Location: This position is Remote - NYC preferred.
Priority application deadline: Friday, December 13, 2024.
About Sustainable Cities Fund ("SCF")
The Sustainable Cities Fund, a project of New Venture Fund, was established to provide financial support, technical assistance, and guidance for place-based programs and projects that create economic opportunity for all, improve lives, and help stop the climate crisis. The Fund operates as a strategic regrantor, which means we work directly with cities, local partners, and other subnationals to ensure that our funders' programs and projects have a greater impact. We currently support the implementation of the Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities Initiative, America Is All In coalition, and Local Infrastructure Hub Cohorts program. We help our grantees access the resources they need to raise their ambitions, share learnings, and make progress toward building a sustainable, healthy, equitable future.
What makes us unique is our place-based approach. We believe in building strong relationships on the ground, remaining flexible, and learning as we go to help cities and local organizations tackle their toughest challenges. We provide both financial resources and hands-on support, so our grantees can navigate complex networks of funding and secure resources to achieve their goals. Our team is composed of experts in policy, government, community organizing, finance, law, data analysis, project management, communications, and more. We draw on our experiences and deep relationships to empower cities, community-based organizations, and program partners to advance racial equity and ambitious climate action.
In our fast-paced environment, we are continually influenced by external forces that impact our internal processes and structure. As such, we are a team of adaptable and agile individuals who work to collaboratively navigate these changes to ensure we support our partners, grantees, and place-based communities in their vital work. At SCF, flexibility and collaboration are key to our success.
Position Summary
SCF is a strategic grant fund that supports cities and their partners as they work together to advance equitable climate action at local, regional, national, and international scales.
SCF is seeking a Program Officer to lead grantmaking and program facilitation for the Culture & Climate Initiative (“CCI”), a grant program that will help cultural institutions meet environmental sustainability goals. CCI will work with key partners to administer the program and will fund projects at non-profit cultural institutions located in Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities that drive energy and emissions reductions and model green policy in action.
Location: This position is remote, with NYC preferred.
Successful candidates will ideally possess:
The role’s primary responsibilities include:
This is a full-time position with up to 20% travel required. This position reports to the Deputy Director of Government Affairs and will supervise a Program Manager.
Responsibilities and Tasks
Program Administration
Grantmaking and Contracting
Grantee & Stakeholder Relationship Management
Impact & Reporting
Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills, and Ability
Ideally, the Program Officer will have a strong background in working across multiple sectors including non-profit organizations, local government, and/or philanthropy, and 8+ years of experience preferably with a mix of these core experiences and skills to support their ability to thrive in this role, including:
Compensation and Benefits
Salary range: $150,000-155,000
Location: This position is remote, with NYC preferred.
Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package that includes 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for employees (and their families). Employees are able to enroll in 401k retirement plan and are eligible for a 3% automatic contribution and up to a 3% employer match on 401k contributions. Employees will receive 200 hours of vacation time, 80 hours of health leave, up to 2 days of casual leave, and 20 hours of volunteer leave annually. Employees will also receive 13 paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Employees are eligible for 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave after 90 days of employment.
Hiring Statement
The Sustainable Cities Fund is a project of New Venture Fund (NVF), a 501(c)(3) public charity that incubates new and innovative public-interest projects and grant-making programs. NVF is committed to attracting, developing and retaining exceptional people, and to creating a work environment that is dynamic, rewarding and enables each of us to realize our potential. NVF’s work environment is safe and open to all employees and partners, respecting the full spectrum of race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, political affiliation, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and all other classifications protected by law in the locality and/or state in which you are working.
E-Verify
NVF participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with employees’ Form I-9 information to confirm authorization to work in the United States. Job candidates and employees authorized to work may not be discriminated against on the basis of national origin or citizenship status.
Priority application deadline: Friday, December 13, 2024.