Becoming a part of MADRE means being part of an ever-growing team of individuals working together to attain a shared vision of a just future. From policy solutions to grantmaking, from working in solidarity with our global grassroots partners to strategic communication and storytelling, MADRE’s team creates real change from the local level up.
Our goal is a world where women, girls, and people who are marginalized fully participate in shaping policies and decision making, their expertise and leadership is recognized and upheld, and they equitably hold power and resources within their communities. At MADRE, we uphold a spirit of collaboration and the strength of community and are committed to providing the best possible climate for maximum development and goal achievement for all employees.
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Reports to: Associate Director of Grantmaking & Grants Operations
Location: Remote
Union/Non-Union: Union-Represented
About MADRE
MADRE is an international human rights organization that strengthens communities locally by centering the expertise of women and girls within them. MADRE builds sustainable, networked partnerships, and champions equity through systemic policy solutions and funding. MADRE integrates grantmaking, capacity bridging, and legal advocacy to achieve its goals. Since its founding in 1983, MADRE has provided more than $65 million in grants to support women and girls in more than 40 countries. Learn more about MADRE’s work at: https://www.madre.org/.
Position Summary
MADRE is seeking a Grants Officer to play a pivotal role in their Grantmaking &Partnerships (G&P) team, including without limitation managing MADRE’s grantmaking processes, overseeing the development and implementation of grant strategies, ensuring compliance, and facilitating knowledge dissemination on grants management best practices.
Position Description
MADRE seeks a highly motivated, dynamic, and organized Grants Officer to support MADRE’s G&P team, including assisting with the development and implementation of MADRE’s grantmaking strategy, the development and maintenance of systems to streamline MADRE’s grantmaking portfolios, and the organization of the flow of information with grantees and partners. Additionally, as part of their work with the G&P team, the Grants Officer will monitor and ensure compliance, and will support the identification and facilitation of MADRE and our partners’ grantmaking and grants management needs. The Grants Officer is also expected to generate and diffuse knowledge both internally and externally regarding protocols on grantmaking and grants management best practices. The Grants Officer may be responsible for the supervision interns and liaising with consultants.
Core Responsibilities
Grantmaking Strategy and Management:
● Review grantee proposals for work, additional funding requests, including emergency support, or budget/grant reallocation, and make recommendations to the G&P team and leadership.
● Continuously monitor and analyze regional and thematic developments and trends related to MADRE’s priority communities, while maintaining an expert understanding of their strengths, needs, opportunities, and challenges.
● Collaborate with the G&P team to create and assess a comprehensive grantmaking strategy, including equitable grantmaking, multi-year grants, and exit strategies.
● Plan grantmaking portfolios and integrate findings into MADRE’s systems based on partners’ needs assessments, as assigned and in collaboration with the G&P team.
● Manage grant cycles and approval processes for MADRE grants to ensure compliance across MADRE’s grantmaking tracking, systems, and streamlining.
● Coordinate communication with grantees to obtain necessary grant documents and financial information while also providing technical assistance and troubleshooting grantmaking challenges referred by Grants Associates.
● Contribute to the collaborative work of MADRE and peer organizations, funding networks, and grantmaking communities.
Grantmaking Systems Development and Refinement:
● Oversee the development and refinement of annual and quarterly processes and checklists for MADRE’s grantmaking, including docket management, budget reconciliation, partner reporting, and ensuring integration of updates to the grants manual through quarterly and annual processes.
● Develop and implement grant and narrative tracking systems for large-scale emergency grantmaking.
● Lead the automation of annual grantmaking data collection processes, document procedures, and provide training to the grantmaking team.
● Research and integrate progressive and accessible practices into grantmaking systems, while engaging with peers to exchange strategies on best practices related to priority populations.
Database and Financial Management:
● Collaborate with Salesforce Administrator to enhance MADRE’s Salesforce grants database, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and usability; and provide technical training and support to program staff for effective grant and program tracking.
● Develop and enhance systems to track the grantmaking budget and disbursements, ensuring smooth payments and that all transactions are coded correctly and can be properly reconciled.
● Collaborate with the Financial Department to conduct quarterly budget reconciliations and support the grantmaking team in budget creation and portfolio monitoring.
Learning and Evaluation:
● Work closely with the G&P team and with colleagues to develop evaluation and assessment tools.
● As assigned, summarize grantee reports from the grantmaking perspective and maintain detailed records of their information, including context risks, stories, testimonies, and case studies, within internal databases to facilitate comprehensive understanding and analysis of their work.
● As assigned, analyze data from the grantmaking perspective to effectively showcase the outcomes and impact of MADRE’s grantmaking strategy, and collaborate with the G&P team to review and enhance narrative reporting templates for partners and grantees necessary.
● Cross-collaborate and communicate with all MADRE teams to support learning and information sharing.
● Represent MADRE at speaking engagements and meetings.
Other:
● Supervise interns and liaise with consultants, as required.
● Communicate in both English and Arabic/Spanish/French to perform the above-listed responsibilities.
● Write and translate documents, communications, and presentations in both English and Arabic/Spanish/French with respect to the above-listed responsibilities.
Required Qualifications
● Commitment to MADRE’s mission, vision, and values.
● Passionate about human rights, social justice issues, and the role of philanthropy in supporting local groups for social change.
● Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
● Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in grants administration and compliance and working with grantmaking databases.
● Fluency in English and either Arabic, Spanish, or French.
● Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to manage communications professionally and with a high level of attention to detail and accuracy and the ability to draft clear, structured, grammatically correct, and persuasive writings.
● Ability to work independently and take proactive action.
● Strong organizational skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment, including managing competing priorities, reprioritizing tasks as needed, and balancing multiple assignments, grants, partners, and deadlines with professionalism and flexibility.
● Knowledge of current developments/trends in area of expertise.
● Ability to determine informational needs, collect and analyze information, devise and develop statistical analyses and reports, and develop clear and strategic ways to present the same
● Database management skills.
● Experience providing support to grantee partners in difficult circumstances or environments.
● Experience completing compliance checks.
● Detailed knowledge of and demonstrated proficiency in usingcomputers and databases, including software programs such asMicrosoft Office (including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, andPowerPoint) and Google Drive (including Google Sheets, Docs, andSlides).
● Strong proficiency with data collection, review, analysis, and reporting.
● Excellent interpersonal skills, including the desire and ability to engage and collaborate with peers and diverse populations and the ability to build relationships and trust with individuals with different personalities and at different levels of seniority and/or from different backgrounds.
To Apply: Please apply and submit your resume and cover letter to grantsofficer@madre.org. Applicants are encouraged to submit their materials as soon as possible, as applications must be received by August 12th. Once the deadline has passed, submissions are reviewed on a rolling basis until the search is successful.
Compensation: The full-time salary is $88,000. Please note that compensation is not flexible, as our goal is to remain equitable with our starting salaries. This is a union-represented position.
Working Conditions
This role requires authorization to work in the United States. This role is eligible for remote work, subject to MADRE’s prior approval of your remote location. This position will require occasional in-person meetings, which are anticipated to include meetings at MADRE’s headquarters and an annual retreat(s).
(a) Travel – This position may require some travel, as determined by MADRE at its discretion.
(b) Physical/Sensory Demands—MADRE maintains a fast-paced working environment. This position requires extensive computer usage, online engagement, and communications both within MADRE and externally.
Additionally, it requires that the employee be willing to build inclusive relationships and collaborate with employees at all levels within the organization and with partners and others outside the organization.
EEOC Statement
MADRE is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Black, Indigenous, People of Color, recent immigrants, persons with disabilities, LGBTIQ+ people, and other historically marginalized people from under-represented backgrounds are highly encouraged to apply. We takepride in our pluralistic community and continue to seek excellence byintegrating an intersectional justice lens into all our recruitment efforts. Studies have shown that people from historically marginalized groups are less likely to apply for specific positions unless they believe they meet every single one of the qualifications listed in a job description. MADRE values lived experience and is highly committed to building a diverse and inclusive organization that centers on intersectional justice. We actively seek to reachcandidates from directly impacted communities.
We are looking for the next generation of leaders, activists, and advocates to participate in MADRE’s internship program.
MADRE offers three internship sessions throughout the year: Summer (June-August), Fall (September-December), and Spring (January-May).
MADRE does not have the capacity to sponsor visa applications for interns from outside the US. If you are an international applicant, please indicate in your application that you have authorization to legally work in the US.
Please send your application to ONLY one email address. If you wish to apply to multiple internships send your application to your first choice and include your other choices in your cover letter.
Deadlines are indicated in the description below.
About MADRE
Founded in 1983, MADRE is an international human rights organization that transcends geographies and generations to deliver sustainable gender, racial, climate, and disability justice. We foster a world where women and girls, and other marginalized groups, fully participate in shaping policies and decision making, their expertise and leadership is recognized and upheld, and they equitably hold power and resources within their communities. MADRE’s unique approach prioritizes and centers the grassroots partners in our far-reaching global networks. We focus on building long-term relationships with the localleaders who are experts in their own communities’ needs. Together, we pursue aholistic approach to change, integrating grantmaking, capacity bridging, andadvocacy to achieve gender, racial, climate, and disability justice.
Investing in Tomorrow
MADRE believes in investing in the leaders of tomorrow. Internships provide a platform for emerging leaders to develop critical skills, gain exposure to global issues, and build a network of like-minded individuals. Our hope is that these experiences empower interns to become lifelong advocates for women’s rights and social justice.
Join Us in Making a Difference
If you are passionate about making a positive impact and are committed to advancing the rights of women and girls, an internship at MADRE is an opportunity to be part of a dynamic and supportive team dedicated to creating a more just and equitable world.
Join us in the journey to create lasting change and contribute your skills, passion, and energy to the global movement for women’s human rights. Together, we can make a difference.
Position Summary
As the Policy and Campaigns Intern, you will have the opportunity to work alongside the Policy Team to advance a feminist policy agenda developed in partnership with grassroots women worldwide. We create the space for progressive policymakers to hear directly from women whose communities are impacted by US policies and who offer solutions to some of the most urgent crises of our time. We know that when we listen to women and girls at the grassroots, we can create policies that are better for everyone.
Position Description
As the Policy and Campaigns Intern at MADRE, you will have the enriching opportunity to advance the policy priorities of global grassroots feminist organizations through US foreign policy. You will support this work by researching and drafting policy and public education resources for a range of external audiences and platforms. These written resources may include vote recommendations, policy briefs, social media posts, emails, and more. In order to draft these materials, you will be expected to maintain up-to-date resources on ongoing crises and track relevant policies. This may include secondary research and attending coalition calls. This role is an opportunity to professionally grow your feminist analysis and practice in working to advance policy goals that support MADRE’s grassroots partners.
Core Responsibilities
We anticipate that key country focus areas for the Fall 2024 Policy and Campaigns Internships will include Palestine and Haiti, with additional thematic emphases on feminist foreign policy, climate justice, and peacebuilding. However, this is subject to change based on partner priorities, emerging crises, and legislative opportunities.
Within your focus area, you will be expected to:
● Track, analyze, and report on legislative, policy, and issue-area developments, with a view towards MADRE’s policy work in the Congressional space, in close coordination with the Policy and Campaigns Officer;
● Attend and report back on coalition calls related to your policy area;
● Assist in drafting policy briefs, vote recommendations, talking points, factsheets, memos, newsletters, social media content, and analysis;
● Assist with event planning and outreach, including accompanying and providing training for MADRE partners engaging in the DC policy space;
● Provide support as needed for virtual and in-person events with partners.
Qualifications
● Demonstrated interest in and understanding of women’s rights, gender justice, climate justice, and/or US foreign policy;
● Strong research, analysis, writing, and communications skills;
● Ability to prioritize tasks effectively;
● Ability to work both independently and as part of a team;
● Reliable internet connection and availability for up to 15 hours per week between the hours of 9AM-5PM ET;
● Detail-oriented and able to deliver assignments on time; and
● Passionate about MADRE’s mission and achieving results.
Working Conditions
This internship requires eligibility to work in the United States and is remote.
Compensation
Minimum total compensation: $3,600
Minimum duration: 12 weeks
Minimum hours/week: 15 hours (this comes to a minimum hourly rate of $20/hour.)
To Apply
Please apply and submit your resume, cover letter, and a 1-2 page relevant writing sample to jumpstart@madre.org. The submission deadline is July 30, 2024.
EEOC Statement
MADRE is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Black, Indigenous, People of Color, recent immigrants, persons with disabilities, LGBTIQ+ people, and other historically marginalized people from under-represented backgrounds are highly encouraged to apply. We take pride in our pluralistic community and continue to seek excellence by integrating an intersectional justice lens into all our recruitment efforts.
Studies have shown that people from historically marginalized groups are less likely to apply for specific positions unless they believe they meet every single one of the qualifications listed in a job description. MADRE values lived experience and are highly committed to building a diverse and inclusive organization that centers on intersectional justice. We actively seek to reach candidates from directly impacted communities.
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