NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

The Manager role is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the GIIN’s growth, helping to achieve its ambition of harnessing the power of financial markets to address global challenges and build a more inclusive, sustainable, and resilient economy and society. This position also offers front-row exposure to the dynamic impact investing industry and what it takes to build this market. The Manager, Donor Reporting & Development Operations will report to the Associate Director of Partnerships Management and Donor Relations.

Responsibilities:
Donor Reporting
– Produce well-crafted donor reports for foundations, governments, and corporate funders that present the GIIN’s market building activities with clarity, elevating key achievements relative to funder priorities.
– Collaborate with the Development team and/or GIIN program teams to ensure compliance to and completion of grant obligations, including but not limited to key performance indicators, project deliverables and milestones, and specific reporting requirements.
– Manage internal organization-wide quarterly reporting by GIIN program teams, including:
– Developing and/or updating internal reporting templates for new grants
– Gathering and ensuring high-quality, accurate, and relevant information/data.
– Liaising with program staff to ensure appropriate and clear framing or presentation of activities.

Development Operations
– Support and/or assume grant management for assigned portfolio of funders, including:
– Creating grant overview documents to ensure clear understanding of grant commitments across Development, Program, and Finance teams.
– Coordinating with the Finance team on grant administrative details
– Corresponding with funders for administrative purposes as needed
– Maintain institutional donor files and grant records, including tracking relevant funder information, proposal and reporting timelines, and other funder-related actions and information in Salesforce and other internal systems.
– Generate Salesforce reports regarding grant activity and deadlines on a regular basis.
– Manage weekly and monthly internal team meetings, including but not limited to scheduling, coordinating agendas, and capturing key discussion items.
– Manage internal Development team trackers, processes, and workplans.
– Coordinate with other GIIN teams to develop, implement, and integrate organization-wide processes, as needed.

Other Responsibilities
– Contribute to grant application process, including compiling organizational and board information, drafting responses to specific questions, managing online submissions through funder grant portals, etc.
– Contribute to the donor pipeline development process, including but not limited to conducting research on funding activities and priorities of prospective funders, as needed.
– Provide administrative support for sponsorships of the annual GIIN Impact Forum, including fulfillment of sponsorship benefits, as needed.

Location: This position will be based in our New York City office with significant remote work flexibility offered through the GIIN’s hybrid in-person/remote work model. Candidates must possess valid authorization to work in the United States that does not require employment visa sponsorship.

Compensation: The GIIN is committed to pay equity. The salary range for this role is between $61,000-$75,000, with exact salary depending on experience, with an excellent benefits package.

We aim to offer competitive salaries and benefits and are committed to equity, trust, and transparency in compensation. Basing compensation on someone’s willingness and ability to negotiate or on their prior salary leads to wide inequities and bias in how people are paid, particularly for groups experiencing historical oppression. Therefore, we do not ask for prior pay history from our candidates and our offer-making process is negotiation-free for salaries and benefits.

We determine the best possible salary offer based on relevant experience and extent to which candidates demonstrate the competencies for the role during the entire hiring process. The GIIN also uses our annual performance evaluation process at the end of each year to determine raises and promotions.

Qualifications
The successful candidate will have demonstrated excellent writing, critical thinking, and project management skills; the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and deliver on deadlines; and experience in collaborating effectively with stakeholders across teams. Exposure to concepts related to impact investing, sustainable finance, or general investing is highly desired.

Other requirements:
– Bachelor’s degree required (communications, journalism, business, international development or policy majors are welcomed).
– 3-5 years of relevant work experience demonstrating strong writing and editing abilities, organizational skills, and strategic thinking.
– Proven ability to effectively interpret and synthesize at times complex inputs from a variety of stakeholders to develop compelling narratives.
– Adeptness in learning new concepts or topics.
– Detail-oriented, with a proactive approach to problem-solving and high standards of performance.
– Team-oriented, professional, resourceful, flexible, and highly responsible.
– Fluent in Microsoft Office Suite and experience in Salesforce or similar CRM tool.
– Experience with international donor community a plus.
– Commitment to equity and justice. Successful candidates will be aware that race, income, age, immigration status, sexual orientation, gender and gender expression, and other identities can play, and have historically played, a role in equity disparities, including within organizations. Successful candidates will be committed to continuous learning about diversity, equity, and inclusion and how to manifest these principles in the workplace.

To apply
Email cover letter and CV to Human Resources at hr@thegiin.org. State “Manager, Donor Reporting & Development Operations_ First Name Last Name” in the subject line of your email. Please indicate where you saw the job posting in your cover letter.

We are keen to fill this role and will review applications on a rolling basis, so we strongly encourage early applications.

No phone calls please. Only qualified candidates will be contacted. The GIIN is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Note: Candidates should be aware that all NYC-based staff must provide proof of vaccination against the COVID-19 virus, unless they have been granted a reasonable accommodation for religion or disability. If you are offered employment, this requirement must be met by your date of hire, unless a reasonable accommodation for exemption is received and approved by GIIN Human Resources.