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Philanthropy Fellow - U.S. Racial Justice (7398U), Haas School of Business - 65734

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Departmental Overview

UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business offers a unique opportunity to champion new ideas, collaborate across boundaries, and continually learn in a workplace committed to increasing diversity and creating a welcoming environment for all. Our distinctive culture is captured within our four Defining Leadership Principles: Question the Status Quo, Confidence Without Attitude, Students Always, and Beyond Yourself. These principles distinguish Berkeley Haas as a unique environment, conducive to teamwork, collaboration, and career growth.

For more information about the Haas School of Business visit: https://haas.berkeley.edu/about/

The Haas School of Business embraces flexible working arrangements for its employees. Exact arrangements are determined in partnership with your supervisor to meet role responsibilities and department needs, and are subject to change.

About the David and Lucile Packard Foundation

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is where the Program Analyst will work. The Packard Foundation was established in 1964. David and Lucile Packard believed that along with universities, national institutions, community groups, youth agencies, family planning centers, and hospitals, foundations constitute a great American tradition that complements government efforts to focus on society's needs. The foundation's mission is to work with people and communities to create enduring solutions for just societies and a healthy, resilient natural world. Through a recent strategic planning process, the Foundation identified three overarching, interdependent goals to guide the Foundation's work: Protect and Restore Our Natural World, Invest in Families and Communities, and Build Just Societies.

About the U.S. Racial Justice Initiative

In the wake of the 2020 social movement uprisings against structural racism, the David and Lucille Packard Foundation established a new $100 million justice and equity fund and subsequently began an internal process to examine and more deeply integrate equity into our strategies and in alignment with our mission and values. The U.S Racial Justice Initiative was established to develop and lead the strategy that would guide the Foundation's grant-making of the $100M justice and equity fund. Over the next several months, the Initiative will articulate a strategic framework to support the critical work of combating anti-Black racism. Our work takes a "race and" approach, recognizing that structural racism intensifies every other form of discrimination and intersects with and influences all the social conditions that affect people of color's ability to thrive.

In addition to building on approaches that have guided our philanthropy for decades - working in partnership, committing to issues over the long-terms, and grounding our work in science, knowledge, and data - we seek to focus on understanding the systems that either accelerate or impede progress and engage creatively across a range of ideas and perspectives to bring fresh thinking to these complex and long-standing challenges.

The U.S. Racial Justice Initiative sits within the Packard Foundation's goal to "Build Just Societies," which are key to supporting families and communities and protecting our natural world. When the institutions, structures, policies, and practices that form societies are inclusive and fair, they create conditions for more sustained progress on issues such as racial equity, reproductive rights, and a strong civil society and thriving civic space.

About the Partnership

The UC Berkeley-Haas School of Business (through the Center for Social Sector Leadership) offers this unique fellowship in philanthropy at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation to provide next generation leaders the opportunity to engage with philanthropic and nonprofit leaders and work with a grantmaking team serving diverse issues and populations in the Racial Justice program.

The vision for this partnership is to strengthen the future of philanthropy and civil society by providing recent graduates from diverse disciplines and backgrounds a professional-level introduction to philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. The goals of the fellowship are to 1) introduce recent graduates to philanthropy and the role of nonprofits to strengthen their impact in a future career and 2) introduce the Foundation to fresh ideas, new skills, and diverse perspectives. The fellow will join a cohort of six other fellows at the Foundation working on environment & science, families and communities, reproductive health, civil society and leadership, and democracy, governance, and rights. There will be quarterly activities for the cohort of fellows.

Application Review Date

The First Review Date for this job is: 03/21/2024. Position is open until filled.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Foundation's U.S. Racial Justice Initiative team on a range of activities - supporting the grant-making process, including conducting research and analysis on topics that can inform grant making and strategy development and contributing to assessments of grantee organizations.
• Work with the director on program meetings, grantee meetings, field convenings, and site visits, including preparation of materials and management of follow-up actions stemming from those meetings.
• Contribute to grant portfolio reviews on a quarterly basis, compiling information across grantees to create consumable documents.
• Assists with monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities associated with the U.S. Racial Justice Initiative's strategies, such as theory of change development, review of grantee outcomes and indicators, and creating program dashboards.
• Interact with the Foundation's program and evaluation staff, grantees, funding partners, government agencies, and content experts as needed to complete assigned projects and gain exposure to strategic philanthropy in practice; travel to meet with new and existing partners, and attend relevant conferences.
• Engage in both university and foundation communities and professional development opportunities related to the Program Analyst's work.

Professional Learning and Growth

• Embraces the principle of being a "student always" by engaging in opportunities for training, workshops, seminars, continuing education pertinent to the position, or at the suggestion of the supervisor.
• Actively contributes to a team environment that fosters and promotes a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) within the unit and at Haas.
• Engages in ongoing education to promote diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging by completing University sponsored certifications & training sessions (Ie: MEP Workshop, Implicit Bias Certification, LinkedIn Learning workshops, and other workshops & seminars offered by the University or Haas, as they are made available) or by engaging in external seminars & resources related to DEIB.
• Exemplifies Haas' four Defining Leadership Principles: (1) Question the status quo; (2) Confidence without attitude; (3) Students always; and (4) Beyond yourself.

Required Qualifications

• Extensive experience/training in health, the social sciences, public policy, business or a related social justice field, ideally with experience taking a systems approach to addressing the structural barriers that have created unequal conditions for communities of color.
• Experience with work aimed at achieving a healthier, pluralistic, liberal democracy and inclusive multi-racial society.
• Deeply capable as a strategic thinker and creative problem solver; ability analyze, conduct research, and understand scientific studies.
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills, including the ability to structure analysis, synthesize, and deliver reports that clearly explain complex topics
• Outstanding interpersonal skills and an ability to work effectively in a team setting.
• Demonstrated strong initiative, self-motivation, and ability to efficiently manage multiple tasks and projects in diverse areas.
• Demonstrated ability to apply judgment in ambiguous situations and make sound decisions with limited information.
• Demonstrated history of fostering an inclusive environment, engaging diverse voices, and able to consider underlying inequities, structural drivers, privilege and power dynamics in your work.
• Willingness to travel.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, demonstrating a desire to promote diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging to establish and maintain positive & professional working relationships with colleagues, students and team members.
• Exemplifies Haas' four Defining Leadership Principles: (1) Question the status quo; (2) Confidence without attitude; (3) Students always; and (4) Beyond yourself.
• Demonstrates an understanding of and commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in a business, organization or public university setting.

Education/Training:

• Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to think and work intersectionally, particularly with regard to race, class, gender.
• Knowledge of and experience of Black-led movement-building, power building strategies, and/or organizing work.
• Ability to identify leverage points and assess how new ideas have the potential to influence or change a system and find and refine the transformative "nugget" in an idea - even if others don't see it yet.
• Graduate level education in business, social science, public policy, political science, law, or related field.

Salary & Benefits

This is a 3yr, full-time (40 hours/week), contract appointment, eligible for UC benefits. This is a monthly paid, exempt position.

For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University, please visit the University of California's Compensation & Benefits website.

Under California law, the University of California, Berkeley is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role and should not offer a salary outside of the range posted in this job announcement. This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, analysis of internal equity, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be offered a salary at or near the top of the range for a position. Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience.

The budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $85,000.00 - $90,000.00.

How to Apply

• To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter.

Other Information

• This is not a visa opportunity.

Conviction History Background

This is a designated position requiring fingerprinting and a background check due to the nature of the job responsibilities. Berkeley does hire people with conviction histories and reviews information received in the context of the job responsibilities. The University reserves the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of the background check.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. For more information about your rights as an applicant, please see the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission poster.

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