Associate Consultant/Analyst job in San Mateo

Open Position: Associate Consultant / Analyst, Open Impact

San Mateo, CA (with potential for a virtual/hybrid work arrangement)

Position open on March 21, 2022

Please apply by April 29, 2022

We will accept applications on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

Open Impact is looking for an Associate Consultant to join our team in the next phase of growth and impact for our firm. This is an opportunity for deep mentorship and skill building to help launch your social impact career.

The Opportunity

There is a growing network of extraordinarily wealthy and influential philanthropists that seek to focus their legacy on helping create transformation and healing for our world--and are seeking assistance in realizing this task. Most philanthropic actors are struggling to respond as the complexity of social change in this moment expands to grapple with external factors of systems and equity as well as internal ones of strategy and governance. The world needs philanthropists to be part of the solution, managing, growing, and redeploying their capital in ways that heal our world.

Open Impact is positioned to meet this moment if we move forward with intentionality and augment our capabilities. As trusted advisors through these challenges, we are known for meeting families and donors where they are in their journey and helping them imagine their role in addressing systemic challenges. In doing so, we keep legacy in mind, helping to accelerate the deployment of their capital more strategically and at scale while also developing their capabilities to do more impactful work. We help strengthen the field by developing and sharing new insights and innovations for accelerating donors and improving their practices.

About Open Impact

Open Impact makes philanthropy simpler and more meaningful for private donors, foundations, and networks who are committed to the repair and healing of our planet and its people. Drawing from our firm’s rich pool of client engagements, our team’s breadth of experience gives us unique insights into the challenges and opportunities of impactful philanthropy. As a women-founded and led Certified B Corporation based in California’s Bay Area, we support a more inclusive and sustainable world through the impact of our 100+ client engagements to date and our internal practices.

Our name, Open Impact, seeks to capture our foundational values: impact and openness. We are single-minded in our pursuit of impact for the clients and issues we serve. And we are open about the many approaches that making an impact can take. Our role is to act as guides, translators, trusted counselors, and catalysts to help our clients clarify their purpose toward creating greater impact in the world.

Core Belief and Vision

We believe that wealthy families have an opportunity to build a more just, resilient, and equitable world by how they grow, align, and deploy their assets. We envision a growing global community, that we are a part of, that is actively reimagining philanthropy’s role and deploying its capital and influence in ways that repair and heal our planet and its people.

Mission and Our Role

Open Impact innovates and scales up practices and solutions that equip philanthropists to be exceptional partners for change.

Key Responsibilities

Associate Consultants / Analysts work with the firm’s client-facing teams to ensure high-quality deliverables and research that meets the needs of clients. As we are a lean and nimble firm, team make-up can shift depending on the project, but each client team typically includes a Director and/or Partner who oversees the project, teamed-up with an analyst and/or project manager. Key responsibilities include:

● Analysis. For client engagements, synthesize necessary research to identify key insights and ensure robust products. Specific responsibilities may include:

○ Articulate and structure client research in a logical manner; design a method for answering key questions using research/data.

○ Gather, evaluate, and synthesize qualitative and quantitative data, including literature reviews and online research.

○ Conduct landscape scans and field assessments, using interviews, online research, and database searches.

○ Concisely and clearly communicate synthesis through summaries and products, in written and PowerPoint formats.

○ Proactively communicate any obstacles impeding project progression.

○ Review deliverables for accuracy and quality.

● Project management. Assist in day-to-day execution of a portfolio of consulting projects, including:

○ Work with client-facing team to ensure effective and on-time project delivery, including overseeing timelines.

○ Draft and edit project documents, reports, and PowerPoint presentations.

○ Coordinate logistics, agenda-setting and follow-up of workshops, convenings, and events.

● Special projects. Provide occasional assistance on internal firm projects, including research and writing for newsletters and blogs.

Qualifications

You should be:

● Able to synthesize qualitative and quantitative data and information into written and visual products that help our teams and clients get to insight and impact.

● Able to write clearly, succinctly, and aligned to the sensibilities and language of the target audience using both memo and PowerPoint formats.

● An optimistic critical thinker able to juggle and prioritize a wide range of parallel projects in different teams, with excellent planning and communication skills, judgment, and efficiency.

● A self-starter with an aptitude to navigate ambiguity, drawn to a start-up environment where ideas, systems and structures are iterated, trial and error are expected, and no job is too big or too small.

● Self-motivated, able to work without direct guidance, self-manage, and manage up, particularly in dynamic and remote environments.

● Known for your laser-focus, clarity, and attention to details.

● Knowledgeable, or eager to learn, about the nonprofit, philanthropic, and/or investment sectors.

● Experienced (2+ years) in research, project management, or other relevant experience.

Additional Attributes

Open Impact is a close-knit environment where shared values are very important. As a growing firm, we welcome learning and are open to new and different approaches. Successful candidates should exemplify the following:

● High EQ. Thoughtful, open-minded listener and thought partner with high emotional intelligence.

● Strong Communicator. Believes in the importance of communicating early and often and creates mechanisms for doing so.

● Collaborative yet independent. Collaborative with experience flexibly supporting and leading teams, while also being comfortable working independently and being resourceful and accountable. Highly adaptable and humble in work style and approach.

● High integrity. Impeccable reputation for integrity and judgment; models ethics and trustworthiness in all actions. Able to maintain confidentiality and discretion. Able to establish and maintain credibility and trust.

Location and Travel

During the COVID pandemic, Open Impact is a remote-first hybrid workplace. The team meets in-person regularly (up to five days per month) in Burlingame and San Mateo, and this position travels occasionally to client sites (within the Bay Area or nationally). Staff must be fully vaccinated, or have a medical or religious exemption, and follow our COVID safety policy to attend in-person meetings. We are open to a fully virtual working arrangement if meeting in person is not feasible.

Compensation

Depending on experience, we offer two salary ranges, in accordance with Open Impact’s equity-focused salary scale:

● Analyst 1: with minimum two years of research and project management experience, a base annual salary range is $65,000 - $72,000

● Analyst 2: with minimum four years of research and project management experience, a base annual salary range is $80,000 - $90,000

Open Impact offers a comprehensive benefits package for full-time staff that includes fully paid health insurance (medical, dental, and vision), five weeks of paid time off, ten paid holidays, short-term and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, commuter benefits, a retirement plan, and reimbursement for work-from-home expenses. Open Impact prioritizes professional development for all staff and strives to offer flexibility for working parents and caregivers.

Open Impact is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse team and strongly encourage BIPOC, women, nonbinary people, LGBTQ+ people, persons with disabilities, veterans, and persons from other underrepresented groups to apply.