Director of Partnership Strategy and Investments
Director of Partnership Strategy and Investments
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$ 135 - 145
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Job Description
Our team is growing! Are you a seasoned grantmaker ready to lead valuesdriven investments that center trust relationships and the lifelong success of young people
About Us: Arthur Dean Family Foundation (ADFF) is a private nonprofit family foundation established in 2016. With a small staff team of five the foundation makes approximately $4 million in annual grants to about 40 nonprofit organizations supporting young people in Marion Hamilton and Whitley Counties in Indiana. To date ADFF has provided nearly $20 million in multifaceted grantee partner support. Our vision is for all young people to acquire the skills knowledge and opportunities to discover who they are shape their futures and make meaningful contributions to their communities.
Position Summary: The Arthur Dean Family Foundation (ADFF) seeks a seasoned and strategic leader to serve as the Director of Partnership Strategy and Investments. This pivotal role will lead the foundations multifaceted approach to partnerships and investments in support of its mission: advancing the lifelong success of young people in Marion Hamilton and Whitley Counties Indiana.
This individual will bring deep expertise in grantmaking and fund management ideally with a background in relationshipcentered philanthropy. The Director will oversee a multimilliondollar grants portfolio forecast and manage the annual grantmaking budget and ensure alignment between ADFFs comprehensive partner investments and communitydriven priorities.
This is not a transactional grantmaking role we are looking for a partner strategist and learning leader who understands that transformational philanthropy is built on trust transparency and relationships.
As part of the foundations leadership team the Director of Partnership Strategy and Investments will lead a small and talented team including the Senior Partner Relationship Manager and Partner Relationship Manager. The Director will also play a key leadership role in supporting organizational change including the refinement of strategic priorities processes and tools to ensure that ADFFs relationshipcentered approach to philanthropy continues to evolve in response to community needs relative to the success of young people.
What Youll Do
Leadership & Strategic Oversight
- Lead the design implementation and continuous refinement of ADFFs grantee partnership and investment strategy ensuring that all grantee partner investments from grantmaking to capacitybuilding efforts are aligned with the foundations values and strategic priorities.
- Support and lead two talented team members (Senior Partner Relationship Manager and Partner Relationship Manager) maintaining a relationshipcentered reflective collaborative and highperforming team culture.
- In collaboration with the Executive Director oversee the forecasting and of ADFFs annual grantmaking budget allocation planning pipeline development and financial reporting ensuring that it reflects and supports the foundations strategic priorities.
- Play a key leadership role in supporting organizational change including the integration of refined strategic priorities processes and tools to ensure that ADFFs relationshipcentered approach to philanthropy continues to evolve in response to community needs relative to the success of young people.
Grantee Partnerships Management
- Lead the operationalization of the foundations Partnership Model ensuring that it is successfully embedded across all aspects of the organizations work including grantmaking capacitybuilding and continuous learning.
- Serve as lead staff for a select portfolio of grantee partners 510 with a focus on the wholistic model of relationship building continuous learning and improvement and partner investments in support of young people.
- Collaborate with the Partner Relationship Management team to make strategic recommendations on grantee investments aligning funding capacitybuilding and learning supports to grantees needs and growth opportunities.
- Assess grantee partner engagement learning and contributions to the ADFF Grantee Partner community to support collective learning.
- Ensure that feedback from grantees is integrated into the foundations continuous learning cycle driving improvements in grantmaking processes and organizational practice.
Partner Investment & Oversight
- Lead the grantmaking process ensuring investments reflect ADFFs commitment to communitydriven solutions supporting young peoples success. This includes overseeing board and staffmanaged applications capacitybuilding support and continuous learning investments.
- Oversee the effective management and allocation of a multiyear budget allocated annually across ADFFs multicounty grantee partner portfolio.
- Collaborate with operations and partner relationship staff to ensure timely disbursement of funds compliance of tracking and highquality data and impact reporting.
- Lead efforts to track and document collective learnings from grantee partners and integrate these insights into broader foundation strategies processes and programmatic goals.
What Youll Bring
- Bachelors degree in nonprofit management finance social work philanthropy or related field preferred or equivalent experience preferred.
- 710 years of progressive philanthropic leadership experience with demonstrated experience managing a grantmaking portfolio and forecasting or managing multiyear grant budgets preferred.
- Robust background in leading teams and mentoring staff with the ability to center relationships inspire collaboration support staff growth and cocreate joy.
- Appreciation of and demonstrated commitment to relationshipcentered philanthropy participatory decisionmaking and continuous learning.
- Passion for the success of all young people and a commitment to an assetbased approach.
What We Offer
- We offer a competitive salary
- Medical dental and vision insurance
- 401K with a foundation match
- Unlimited PTO
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Short and LongTerm Disability Insurance
- Wellness Room
- Supportive and inclusive work environment
Please apply online only on or before April 17th and refrain from contacting the organization through other means regarding this application process. Thank you for understanding and honoring this process.
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Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
