THE AREA FOUNDATION

The Area Foundation helps donors achieve their charitable goals for the betterment of the community, managing more than 500 charitable funds exceeding $1.3 billion in assets. Coordinating efforts with numerous area nonprofits, the Area Foundation serves as a collaborative leader, connecting donors to address key community issues and investing in our future. Since 1964, over $800 million for scholarships and grants have been awarded to enhance the quality of life in our region. Learn more at saafdn.org.

Our core values are: Excellence, Passion, Integrity, and Community. SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES

The Program Officer of Youth Success is a member of the Community Engagement & Impact (CEI) team, reporting to the Director of Youth Success. The Program Officer is responsible for implementing the Foundation’s grant making programs and strategic initiatives for the Youth Success Impact Area. They must be knowledgeable about broad community issues to assist in implementation and provide feedback for the Area Foundation’s grant and programmatic investments, as well as honor our donor’s intent in all aspects of our work.

COMPETENCIES/SKILLS

• Must adhere to Core Values: Community, Integrity, Passion, and Excellence.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with a variety of people within our community.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong presentation and listening skills.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills and the ability to organize work to meet deadlines.
• Ability to demonstrate professionalism while working with sensitive material and to maintain a variety of information and materials in an ethical and confidential manner.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and in a fast-paced environment while contributing to the goals of team and organization.
• Strong customer service and the ability to work inclusively with people of diverse backgrounds and ethnicities.
• Strong research skills related to benchmarking national best practices.
• Core competencies expected: respect and value others; stakeholder focus; valuing people of all walks of life, ethics and values; collaboration; communication; and self-knowledge and resiliency.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience: Nonprofit experience preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years of foundation, agency or philanthropic or other relevant work experience and 3 years management experience.
• Knowledge of or aptitude to quickly learn Foundant GLM.
• Must exhibit a high-level of knowledge and application of best practices in the cradle to career continuum, community engagement, and impact.
• Implement the Foundation’s Youth Success grant making programs with integrity and intentionality to benefit the San Antonio region in highly impactful ways which achieve the community transformation we seek, while being excellent stewards of philanthropic dollars.
• Work in partnership with the Director of Youth Success and the Grants Strategy team to imagine, develop, and implement strategic and innovative grantmaking.
• Work with Senior Program Officers to implement and complete CEI grant processes, recommend grantees, and report progress.
• Work with the Director of Youth Success to successfully implement the Bexar County Future Ready plan, build and nurture relationships with partners, and track outcomes for organizational and community benefit.
• Work with the Director of Youth Success to recruit and support informed, diverse Community Advisory Committees and equip them with the training and tools to make excellent funding recommendations and decisions.
• Serve as contact for partners regarding grant process and arrange for technical assistance, funding priorities information and guidance as needed, and support regarding suitability of their requests and applications.
• Develop and maintain relationships with public and private organizations to develop a community-wide network to accomplish Foundation’s strategic directions.
• Collaborate with Director of Youth Success and the Grants Strategy team to design evaluation strategies and metrics to ensure funding outcomes are achieved.
• Collaborate across teams to provide information for press conferences, newsletters, annual reports, websites, social media and other public relations efforts.
• Collaborate with the Director of Youth Success to recruit and support informed, diverse Community Advisory Committees and equip them with the training and tools to make excellent funding recommendations and decisions.
• Assist with the communication of information and impact of Foundation’s grant processes and strategic initiatives – to policymakers, target communities, other funders and the general community.
• Keep current on issues of importance to the Foundation by literature review, contact with social and professional communities, and participating in relevant learning opportunities.
• Serve as a positive representative of the Foundation and an advocate of its programs to the broader community of donors, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, and funding entities.
• Other projects and duties as assigned.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES/FUNCTIONS

Grantmaking and Strategic Initiatives

• Implement the Foundation’s Youth Success grant making programs with integrity and intentionality to benefit the San Antonio region in highly impactful ways which achieve the community transformation we seek, while being excellent stewards of philanthropic dollars. 
• Provide relevant one on one and cohort support that follows and propels the Foundation’s Capacity Building goals forward.
• Work in partnership with the Director of Youth Success and the Grants Strategy team to imagine, develop, and implement strategic and innovative grantmaking.
• Work with Senior Program Officers to implement and complete CEI grant processes, recommend grantees, and report progress.
• Work with the Director of Youth Success to successfully implement the Bexar County Future Ready plan, build and nurture relationships with partners, and track outcomes for organizational and community benefit.
• Work with the Director of Youth Success to recruit and support informed, diverse Community Advisory Committees and equip them with the training and tools to make excellent funding recommendations and decisions.
• Serve as contact for partners regarding grant process and arrange for technical assistance, funding priorities information and guidance as needed, and support regarding suitability of their requests and applications.

Community Engagement

• Develop and maintain relationships with public and private organizations to develop a community-wide network to accomplish Foundation’s strategic directions.
• Collaborate with Director of Youth Success and the Grants Strategy team to design evaluation strategies and metrics to ensure funding outcomes are achieved.
• Work with Director of Youth Success and Grants Strategy team to summarize, analyze and report impact across grant portfolio and strategic initiatives for internal and external use.
• Collaborate across teams to provide information for press conferences, newsletters, annual reports, websites, social media and other public relations efforts.
• Collaborate with the Director of Youth Success to recruit and support informed, diverse Community Advisory Committees and equip them with the training and tools to make excellent funding recommendations and decisions.
• Assist with the communication of information and impact of Foundation’s grant processes and strategic initiatives – to policymakers, target communities, other funders and the general community.
• Keep current on issues of importance to the Foundation by literature review, contact with social and professional communities, and participating in relevant learning opportunities.
• Serve as a positive representative of the Foundation and an advocate of its programs to the broader community of donors, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, and funding entities.
• Other projects and duties as assigned.

Compensation: $70,000

PHYSICAL DEMANDS / WORKING CONDITIONS

The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those occurring in the performance of the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

The San Antonio Area Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer