Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, December 07, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Associate, Global Institutional Funding 
Center Background: The Center for Reproductive Rights (the Center) is the global leader in using the power of law to advance reproductive rights as fundamental human rights. Headquartered in New York City, the non-profit, non-partisan organization has regional offices in Bogota, Geneva, Nairobi, and Washington, DC, and a staff of approximately 200 diverse professionals. The Center’s compelling human rights mission and reputation for excellence and cutting-edge legal work has powered its exceptional growth trajectory to an operating budget of over $40 million and won the respect of the world’s leading law firms, as reflected in the additional $29 million annually in donated legal services, representing the work last year of 820 lawyers in 46 countries.

The overarching goal of the Center’s new Strategic Plan sets a high mark for impact: By 2030, half of the world’s population will be living under stronger protections for reproductive rights than they do today. The Center has a track record of success to back up this ambitious goal. Since its founding in 1992, the Center’s game-changing litigation and advocacy, combined with its unparalleled expertise in constitutional, comparative, and international human rights law, have transformed how reproductive rights are understood by courts, governments, and human rights bodies worldwide on issues including maternal health, contraception, abortion, and assisted reproduction. It has won groundbreaking cases before national courts, U.N. Committees, and regional human rights bodies, led the development of historic, proactive legislation advancing robust protections for reproductive rights, and has built the legal capacity of women’s rights advocates in more than 60 countries and counting.

To learn more about the Center for Reproductive Rights, go to www.reproductiverights.org. To learn more about our DEI Organizational Commitments, go here.
The Role: The Associate, Global Institutional Funding reports to the Senior Manager, Global Institutional Funding and works closely with the Senior Director Institutional Partnership to provide support across the Institutional Partnership Unit. The Associate provide day-to-day support to two global funding portfolio managers who are coordinating proposals, reporting and engagement with Foundations, bi-lateral (government) and multi-lateral (the UN) agencies. The Associate will also play a role in tracking and supporting funder engagement activities which are led by Center technical staff based in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the United States.

Primary Responsibilities:
Principal Accountabilities (60%)
• Maintain records of the Center’s relationship with the global funding audience, including select bi-lateral and multi-lateral agencies as well as other defined strategic allies, in Raiser’s Edge and SharePoint.Support Donor Engagement and other pre-award activities
• Develop and keep up to date market analysis for select bi-lateral agencies (for example the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office, the Swedish International Development Agency, and Canadian Global Affairs), stay abreast and help communicate trends in international development funding more broadly
• Provides logistical and other support for meetings and events with the global funding audience. Deliverables may include (but not limited to) developing prep memos for meetings and maintaining /keeping track of donor engagement and meetings on Raiser’s Edge).
• Participates in Proposal Development by providing researched content, creating, and drafting proposal guidelines and attachments or as is guided by superior.
• Applies experience to, and supports decision-making processes about which funding opportunities to position for and how best to leverage Center-wide capability to respond.
• Working closely with the managers of institutional funding, provides daily support to cross-departmental institutional funding proposal teams, including but not limited to leading daily communication with the team, establishing SharePoint site to manage the bid, preparing required documentation to support the bid, writing/editing sections of the proposal such as the capability statement, proof reading technical and financial narratives, reviewing budgets, supporting necessary recruitment processes and helping to ensure quality submission of each proposal.
• Supports cross-department teams during the award-negotiation phase.

Post-Award Management (20%)
• Facilitate signing of awards
• Track and process donor payments and track financial reporting/invoicing
• Process new grants and grant modification with bi-lateral and multi-lateral funders, and support in project start up processes, as assigned.
• Draft briefing notes (in advance of planned meetings), correspondence, and other documents to support institutional funding managers donor relations activities
• Share relevant documents within the Institutional Funding unit and relevant Teams
• Manage the donor database including but not limited to logging updates and tracking activities and deadlines
• Further support grant implementation, as assigned.

Unit Support (20%)
• With the Senior Director, Institutional Partnerships, support the maintenance of the global funding pipeline
• Schedule and document team activities (meeting, retreats)
• Provide other administrative support to the Institutional Funding Unit
Any other relevant duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
Education:
• Bachelor’s degree required, advanced degree a plus.
• At least 3 years of professional experience in the field of international development

Experience:
• Experience in drafting and copy-editing written communication effectively such as concept notes, proposals, memos, talking points, presentations, and emails.

Critical Competencies:
• Strategic thinking: Applies big-picture thinking while also focusing on the details of implementation.
• Decisiveness: Consistently makes sound decisions in a timely manner supportive of the Center's mission, core values, and strategic objectives. Blends vision and judgment.
• Collaboration: Brings a track record of working effectively with various and diverse individuals and groups, and a willingness to actively listen and invite different views and opinions across all levels of the institution to build alignment in support of a common goal.
• Receives and Provides Direct Feedback: Actively gives and requests feedback to and from peers, supervisors and direct reports (if applicable) about work products, behaviors, values, style and approaches with a view on how this impacts self, other individuals and teams.
• Transparency: Consistently applies openness and honesty in communicating decisions and plans to team members.
• Commitment to learn: Applies a growth mentality to their own and their team’s (if applicable) development. Promotes a culture of learning by modeling inquisitiveness and an openness to viewing mistakes as an opportunity to learn and improve.
• Passion for Coaching, and Mentoring Staff: Empowers and motivates employees and creates opportunities for learning, development, and leadership, with a focus on harnessing skills for the future development of team members. (if applicable)
• Accountability: Follows through on each commitment made to individual contributors, teams and partners and proactively informs others of any delays that occur along the way. Holds team members accountable.
• Integrity: Possesses impeccable integrity and personal and professional values that are consistent with the Center’s high standards and mission.
• Empathy: Serves as an empathetic, approachable leader who engenders trust and confidence. (if applicable)
• Adaptability/Flexibility: Demonstrates comfort with ambiguity and calculated risk.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Please complete the application below to apply. A cover letter and resume must be included in your application. Please include these application materials as attachments.
Deadline for applications: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
To learn more about our DEI Organizational Commitments, go here. The Center for Reproductive Rights is an equal opportunity employer, committed to inclusive hiring, and dedicated to diversity in our work and staff. We strongly encourage people from all groups and communities to apply.
Please note that all genuine Center openings must be applied through the Center website. The Center does not charge a fee at any stage in the recruitment process (application, interviews, or selection). Nor does it request any medical examinations or bank account inform as part of this process. If someone contacts you on behalf of the Center requesting payment for your application please notify talent@reprorights.org  before taking any further action.

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