 days of vacation, and additional paid time off including sick and parental leave. Growald offers flexible working hours, and our location in Brookline (in Boston’s backyard) was recently ranked 16th in the top 25 best places for families to live!

Location: This position is based in San Francisco, CA, or Brookline, MA (in-office 3 days/week). 

To Apply

Please fill out the application questions on this page and attach your resume. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.