Manager, Executive Support (PPI Team)

About this role

WHO WE ARE
At Thousand Currents, we believe the people most affected by injustice are the ones already building the solutions. Around the world, peasant farmers, Indigenous communities, women's collectives, and grassroots movements are organizing across borders to transform food, energy, and the commons as well as the underlying economic systems. Our role is to back them with flexible funding, with the relationships and platforms that amplify their leadership, and with the long-term solidarity that movement-building requires.
Thousand Currents funds, connects, and supports visionary grassroots groups and movements leading solutions in food, climate, and the economy.
We support our movement partners in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Asia and the Pacific with core, flexible, long-term grants and value-added services.
OUR VALUES
We envision a future where community-led movements have transformed the way we grow food, generate energy, and build economies, creating a world where people and planet thrive together. To realize this vision, we embrace and practice a clear set of values:

• Courage - We confront injustice and inequality with love, strength, conviction, and integrity.

• Humility - We are part of a greater whole. We are one among many currents. We recognize our place among many forces for good and change that exist in the world.

• Experimentation - In order to take principled actions together, we prioritize learning, commit to self-reflection, embrace trial and error, and honor multiple ways of knowing.

• Creative collaboration - We share power, practices, and resources to reimagine new ways of living.

• Interdependence - With our futures intertwined, we respect all beings and build authentic relationships to move forward together.

As part of our commitment to maintain the integrity of our recruitment process, we kindly ask applicants to refrain from contacting staff members directly regarding this role and instead submit their interest and application through the designated recruitment process
Key Details: Compensation, Location, Travel, & Benefits
Title: Manager, Executive Support, PPI Team
Position: Full time, Exempt
Team: Philanthropic, Partnerships and Influence (PPI) Team
Location: Remote, Anywhere in the United States, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, or Latin America and Caribbean must allow for significant overlap (at least 5 hours/day) with GMT-5.
Travel: Up to 10%
Position Reports to: Vice President, PPI
Compensation: $97,000 USD annually
Benefits:

• Health, Dental, and Vision cost reimbursement or stipend for employee + dependents, and out of country medical travel insurance for employee

• 10 paid annual holidays + open paid time off policy allowing flexible time off with supervisor pre-approval

• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave

• Up to $1,000 stipend to set up work space

• Up to $2,000 per fiscal year in wellness stipend, $1,500 per fiscal year for work from home expenses, and up to $2,000 per fiscal year for learning and professional development after successful completion of probation period

• Retirement contribution paid monthly as a 4% salary boost

• Possibility of sabbatical leave after seven years of employment

Please note: We are unable to provide visa sponsorship or relocation assistance
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Manager, Executive Support, Philanthropic Partnerships & Influence provides high level, proactive operational support for the Vice President of Philanthropic Partnerships & Influence (PPI). The role facilitates fluid relationship management and communications with both external and internal stakeholders. Through a nuanced understanding of the VP’s priorities and work orientations, the Manager, Executive Support, Philanthropic Partnerships & Influence enables strategic leadership and impactful philanthropic partnerships. The role requires an ability to anticipate needs, strong writing, sound judgment, and operational discipline.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Executive Operations and Communications (30%)

• Exceptional written communication skills, with the ability to draft clear, concise, and well-judged correspondence on behalf of senior leaders

• Proactively manage the calendar of the Vice President of PPI, responding to and initiating scheduling requests as required; staying mindful of the desired rhythm and priorities established by the VP

• Track and offer reminders to the Vice President of PPI regarding upcoming commitments and responsibilities, following up appropriately.

• Triage inbox, draft, proof and follow-up on correspondence on behalf of the VP.

• Maintain Salesforce records across the VP’s portfolio.

• Prepare briefing documents ahead of key meetings (both internal and external).

• Plan and run meeting logistics, participating in meetings as required to capture decisions, and next steps. Initiate agreed-upon follow-up.

• Support regular communication from the Vice President of PPI to the PPI team and full staff as relevant for intra and cross team collaboration.

Strategic Project Management (30%)

• Manage VP project engagement, tracking and supporting tasks, timelines, ensuring weekly updates.

• Proactively suggest, schedule coordination sessions as needed to facilitate alignment, and decision-making for priority projects.

• Maintain document management systems and updates on databases based on organizational data retention conventions.

• Develop and manage contracts and payments for consultants managed by the VP.

• Manage renewal of organizational memberships for publications, membership organizations, and networks identified as priority for PPI.

• As needed, support special projects assigned by the Vice President of PPI

• Manage sensitive matters with a high level of confidentiality and discretion

• Proactively identify opportunities for strengthening and streamlining workflows, administrative and project management processes in the team and organization

Conferences, Meetings, and Travel (30%)

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