We're Hiring: Advisor

In recent years, MSC’s in-house incubation efforts have focused on cross-sector movement building to cultivate the power necessary to accelerate a Just Transition from a world of domination, extraction, and violence — where the few live at the expense of the many — to a world of interdependence, liberation and resilience, where the many govern for the benefit of all. MSC centers Black, Indigenous, and People of Color intergenerational systems leaders and networks that are committed to transformation and boldly leaning into the future and whose communities are most impacted by extraction, domination, and violence.

As a movement support organization that weaves, builds, and amplifies power to accelerate a Just Transition through our fiscal sponsorship, philanthropic services, and capacity building offerings, MSC understands that transformative movements change the way we think, our structures and systems, the way we live, and even who we are. Because the issues and problems we face are interconnected, our systemic solutions and movements must be interconnected as well. The way we achieve our goals and with whom are just as important as our outcomes.

Position Overview

Reporting to the Director of Fiscal Sponsorship, the primary role of the Advisor is to advise Fiscally Sponsored Projects (FSPs) in support of their acceleration and growth. A relational role, the Advisor works with FSP staff leads as well as internal MSC departments to build FSP financial and operational literacy, and enhance their empowerment and organizational management. This position is central to the operationalizing of MSC’s commitment to Transformative Movement Building. The Advisor seeks to understand FSPs’ operations and development goals to inform growth strategies.

The Advisor works within a team to provide responsive and effective fiscal sponsorship services. Through collaboration, this team identifies systemic service delivery and capacity building needs as well as growth and impact strategies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Partner Management and Movement Cultivation

• Manage a mixed partner portfolio of 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 Model A and Model C fiscally-sponsored organizations

• Provide high-level strategic, financial, and organizational guidance to fiscally-sponsored organizations for social impact and mission success

• Partner with internal Movement Infrastructure and Innovation Team (MIIC) members, finance, legal, HR, and compliance experts to support activities of the portfolio

• Deliver high-quality service as the point of contact for clients, ensuring coordinated and efficient sharing of information, including communications, systems support, and a cadence of ongoing meeting touchpoints

• Manage daily operational service requests with attention to timely responsiveness; route incoming questions to appropriate departments and staff

• Build and deepen a relational and transactional base for long-term partnership with FSPs

• Work collaboratively with team members and across departments to address financial and grant management, legal and risk compliance, human resources, and event support so clients may achieve significant and scalable impact toward team goals

• Identify gaps in operations and propose/create systems and processes, and bring in other departments where needed

• Proactively support compliance with grant provisions, state and local laws and regulations, MSC policies, and knowledge of relevant lobbying activity

• Serve as a main source of knowledge for MSC’s policies and procedures; provide proactive literacy support on our processes and systems (NetSuite, Divvy, Bill.com)

• Partner with the Finance Department to track the financial health and sustainability of projects and support the annual budgeting process

• Support operational, evaluative, business development, and strategic efforts for continuous improvement and asset growth

• Assist in cultivation of relationships with individual, foundation, and corporate funding partners to support fund development as needed

• Support on-boarding, policy development, and business development processes as needed

• Leverage and deepen expertise to curate relationships and knowledge in a specific focus area (e.g., issue, functional skill, community)

Capacity Building and Thought Leadership

• Support, contribute to, and implement strategic programmatic work for the MIIC Team

• Identify emerging trends and sustainable initiatives that can be brought into MSC

• Plan and support MIIC programming, trainings, events, and convenings and briefings related to issue areas to expand and deepen understanding and power-building knowledge

• Represent MSC externally and build collaborative networks across sectors and issue areas, in support of business development strategies

• Research, propose, and present at conferences, gatherings, professional associations, and other external events

• Curate educational and capacity building materials for MSC organizations and the field as needed

• Participate in internal and cross-departmental teams to identify and create materials for events, capacity building services, and business development as needed

Knowledge and Skills: 

• A minimum of 5 years experience working and/or actively volunteering in nonprofit, community-based, advocacy, or public sector fields

• A minimum of 3 years experience in a leadership role managing operations, finance, or development for a nonprofit

• A minimum of 2 years experience in finance and/or accounting, preferably non-profit

• Experience providing innovative and values-based business development strategies

• Passionate about building the capacity of individuals, organizations, networks, and sectors towards transformational, strategic and sustainable goals

• Skill in providing capacity building education and trainings

• Strong tech literacy skills, proficiency in Google Suite (including Google Sites), and utilizing online work productivity tools

• Ability to work independently and within teams while managing multiple projects with competing timelines

• Fast learner and able to integrate new systems collaboratively

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills

• Strong oral and written communication skills; ability to present clearly and effectively

• Ability and willingness to adapt to systems, processes, and matrix management

• Passionate about supporting organizational management and development

• Value systems-based design, operational excellence, and a network-based ecosystem

• Proactive and data-inspired innovator with strong strategic advising skills

• Experience tracking permissible lobbying activity for advocacy organizations

• Proficient in NetSuite and Bill.com

• Proficient in Asana and other project management tools

Application Instructions: 

Only candidates who meet the above qualifications will be considered. To apply, complete the application requirements. No phone calls please.

Equal Employment Opportunity: 

Movement Strategy Center is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage and seek applications from women, people of color, and bilingual and bicultural individuals, as well as members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, color, marital status, or medical condition, including Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and AIDS-related conditions.

Applicants with Disabilities:  

Reasonable accommodation will be made so that qualified disabled applicants may participate in the application process.  Please advise in writing of necessary accommodations at the time of application.