Associate, Program and Impact

Position Overview
The Associate, Program and Impact (P&I) is a critical role designed to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of our grantmaking teams. Robin Hood’s grantmaking aligns with life stage milestones for economic mobility from early childhood to adulthood. This role will support two P&I grantmaking teams, Early Childhood and School-Age Children, and report to each team’s managing director. The role will work in close collaboration with the program officers and senior program officers who make up each team.

Critical components of Robin Hood’s grantmaking approach include due diligence to deeply understand the work of nonprofits, either as new applicants for funding or as current grantees; data collection and analysis to understand the impact of each grant investment; and the application of a benefit/cost approach to frame our funding decisions. Other important elements include conducting landscape analyses to keep abreast of sector trends and identifying potential new areas of work in the fight against poverty. The Associate will play a key role in ensuring the rigor and impact of our grantmaking.

Key Responsibilities
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Supporting the Grantmaking Process

Assist managing directors and other program team staff with due diligence for new and continuing investments on a quarterly basis.
Assist in landscape analyses developed by each team, supporting research, analysis, and presentation.
Support the team’s financial analysis of portfolio organizations.
Assist team members in the analysis of outcome data from final reports submitted by Robin Hood’s community partners. Provides summaries as directed.
In support of team members, attend meetings, including site visits with Robin Hood community partners, and take notes as directed.
Draft grant recommendations under the supervision of the managing directors or other program team members, as assigned.
Draft contract goals for grants after board approval under the supervision of the managing directors or other program team members, as assigned.
Support the standardization of data collection and goal reporting.
Analyze grant reports, administrative data, and external research to help identify trends and monitor impact.
Support the teams in creating impactful PowerPoint presentations to convey their work to diverse audiences, internally and externally. Support the teams as they work to incorporate AI into our workstreams.

Administration

Provide administrative support to each team, as directed, including scheduling, meeting management, agenda development, and note-taking.
Participate in other general functions and duties of the P&I team, including support for our development and communications teams.
Provide support in the logistical aspects of running successful convenings or conferences that are critical to our work.

Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree preferred with at least one to two years of work experience
Strong data analysis and reporting skills
Excellent project management skills with attention to detail with a demonstrated ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders
Excellent organizational, planning, and time-management skills
Strong written and oral communication skills
Self-starter skilled at timely completion of tasks with minimal support
Customer service orientation and good interpersonal skills
Team player and collaborator, likes to work in small, highly collaborative teams and is willing to go above and beyond the specifics of a job description to help the team succeed
Commitment to Robin Hood’s poverty-fighting mission and continuous learning
A creative and flexible problem-solver willing to change course in the face of new feedback or data
Thrives in fast-paced, action-oriented environments and is comfortable juggling multiple workstreams simultaneously
Excellent Microsoft Office suite skills (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint), and open to learning new digital tools, including AI