Associate

Position description

ViaNova partners with philanthropists to unlock their potential and turn their visions for a better world into lasting impact. We are a philanthropic advisory firm that specializes in supporting funders and impact leaders – including corporations, foundations, family offices, family foundations, and high-net-worth individuals – in advancing initiatives to address complex, systemic challenges. Specifically, we help clients make more strategic grants, help funders work together to augment their combined impact, develop and implement advocacy strategies, assess and learn from past philanthropic investments, develop better governance processes, launch and manage new initiatives, and more.

• We partner with clients on project teams of two to five ViaNova staff, each playing an essential role in the delivery of excellent client service. Associates draw on critical thinking and problem-solving skills to manage team administration, and they support the development of sound deliverables by conducting research and analysis, drafting components of our written and visual communications, and coordinating internal and client engagements. Associates work on four to six client projects at once, and projects vary in length and size depending on the client’s goals. A successful Associate will administer projects with accuracy and in context, incorporate the client’s mindset and values into their own thinking and work, track several projects and workstreams simultaneously, and regularly offer recommendations to make ViaNova’s—and our clients’ work—better. Being a ViaNova Associate affords the unique experience of working across philanthropy, consulting, and social impact. You will have opportunities to hone your skills in project administration and management, facilitation, operations, and research and data analysis. Essential Responsibilities -Lead client engagement administration in alignment with client culture and concerns, independently completing or delegating tasks. -Set-up and logistics for virtual events (webinars, board meetings, etc.). -Development and management of weekly team priorities Independently lead and/or support processes which help meet client goals (e.g., grantmaking and research) -Draft discrete components of client deliverables (Power point decks, memos, organizational profiles) -Participate in the healthy functioning, growth, and learning of the team by taking on internal responsibilities (at 10% of your time or less).

Qualifications

Successful Associates typically come to ViaNova with early career (1-3 years) experience in a range of fields, including philanthropy, social impact/nonprofit sector, consulting, business, and evaluation. While many Associates come to us not having worked in consulting before, they do bring client service experience of some kind and are expected to maintain and grow their commitments to service excellence. ViaNova Associates perform best and are most satisfied with their jobs when they consistently demonstrate the following: -Ability to manage competing priorities and navigate frequent task-switching across multiple clients, issue areas, and projects without losing momentum or attention to detail -Ability to evaluate and compare various courses of action, select the most appropriate one, and execute on it -Ability to work independently to manage time, priorities, and resources, driving discrete workstreams in the context of a broader client project -Highly resourceful and adaptable to change, approaching problems with a solutions orientation. -Comfort navigating ambiguity and complexity, translating unclear findings into actionable recommendations -Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills -Understands and embodies equity & belonging principles, including power, difference, and identity

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