Description
The salary range for this position is $150,000 to $200,000.Position OverviewThe UN Foundation has been a platform for collaborations and partnerships to support the UN and UN causes since it was created 30 years ago. This includes using grantmaking as a lever for change and designing and hosting novel funding instruments to pool resources and expertise on issues as varied as pandemic response, green shipping, coral reef conservation, gender-based violence, and childhood vaccinations.Over its history, UNF has mobilized over $3 billion in catalytic grants to and outside of the UN and seed funding for high-impact initiatives by leveraging its founding capital to attract new partners. A diversified international foundation, UNF has mobilized resources from individuals, philanthropies, companies, bilateral donors, and others in more than 190 countries, and has channeled resources to beneficiaries in dozens of countries, as well as 35 UN entities.The Senior Director, Grantmaking is responsible for overseeing the Foundation's grantmaking practice to maintain excellence and ensure the dynamism, creativity, and strategic alignment of UNF grantmaking with the organization's mission and values. This role provides strategic leadership to design and develop new grantmaking instruments, strengthen cross-team collaboration, and build capabilities, processes, and norms for high-impact grantmaking. This role is also expected to shape strategies for monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) and for training UNF teams to execute grantmaking at the highest standards.The Senior Director, Grantmaking directly oversees and manages all aspects of UNF grantmaking into the UN system, as well as provides oversight and guidance to any UNF teams undertaking grantmaking outside of the UN system. In both areas, the scope of work includes a passion for staying at the cutting edge of best practice around design, governance, decision-making, and partner management, with a view to ensuring grantmaking excellence across the Foundation.This position is based in Washington, D.C., New York City, or globalEssential FunctionsStrategic Leadership across All GrantmakingLead development and oversight of UNF's overall grantmaking strategy and approach both in and outside the UN system, reflecting best practice in grantmaking governance, review, and decision-makingLead oversight and strategies to enhance impact of UNF's regranting role, including through growth of collaborative and pooled fundingPartner with teams to develop innovative grantmaking models to enhance impactSteward internal grantmaking processes for excellence, including best practice in grantmaking governance, review, and decision-makingPartner with program leads to maintain cross-team alignment, ensure grant portfolio aligns with the organization's missions and valuesStrengthen a system of monitoring, evaluation and learning related to grantmaking, including through testing new approaches, knowledge management, and sharing best practices to foster collaboration and consistency across the organizationAdvise across internal teams (Finance, Agreements, etc.) on grantmaking compliance, ensuring program teams receive clear and consistent guidancePartner with Communications team to ensure consistent messaging around grant opportunities and impactDevelop standard operating procedures, templates, workflows, and quality standards, and refresh as needed, working across internal teams to ensure systems and tools support grantmaking data needsOversight of UN GrantmakingLead and oversee UNF's grant portfolio to the United Nations, including over two dozen standing fiduciaries, multiple regranting relationships, and special project arrangementsProvide exceptional stewardship to donors who grant to and through UNF to support the UN throughout grant lifecycle, prioritizing clear communication, transparent and predictable processes, and timely and accurate reportingProvide exceptional partnership to UN partners on all aspects of the grant lifecycle, and strengthen the UN partner experience through clear communication, transparent expectations, and predictable processesServe as primary liaison and knowledge base for UN partners to UNF's grantmaking to cultivate new relationships and identify new opportunities for engagementLead relationship with the UN Fund for International Partnerships on on all aspects of UN grantmaking, including day-to-day oversight and management of portfolio, biannual financial reporting, and ad-hoc requestsWork across internal operational teams to ensure the highest level of service delivery to external partners, including timely execution of agreements and timely and accurate financial reportingProvide day-to-day leadership, support, and guidance to UNF teams who engage in UN grantmaking Ensure reporting to the UN, UNF Board and other stakeholders on UN grantmaking is clear and compellingOtherServe as a source of advice, ideas, and leadership on excellence in business services and systems as these relate to grantmaking.Ensure adherence and compliance with all UNF policies and donor rules and regulationsSelection CriteriaRequired12+ years of progressively responsible experience in non-profit international grantmaking or related fieldTrack record in designing and managing creative funding instruments and grant portfoliosDemonstrated experience managing complex processes, cross-functional teams, or organizational operationsProven track record in working with international and cross-cultural partnersProven ability to lead through influence, build trust across diverse stakeholders, and provide coaching and feedbackExcellent communication, facilitation, and relationship-building skills, including with donors and beneficiariesStrong understanding of grant compliance standards, due diligence requirements, and philanthropic best practicesExperience designing or improving workflows, SOPs, or governance modelsFamiliarity with the UN or multilateral systems, and international grantmakingStrongly PreferredExperience with continuous improvement practices and a track record of innovation in business services and systemsManagement experience, including managing project teams across different departmentsAbility to navigate organizations with collaborative, relational cultures while driving clarity and accountabilityFamiliarity with grants management systems (GMS) and data management practicesWritten and oral proficiency in a second language, in addition to EnglishRequired Application MaterialsTo be considered for this position, please upload both a resume and cover letter. Applications that do not include both documents will be considered incomplete and will not be reviewed.Benefits and CompensationFor full-time, U.S. benefit eligible employees, UNF offers an excellent range of benefits, including:a choice between two health plans through UnitedHealthcare (PPO or HDHP with HSA)dental insurancevision insuranceflexible spending accounts403b retirement savings plan with a generous matching contributiongroup term and supplemental life insuranceshort-term disabilitylong-term disabilityback-up careemployee assistance programAdditionally, all benefit eligible employees have 12 paid holidays, 20 vacation days, 10 sick days, 3 personal days, and 8 weeks of family leave care.The United Nations Foundation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Equal Opportunity EmployerThis employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. 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