International hotelier Conrad N. Hilton established the grantmaking foundation that bears his name in 1944 to help people living in poverty and experiencing disadvantage worldwide. Today, the work continues, concentrating on efforts to ensure healthy early childhood development and sustainable livelihoods for youth, support young people transitioning out of foster care, improve access to housing and support services for people experiencing homelessness, identify solutions to safe water access, and lift the work of Catholic sisters. Additionally, following selection by an independent, international jury, the Foundation annually awards the $2.5 million Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize to an organization doing extraordinary work to reduce human suffering. The Foundation is one of the world's largest, with approximately $8.5 billion in assets. It has awarded grants to date totaling more than $2.4 billion, $339 million worldwide in 2021. Please visit www.hiltonfoundation.org for more information.

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Job Summary

The Program Officer supports the Foundation's grantmaking in the Homelessness Initiative, which works to realize a Los Angeles where homelessness is rare, brief, and non-reoccurring. Reporting to the Senior Program Officer (SPO), the Program Officer serves as a thought partner and will have primarily responsibility for managing individual grants in the Initiative's portfolio. The Program Officer will work closely with the SPO to design, implement, and monitor a portfolio of grants in alignment with the implementation of the board approved strategy. The Officer will help to identify potential grantees, assist with proposal development, and provide grantee technical support, as well as monitor grant progress.

The ideal candidate must be a proactive team player with excellent multi-tasking skills. The individual must have strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to understand, interpret, and translate qualitative and quantitative data. S/he will be expected to resolve time-sensitive issues with a high degree of precision and exhibit strong organizational, written, and verbal communication skills. Attention to detail and the ability to anticipate needs are a must. The candidate must also have relevant experience around issues and best practices in or related to ending homelessness as well as Los Angeles County's political and policy environment and experience with the philanthropic levers available to help drive toward the strategy's key goals.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Portfolio Management

• Participates in the identification of potential grantees and projects.
• Reviews proposals and works with the SPO to determine which ones will be further developed and recommended for funding.
• Presents recommended proposals for funding at board meetings, as needed.
• Provides counsel to organizations invited to develop proposals.
• Drafts, reviews and refines grant-write-ups and assists in writing, preparing other materials for the quarterly board of directors' meetings.
• Monitors portfolio of grants in homelessness and other projects as assigned.
• Monitors and evaluates grants and grantee performance, including timely completion of all progress reports. Provides feedback to SPO.
• Recommends for approval any deviations from approved plans and budgets and ensures that such changes are documented.
• Conducts site visits, as needed.

Strategic Support

• Acts as thought partner and provides support to SPO in planning, development, and implementation process, as needed.
• Works with SPO and MEL partner on convening planning. Attends strategy convenings.
• Works with SPO in identifying the need for consultants within the program area; plans scope of work for contracts and develops terms of contract and monitor's progress.
• Work with SPO, internal (SLED team) and external evaluators and research partners to track progress toward initiative goals

Communications

• Supports SPO's work with Senior Advocacy Officer related to communications Initiative.
• Writes blogs/articles for the website and supervises web-site content and updates.

QUALIFICATIONS
Required:

• Bachelor's degree in public health, public policy, social sciences, social welfare, or a related field, with a minimum of five (5) years' experience; or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• A minimum of five (5) years of relevant work experience in program development and/or management experience.
• A substantive knowledge of domestic policy issues, including homelessness and housing, and the funding landscape.
• Ability to assess the leadership, track record, fiscal health, and capacity of a nonprofit organization to lead a proposed program or project.
• Demonstrated ability to think critically about program design and implementation.
• Enthusiastic, professional, and self-motivating, with a 'can-do' attitude'
• Understands quantitative and qualitative data; ability to ask the right questions; experience with data analytics and evaluation.
• Creative, flexible, and collaborative with an ability to work in a team-oriented environment; demonstrates a high degree of initiative; results-oriented.
• Ability to continually seek information and look for new approaches to processes and practices.
• Welcomes feedback for personal and professional growth.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; strong presentation skills and the ability to clearly articulate ideas.
• Ability to use data management systems (e.g., Giving Data, Salesforce, etc.)

Desired:

• Graduate degree in public health, public policy, social sciences, social welfare, or a related field.
• Experience working in direct services in the homeless response system in Los Angeles continuum of care
• An understanding of grantmaking and the nonprofit sector.

About our Benefits

• We value the health and well-being of our employees, some of the benefits we offer include:
• Comprehensive and generous health and life insurance options
• Relocation Pay
• Fitness benefits
• Paid holidays, time off, and parental leave
• Flexible work schedules and technology benefits
• Foundation funded retirement savings plan
• Professional learning and development and educational assistance
• Employee matching gifts to qualified non-profit organizations

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