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Description
Positive Ventures uses market-based strategies to create positive social change.
Today's social entrepreneurs and social investors are breaking traditional boundaries between for profit and non profit approaches to create innovative, effective solutions to society's biggest challenges.
Positive Ventures provides the experience and support to meet the challenges faced by these pathbreakers, working with social entrepreneurs and social investors to increase their impact and realize their vision. We help you make the big decisions - strategy, operations and building a sustainable business model. We are as passsionate about results as you are.
We specialize in:
- philanthropic strategy
- earned income ventures and social enterprises
Our family fund is dedicated to minimizing climate change, and particularly focuses its efforts on stopping coal. In addition to the climate change work, we do some work in areas related to the founders' interests, particularly local agriculture, pollinators, Jewish issues and social and emotional intelligence.
Position Overview:
The Program Associate is responsible for assisting the Fund's Philanthropy Advisor to develop philanthropic strategy and recommendations, support grantees, assist with business planning and measurement.
Responsibilities:
- Researching potential organizations and topics
- Identifying fundraising opportunities for grantees
- Formatting, editing and drafting documents and presentations
- Assisting with business planning
- Assisting with performance measurement tracking and reporting
- Logistical support and other office duties as needed
- Attending meetings as needed
Qualifications:
- Excellent research skills. Experience preparing research summaries and completing self guided research projects
- Excellent writing skills
- Fundraising experience, particularly researching and making initial contacts with potential donors
- Excellent computer skills, particularly power point and excel. Demonstrated ability to develop compelling presentations
- Ability to work independently
- Demonstrated ability to think analytically and strategically
- Experience with performance measurement preferred
- Experience developing business plans strongly preferred
- Experience with environmental issues, particularly climate change, preferred
- Bachelors degree required
Compensation: This is a part time, contract position. Compensation is competitive, and dependent on experience. We prefer the position be located in Northern VT, but the right candidate could work remotely.
To Apply:
Please email CV and cover letter to Phayvanh Luekhamhan.