- get and all internal financial policies and procedures, including coordinating the timely submission of quarterly and annual budget and variance information.
Position Specifications
Essential Values and Competencies
- Commitment to the guiding principles, mission, and values of Global Greengrants Fund;
- Commitment to a value-based intersectional framework and its implications for organizational practices and principles of anti-oppression.
- Transparency and Accountability
- Critical thinking and analysis
- Strategic risk management
- Build strong interpersonal relations from the role – across both the US and UK organizations (up, down, and across, and externally)
- Influencing & resolving differences across boundaries
- Self-awareness and insight
Essential Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Experience:
- Significant relevant experience in similar roles in non-profit environmental, development, social/environmental justice, feminist, gender, human rights organization, philanthropy, movement building, grantmaking, and/or funding organization.
- Demonstrated experience in contributing to program strategy development and coordinating the operationalization of their implementation to address the needs of movements and how movements are supported by philanthropy.
- Strong familiarity with social and environmental justice movements and relevant frameworks, particularly the role that communities play in contesting unjust energy systems and demanding and enabling a just transition to more equitable, sustainable, and locally beneficial renewable systems.
- Proven experience in program planning, coordination, and implementation, operationalizing strategies to achieve priorities and goals, and change management with excellent organization skills and extensive experience in project and program management, ability to develop, monitor, and evaluate an operational plan with multiple projects, multiple deliverable,s and deadlines; ability to plan, organize and lead the implementation of plans and processes.
- Demonstrated capacity to think strategically, innovatively, and analytically, with expertise in complex problem solving, decision making, and critical thinking skills, displays good judgment.
- Excellent interpersonal understanding, relationship building, and interpersonal skills to build strong alliances with diverse constituencies and manage complex politics, positioning, and relationships.
- Strong financial management acumen; knowledge of accounting procedures and protocols, budgeting, and financial analysis
- Experience working with diverse communities from multiple identities across the globe, in a virtual environment.
- Fluency in English; proficiency in other languages preferred.
- Strong expertise in the use of various software and a high level of computer literacy (MS Office Suite, Google Apps, instant messaging, and virtual team collaboration software such as Trello, Zoom, Slack, and Asana
- Ability to travel within the US and the rest of the world (approx. 8-10 weeks per year).
Desirable Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Experience
- Experience in strengthening and growing organizations.
- Experience of collaborative ways of working.
- Courses or certificates in project management, initiative design, and evaluation.