Senior Portfolio Analyst, Pathways Fund, New Profit
Position: Senior Portfolio Analyst, Pathways Fund
Functional Area: Program Management
Organization: New Profit
Location: Cambridge, MA
Metro Region: Boston
Overview:
NEW PROFIT INC.’S MISSION AND GOALS
New Profit is a nonprofit venture philanthropy fund that exists to help innovative social entrepreneurs and their organizations bring about widespread and transformative impact on critical social problems. We work to fulfill this mission with two approaches: 1) providing multi-year financial and strategic support to help a portfolio of innovative social entrepreneurs and their organizations to realize their full potential for social impact; and 2) helping to build an environment in which all innovative organizations may achieve significantly greater impact on the problems they are trying to solve. New Profit believes that just as entrepreneurship and invention have driven our nation’s progress, so too can we harness America’s spirit of innovation, vision, and optimism to help solve our most pressing social problems.
With the support of individual investors and our signature partner, Monitor Group, New Profit works with social entrepreneur-led organizations tackling persistent social problems in education, workforce development, public health, and other areas. In addition, we bring together social innovators from across sectors at the annual Gathering of Leaders, and also drive other initiatives to release the potential of social entrepreneurship. Included among these is America Forward, a nonpartisan initiative that connects social sector innovators and their partners with policymakers, legislators, and thought leaders to advance an infrastructure for innovators and government to act together to scale the impact of proven and promising solutions.
PATHWAYS FUND
The Social Innovation Fund (SIF) is a new competitive grant program housed at the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) designed to expand innovative solutions to social sector problems with evidence of strong results in communities throughout America. The SIF represents an exciting opportunity at a critical moment for the nonprofit world, creating a new role for government as a catalyst for philanthropic partnerships that invests in proven solutions and taps into existing expertise and resources within the private and philanthropic sectors. The SIF is tackling some of the country’s greatest social challenges by enabling effective ideas and organizations to grow and replicate to reach more children, families, and communities.
New Profit is honored to be selected as a SIF intermediary organization. In this capacity we have launched the Pathways Fund, which is dedicated to serving low-income youth transitioning from high-school to post-secondary education and productive employment. The Fund grants dollars and provides necessary support to scale six of our nation’s most promising social innovations that focus on youth development. The Pathways Fund is helping them to develop their base of evidence and expand their programs to serve 20,000 more low-income people in their teens and twenties in addition to the thousands they already serve. These organizations are also collectively replicating to several new cities over the next five years, reaching many locations across the country that have not yet benefited from their innovative programs.
Position:
New Profit is at an exciting time in its evolution. Building on our strong track record of results, we rely on the talent, flexibility, and commitment of our team to deliver on the ground-breaking work of our mission.
The Senior Portfolio Analyst is truly a unique opportunity, offering exposure to New Profit’s core programmatic work. Specifically, the position supports all portfolio management activities, and as such, it is a key driver of New Profit’s success in continuing to deliver value to our portfolio, which includes some of the most innovative and entrepreneurial nonprofit organizations in the country.
The Senior Portfolio Analyst will be responsible for a wide range of projects and tasks, tackling critical and strategic challenges facing rapidly scaling organizations. S/he will have the opportunity to manage discrete projects and ongoing initiatives, gain valuable skills in complex project and relationship management, work collaboratively in teams, and complete independent work.
To achieve these objectives, the Senior Portfolio Analyst will work closely with the Pathways Team, key external stakeholders, and senior staff from portfolio organizations. S/he will also have access to the broader New Profit network, including leaders and organizations working across all sectors.
Responsibilities:
Key responsibilities fall into four main categories:
- Support the reporting process for CNCS, the Board of Directors, and funders—includes contributing to the quarterly data collection processes, managing logistics, analyzing and evaluating that data, and communicating the information and findings to CNCS, board members, and funders through written summaries, metric reporting, and presentations.
- Prepare Fund-wide analysis to support fundraising, communication, and policy efforts—includes preparing detailed analysis of the Pathways portfolio and creating presentations and fact sheets to support funder presentations, communications, and policy briefs.
- Assist with cross-portfolio learning and portfolio support—includes providing research and analytical support to Partners in their work with portfolio organizations to develop strategic growth plans, and facilitating the portfolio organizations’ ability to access New Profit learnings.
- Contribute to the ongoing needs and evolution of the Pathways Fund– includes supporting Fund-wide initiatives, performing place-based research and due-diligence, engaging with media campaigns, and supporting team building and event management.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate for this position will have the following competencies:
- 3-5 years of analytical work experience, preferably in management consulting
- Strong analytical skills in order to quickly assess situations, identify trends, develop insights and solutions, and apply learnings to the larger context
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and successfully manage multiple and changing priorities and projects while driving toward deadlines
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Commitment to high-quality work product and attention to detail
- High level of interpersonal maturity and poise
- Strong learning orientation – the ability to learn and grow from mistakes and the desire to constantly improve and grow
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Demonstrated commitment to New Profit’s mission, social entrepreneurship, and social change
- Bachelor’s degree required
To Apply:
Please send a resume and thoughtful cover letter, both attached as Word documents, to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) with the following subject line: “Application - Pathways Senior Portfolio Analyst.” Letters should be addressed to Jennifer Anderson. In your letter, please outline how your skills and experience meet the qualifications of the position and state how you heard about this opportunity. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
New Profit offers a competitive salary and benefits, commensurate with experience and skills. New Profit is an equal opportunity employer.
