FUND ACTIVATION MANAGER
CONTRACT:?1?year,?full time
SALARY:??**Apply on the website**,**Apply on the website**
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subject to experience
ANNUAL LEAVE:?**Apply on the website** days
BENEFITS:?8% employer pension contribution, following successful
completion of probation.
COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY
We are an equal opportunity employer. We believe that diversity and
inclusion lead to success and help us to achieve our best potential as
an organisation. We commit to Respect, Equality, Inclusion and
Diversity. We strongly welcome applications from members of minority
and marginalised communities.
ABOUT RETHINK IRELAND
Rethink Ireland (previously Social Innovation Fund Ireland) provides
cash grants and business support to charities and social enterprises
working in Irish communities across the country. These are the
organisations not just thinking differently, but who are putting their
ideas into practice and building a more inclusive Ireland. We work
with companies, families, individuals and foundations who understand
new thinking in Ireland is needed. Every euro they donate to Rethink
Ireland is matched by the Irish Government from the Dormant Accounts
Fund.
Since our first year of operations in **Apply on the website**, we
have created a ?**Apply on the website** million social innovation
fund. We?ve partnered with companies, trusts, foundations, families
and individuals to create **Apply on the website** funds tackling
issues such as inequality and educational disadvantage to support over
**Apply on the website** social innovations. These innovations have
reached **Apply on the website**,**Apply on the website** people and
enabled **Apply on the website** people experiencing disadvantage to
progress into employment.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Working in a high growth and fast-paced environment, the purpose of
this job is to manage the onboarding process of new funds and projects
to Rethink Ireland. The Fund Activation Manager will lead on managing
the open call for application and oversee the selection process.
Working closely with all teams ? Business Development, Marketing,
Portfolio Management and Finance ? this person will be a critical
relationship manager with Rethink Ireland applicants, donors and
Rethink Ireland teams. This is an exciting and crucial role sitting at
the heart of Rethink Ireland.
Reporting to the Head of Business Intelligence and Operations, the
successful candidate will work as a peer to Fund Managers.
JOB DESCRIPTION DETAILS
* You will support?the scoping phase and development of new
projects/ funds
* You will coordinate the onboarding process of donors and new
projects/ funds
* You will manage the open call and launch of new standard funds/
projects, leading the entire selection process in consultation with
the Fund Manager
* You will coordinate the selection process of strategic funds/
projects in consultation with the Fund Manager
* You will lead a project team to deliver on action plans, budgets
and ensure timelines are met
* You will manage relationships with different stakeholders during
these processes (applicants, reviewers, relevant experts and donors)
* You will set (in conjunction with your line manager), and meet
programme targets
* You will line manage other team members if needed
* You will deliver your tasks on budget
* Participate in training as requested
* Attend meetings and events as requested
* Support the work of the Business Intelligence & Operations Team as
a whole
* Support the marketing, communications and fundraising activities
of Rethink Ireland
* Contribute your ideas on the future development of Rethink Ireland
to the team
* Mentor and support graduates and interns
* Office administration
* Other duties as assigned
* Like all staff, you will act as an ambassador for Rethink Ireland
at all times.
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
You are calm, flexible and creative, working well under pressure to
find solutions to challenges. You are someone who has the ability to
work as an integral part of a small team in a highly fluid
environment.?Your input will help shape how social investment can
work for charities and social enterprises across Ireland. You will
have significant scope to build and shape this fund from an early
stage and will be working at the cutting edge of the innovative field
of social investment, in partnership with our fund stakeholders and
the full support of the wider team at Rethink Ireland. You have
experience of making investments on a scale and context relevant to
this role, of making investments with social and/or environmental
objectives and of advising and supporting SME and/or social
enterprises as they develop their business models.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
* 5 to 7 years? relevant experience (minimum 2 years? internal
experience)
* You have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* You have the ability to build and maintain relationships
* You are committed to excellence and have strong attention to
detail
* You are able to work independently and get things done in a
changing environment
* You are a team player and self-motivated problem solver
* You are able to work under pressure to meet strict deadlines
* You have knowledge of Google Suite (Google docs, Google Sheets,
Gmail)
* You demonstrate the highest levels of integrity
* You are passionate about making Ireland a better place and are
committed to Rethink Ireland?s mission and values.
DESIRABLE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
* Understanding of the environment for social enterprises, social
innovations, entrepreneurship or the non-profit sector (Especially in
the areas of Climate Justice, Equality, Education and Health).
* Experience in action research and writing project proposals (EU,
government).
* You have knowledge of Google Suite and of other cloud-based
systems
OUR VALUES
* We work with our hearts and our heads ? we value compassion,
passion, and fun.
* We take smart risks and we allow permission to fail because we
know that innovation and risk are two sides of the same coin.
* We believe that social change is a team sport. We build trusted
relationships, and we choose to collaborate to achieve our goals.
* We are curious and hunger to learn.
* We value bold ideas and bold leadership, and we develop remarkable
people.
WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION EQUATE TO SUCCESS. THE WORK WE DO IS
UNDERPINNED BY RESPECT, EQUALITY, INCLUSION & DIVERSITY.
In line with Ireland?s Equality Legislation we actively oppose
discrimination on the following 9 grounds:
* Gender.
* Civil status: single, married, divorced, etc.
* Family status: if you?re the parent or person responsible for a
child over **Apply on the website**, or if you?re the main carer or
parent of a person with a disability.
* Sexual orientation.
* Religion.
* Age.
* Disability.
* Race.
* Traveller community
We also actively oppose discrimination on the grounds of
socio-economic disadvantage.
HOW TO APPLY?
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