Country: United States of America
Closing date: 31 Oct 2014
About the Skoll Foundation:
The Skoll Foundation was created by Jeff Skoll in 1999 to pursue his vision of a more peaceful, prosperous, and sustainable world. The mission of the Skoll Foundation is to drive large-scale change by investing in, connecting, and celebrating social entrepreneurs and the innovators who help them solve the world’s most pressing problems. Social entrepreneurs are society’s change agents—creators of innovations that disrupt the status quo and transform our world for the better. By identifying the people and programs already enacting positive change throughout the world, the Foundation empowers them to extend their reach, deepen their impact, and fundamentally improve society.
The flagship program of the Skoll Foundation is The Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship. Every year, four to six extraordinary social entrepreneurs are awarded a multi-year grant for their work creating innovative models to spark large-scale change for seemingly intractable social problems.
Position Summary:
The Principal plays a key role in the selection of new social entrepreneurs each year and develops a healthy, long-term pipeline of potential Skoll Awardees. He/she also recommends timely, strategic investments by analyzing issues and impact data from Skoll’s portfolio of over 80 social entrepreneurs. The Principal reports to the Director of Social Entrepreneurship and works in close collaboration with the Chief Strategy Officer, executive team, and other Skoll program and practice teams to advance robust knowledge and evidence of social entrepreneurs scaling impact.
Primary Responsibilities:
Select Skoll Awardees For Social Entrepreneurship
- Identify and screen potential Skoll Awardees
- Conduct rigorous due diligence to ensure the Skoll Foundation’s selection of the best social entrepreneur organizations in the world
Develop the Community of Awardees
- Lead the Foundation’s relationship with a portfolio of Skoll Awardees
- Accelerate the impact of Skoll Awardees by creating effective measurement, collaboration, and investment opportunities
- Create connections within the Skoll Awards portfolio community
- Contribute to issue and market analysis as well as Skoll Awardee data collection
Build Global Thought Leadership and Skoll Foundation Influence
- Coordinate with the Skoll World Forum team to bring awareness of critical global issues and the work of social entrepreneurs
- Serve as a credible, global spokesperson for social entrepreneurship and the Skoll Foundation’s strategy and mission
- Partner with Skoll teams to leverage the social entrepreneur portfolio and their innovations in our strategic partnerships, research, communications, outreach, PR, media, and signature events
Drive Measurement and Metrics
- Work closely with the Director of Social Entrepreneurship and executive team to develop benchmarks and ongoing metrics to ensure Skoll Award innovations are accurately positioned, measured, and communicated across sectors (corporate, government, and philanthropy)
- Document and advance learning of Skoll Awards trends, challenges, and highest impact opportunities for investment among the staff and Board
- Develop and implement best practices to aggregate impact from the Skoll Awards portfolio, and consistently communicate results internally and externally on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis
To learn more, please see the full position profile:http://bit.ly/Skoll54
Qualifications and Abilities:
- Intellectual curiosity and the capacity to understand the multiple, interconnected facets of the Foundation’s work with tough- minded optimism
- An understanding of what drives social entrepreneurs and the ability to find ways to get things done
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the cultural competence to be an effective team player and relationship builder with individuals from a variety of backgrounds and cultures
- Clear, concise communicator in both written and spoken word
- Keen analytical skills and relentless attention to detail applied to evaluating business models, financials, and data
- Knowledge of formal evaluation methodologies, their purpose, application, and limitations is a plus
- Collaborative nature, sound judgment, and a good sense of humor
Minimum Qualifications:
- At least 10 years of demonstrated success in developing, accelerating, measuring, and influencing growth of entrepreneurial organizations
- Experience in portfolio management in an international context
- A track record of leading initiatives from creation through successful implementation and evaluation
- Experience living and working in developing countries is highly desired and valued
- The team values domain experience in one or more of the Foundation’s focus areas
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills are imperative
- Must be available for international travel
- A graduate degree is preferred; a bachelor’s degree is required
- Previous strategic grant-making is a plus
How to apply:
Please send your resume and a cover letter expressing your passion for the mission and your fit for the role to Melissa Merritt at http://candidates.waldronhr.com. The Skoll Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.
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