Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, April 23, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Organizational overview
The END Fund is the world’s leading collaborative philanthropic investment vehicle dedicated to controlling and eliminating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). NTDs are parasitic and bacterial infectious diseases – including intestinal worms, river blindness, trachoma, schistosomiasis and lymphatic filariasis – that affect over 1.7 billion people globally. The END Fund’s vision is to ensure people can live healthy and prosperous lives free of the risk of NTDs and has set out to accomplish this by:
• Mobilizing and investing resources for maximum impact,
• Advocating for innovative, integrated and cost-effective NTD programs; and
• Facilitating philanthropic and private sector engagement to end these diseases.
The opportunity
The END Fund is seeking a resourceful, curious, mission-driven professional to support the initiatives of the Strategy and Operations team. The Associate will provide project management, editorial and internal communications support for initiatives advancing Board and donor relations, impact reporting, team management, and operational effectiveness of the organization. The ideal candidate will be a collaborative, goal-oriented, organized individual with strong writing/editing abilities who is interested in growing their skills in organizational development and nonprofit management. This role is remote, working on a distributed team that communicates regularly via Zoom and Slack.

Essential functions & core competencies
Support good governance and fund management through regular impact reporting to priority audiences
• Manage the production of recurring narrative and financial reports to priority stakeholders, including quarterly Board of Directors briefing books and quarterly narrative reports on the END Fund’s investment funds for donor steering committees
• Coordinate deadlines and collect inputs from a range of internal stakeholders across departments; serve as primary liaison for colleagues contributing to reports
• Edit and proofread content as needed to ensure appropriateness for target audiences
• Support agenda development and materials preparation for donor steering committee meetings
Strengthen the efficiency and effectiveness of the Strategy & Operations team
• Schedule S&O team meetings, take minutes, and assign and track follow-up tasks
• Support budget development and budget management for the department
• Provide limited administrative support for the Senior Vice President, including expense reporting, travel and logistics management, scheduling, etc.
• Manage department invoices and payments to vendors, including consultant contracts and recurring vendor payments
Support ongoing internal communications and organizational development for a complex global organization with a distributed workforce
• Manage agenda, preparations and follow-up for monthly Full Team Meetings with the END Fund’s global staff in partnership with the SVP
• Support initiatives to improve internal workflow, project management, information sharing and data collection, including inputting and tracking team-based or interdepartmental projects in Asana, preparing or editing slide decks for internal or external stakeholders, and participating in interdepartmental working groups
• Support scheduling and administration of organization-wide trainings on various topics, including anti-harassment, travel safety, and cybersecurity
Support special projects and complete other tasks upon request for the team and broader organization
• Support logistics around quarterly Board of Directors Meetings, as needed, and ad hoc Board trips
• Other duties as assigned by Senior Vice President

Experience and education
• 1-2 years of operations, communications, executive assistance, or other directly relevant experience in a virtual or physical office environment
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with excellent editing and proofreading skills in English
• Proficient knowledge in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and Google products (Drive, Mail, Calendar)
• Strategic about achieving objectives with strong organizational skills; handles multiple projects simultaneously with excellent follow through and attention to detail
• Proactive communicator and collaborator who enjoys working in a dynamic, evolving, globally distributed team
• Passionate about philanthropy, international issues and public health, with a global mindset and perspective
• Comfortable working virtually on a globally dispersed team

Our philosophy and benefits
The END Fund is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. It is our policy and intent that all qualified persons be given full and equal opportunities for employment, training, promotions, wages, benefits, and all other privileges, terms, and conditions of employment.
The END Fund offers a competitive compensation package intended to motivate employees to perform at the highest level by acquiring superior skills and competencies. Our philosophy is shaped by the following guidelines: 1) understandable, 2) fair and defensible, 3) competitive, and 4) flexible.
The END Fund is at an exciting stage of organizational growth and we are rapidly expanding our global footprint in order to bring on the most talented team members to help advance our mission. Currently, the majority of our team is based in the United States. We maintain physical headquarters in New York City, and other team members work from their homes across the US, Europe, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region.
If based in London, the anticipated starting base salary range is GBP 38,000-45,000. If based in New York, the anticipated starting base salary range is USD $61,000-$66,000. If based in Nairobi, the anticipated starting base salary range is KES 4,600,000-5,750,000.
Our benefits packages are also informed by local contexts to ensure appropriateness and competitiveness within specific markets. Regardless of location, all END Fund team members receive cell phone and WiFi connectivity support, flexible work arrangements, a healthy annual professional development allowance, and more. In the United States, the END Fund offers 100% employer-paid health and life insurance benefits and twelve weeks fully paid family leave; similar benefits will vary modestly by country of residency. **

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 12

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