ASSOCIATE FUND MANAGER ? EDUCATION & HEALTH
CONTRACT: 2 years, 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 drive success and help us to achieve our highest potential
as an organisation. We are committed to Respect, Equality, Inclusion
and Diversity both in our workforce and in our engagement with
others.?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.
ABOUT EDUCATION AND HEALTH
At Rethink Ireland, we know that Ireland is not an equal place for
everyone who lives here. We are committed to partnering with not for
profit organisations to challenge and improve upon educational
disadvantage and health inequalities, and to create a country where
everyone can feel accepted and thrive.
This is why our Strategic Plan (**Apply on the website**)?has at its
centre the following aims;
* Rethink Ireland aims to impact the lives of at least **Apply on the
website**,**Apply on the website** people through investments in and
Education and Health.
* Rethink Ireland aims to address the impact of COVID-**Apply on the
website** on our areas of focus, while maximising opportunities as
part of the ?new normal?
* Build cross-fund coalitions to co-create and drive specific system
change agendas.
JOB PURPOSE
* You will support a rigorous process for the selection of Awardees
* You will manage multiple portfolios of Awardees to meet programme
targets
* You will support Awardees to achieve social impact, in line with
investment objectives and conditions.
* You will support the Senior Fund Manager and others in the
development and growth of the Fund
* You will manage relationships with Rethink Ireland?s applicants,
Awardees, donors and the wider community.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Reporting to a Senior Fund Manager (Head of Education and Health),
this role will drive and deliver Rethink Ireland?s impact. You will
work closely with our agile team.
Success in the role will look like a group of self-evidently impactful
Awardees. These Awardees:
* will have been selected through a rigorous selection process,
* will have participated in a powerful capacity building programme,
* and will agree that working with Rethink Ireland has helped them
build their future plans and impact.
RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE
* You will secure high-quality applicants through fund promotion and
the recruitment of applications
* You will run the call for applications and project selection
process,
* You will plan programmes of capacity building for awardees
* You will deliver, with partners, capacity building programmes for
Awardees
* You will manage the investment relationship with Awardees
* You will manage Awardee performance and reporting
* You will work Awardees to develop growth plans and define their
social impact goals and deliver them
* You will commission and coordinate the relationship between
suppliers, consultants, Awardees and Rethink Ireland
* You will build successful partnerships with other organisations
* You will set and meet programme targets, in conjunction with your
Senior Fund Manager
* You will manage budgets and provide financial reports and social
impact reports to the CEO, team and Board
* You will support the marketing, fundraising and communications
work of Rethink Ireland
* Like all staff, you will be an Ambassador for Rethink Ireland in
all your work.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
* You have?4 to 5 years? relevant experience
* You have demonstrated leadership skills ? in a paid or voluntary
role
EDUCATION, HEALTH AND SOCIAL VALUE
* You have experience of working in the education and or health
sectors and/or the promotion of Health in these areas
* You will have an understanding of educational disadvantage and
health inequities
* You have experience of working with minority and marginalised
communities
* You will have a passion for Equality and a desire to work shoulder
to shoulder in partnership with community organisations
* You have an understanding of what is valued in society and how
that impacts marginalised groups opportunities in Education and Health
* You believe in?involving all stakeholders when evaluating for
social impact
ANALYTICAL AND BUSINESS SKILLS
* You have experience and knowledge of social impact definition and
business planning processes
* You have experience of capacity building work with organisations
* You have experience of managing a portfolio of organisations in an
investment or philanthropic context
* You can analyse material and summarise, distil and synthesise
quickly ? both verbally and in writing
* You have report writing skills
* You have experience (or interest in) research, impact measurement
* You have a track record of project management, delivering projects
on time and on budget.
FINANCIAL SKILLS
* You are familiar with analysing financial statements
* You have experience in preparing and managing project budgets.
PEOPLE AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS
* You are capable of leading a group of diverse innovators and
leaders to work towards ambitious targets and a shared common vision
or goal
* You have a track record of partnership building
* You able to build trusted relationships
* You are able to line manage people, provide support and guidance
* You are skilled in the arts of negotiation and persuasion
* You are committed to excellence
* You are comfortable in an entrepreneurial culture and a
fast-moving environment
* You have a natural curiosity and a desire to learn
* You have drive and ambition
* You demonstrate the highest levels of integrity
* You are passionate about making Ireland a better place, and you
are committed to Rethink Ireland?s mission and values.
DESIRABLE
* Understanding of academic evaluation processes
* Ability to analyse or write a strategic or business plan
* Experience of line managing people.
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 and 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 ground of disadvantaged
socioeconomic status.
HOW TO APPLY?
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