Senior Assistant, Policy & Innovation

About the role

The Senior Assistant provides overall administrative, operational, process, and ad hoc support for the Policy and Innovation Division within the Foundation’s Community Impact Department. The Policy & Innovation Division is focused on solving the Bay Area region’s housing affordability challenges, supporting partners to leverage tech solutions for social purpose, and advancing the foundation’s overall policy capacity. The Policy & Innovation Division supports the foundation’s mission by advocating for racial equity and socioeconomic inclusion policies through grantmaking, convening, and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Schedules meetings and convenings for the Vice President of Policy and Innovation and the Policy and Innovation team.
• Assists the Program Associate with planning meetings, convening, division retreats, etc., (planning, materials, note taking, food, and technical support).
• Processes team expenses, payments, and reimbursements.
• Processes and sends acknowledgement letters.
• Data management support (impact data) - Salesforce
• Sends communications at the direction of the VPPI.
• Supports VPPI and broader team’s grantmaking (scheduling, documentation, technical support, grants analysis, grantee support)
• Assists with projects on an ad hoc basis, including strategic planning and implementation, impact planning, intern/fellowships, project management, graphic design, etc.
• Works with Program Associate to manage information flows, and scheduling, internally at the foundation and with external partners/audiences.

Requirements

3+ years of relevant experience
Strong communication skills – written, verbal and visual
Detail oriented with strong follow through
Tech savvy, ability to learn and navigate new technology, applications, platforms, and systems for communication, project management, grants management, budgeting, and customer relationship management amongst others.
Ability to work independently, proactively, and in ambiguous situations.
Ability to stay organized and manage multiple priorities and workstreams at a time.
Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills and customer service mindset.
Experience in community engagement or organizing preferred.
Intermediate to advanced computer/software skills, including Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, & Teams) and Zoom.
Ability to learn, navigate and manage online platforms, including Fluxx, Qlik sense, grant making and CRM systems, Smartsheet, and Salesforce

Qualifications

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align exactly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Benefits

The San Francisco Foundation offers a very competitive total compensation package including base compensation in alignment with our organizational budget size and rich medical and fringe benefits offerings. This position pays $48.71/hr per hour.

Pay

The San Francisco Foundation offers a very competitive total compensation package including base compensation in alignment with our organizational budget size and rich medical and fringe benefits offerings. This position pays $48.71/hr per hour.

Schedule

The Foundation has adopted a long-term hybrid in-person and remote work policy. Dedicated to its employee health and safety, The Foundation will continue to make decisions in accordance with San Francisco County and California mandates. Employees must reside or plan to relocate to California if hired.