Job description
Location: SF Bay Area (preferred); Boston, MA
Title: Program Associate, Organizational Development
Reports to: Sid Thakur, Associate Director, Organizational Development
About the Organization Development Pillar
The Organizational Development Pillar strengthens climate organizations by offering tailored organizational development support, talent pipeline investments, strategic and programmatic guidance to Growald grantees. Through high-touch engagements and field-wide initiatives—including shared services, convenings, and thought leadership—we help build effective, sustainable, and learning-driven organizations. Our work also fosters a robust ecosystem of service providers equipped to meet diverse organizational needs of civil society. Ultimately, we aim to ensure climate organizations have the capacity, leadership, and culture required to thrive in pursuit of their missions.
About the Role
The Program Associate, Organizational Development (OD) is responsible for providing high-level administrative and grant processing support to the OD Pillar. The Associate will assist with reviewing proposals, preparing reports, and managing service contracts. They will act as an administration point of contact to grantees guiding them to key resources to effectively navigate their grant journey with GCF.
Responsibilities of the Position Include:
Program Operations & Administration
- Contribute to pilot projects or new initiatives providing operational, analytical and administrative support as needed
- Support in overseeing and tracking work of service partners and grantees
- Assist in drafting presentations, reports, board materials, and internal documentation.
- Monitor program budgets and expenditures.
- Schedule and organize meetings, including logistics, agendas, and follow-ups with grantees, consultants, and other stakeholders.
Grantmaking Support
- Assist with application reviews and documentation
- Maintain databases (GivingData), track grant status, register ideas and support the team in managing the logistics and compliance of the grantmaking process
- Support due diligence on prospective grantees for the docket
- Review grantee reports, request for proposals, and other materials and provide an initial evaluation of completeness and alignment with criteria.
- Assist in identification of grantees that fit OD requirements.
Research & Analysis
- Help assess grantee or program outcomes through data gathering or support to external evaluators.
- Conduct background research on potential OD grantees, fields of interest, or emerging issues.
- Prepare briefing memos or talking points summarizing findings and trends.
Relationship Management
- Serve as a first point of contact for grantees on OD related questions and services
- Work with other Pillars (e.g., Grants Management, Venture, Collective Impact) to support cross-functional efforts.
- Help organize convenings, workshops, or learning sessions with partners and stakeholders.
Learning & Strategy
- Help document learnings from grantmaking, support internal reflection, and track progress against strategy.
- Keep up with relevant field developments and contribute insights to team discussions.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree. Graduate degree preferred
- At least 2 years of experience working in nonprofit management preferably located in emerging geographies, capacity building of nonprofits, and/or international social development consulting
- International development exposure, particularly in emerging regions with nonprofits
- Experience with grantmaking or grant receiving organizations and processes
- Excellent listening and relationship building skills, and ability to lead with sensitivity
- Demonstrated experience working with multicultural teams
- Experience in climate space preferred, but not required
- Experience providing administrative and/or project coordination and management support with increasing levels of complexity
- Exceptional organization and time management skills, including the ability to prioritize multiple tasks to meet changing deadlines and requests, while strategically thinking ahead.
- Highly strategic and ability to work with others to develop collective strategy
- Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to summarize and present information to various audiences, including NGOs, funders and experts
- High level of comfort with MS Office/ Google Docs
- Multilingual skills a plus, but not mandatory
Benefits & Organizational Culture
We have a dynamic and agile organizational culture and we’re serious about supporting our people to thrive. Read more about our organizational culture here.
This is a full-time role based either remotely in the Bay Area, CA or our Brookline, MA office.
- Flexible work policy: flex hours and opportunity to work from home two days / week (if located in Boston Metro Area).
- 401(k) retirement plan with 6% employer match
- 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision coverage
- 100% employer-paid long-term disability, short-term disability and basic life insurance
- Four weeks of PTO plus thirteen paid holidays (including closure week between Christmas and New Year’s)
- Annual allowance for professional development activities
- Coaching and management support with regular 1:1 meetings
- Performance reviews and feedback to support you and the team to reflect and grow
- A co-developed initial three month work plan to help you hit the ground running and have clarity on your role and responsibilities
The starting salary range for this position is $70,000-$78,000.
The priority application deadline is Friday, August 1, 2025. To apply, please upload your resume and respond to the application questions. This search is supported by NRG Consulting Group. Please reach out to[email protected] and[email protected] with any questions.
Equal Opportunity Employer
As an equal opportunity employer, we recognize the power of a diverse community and strongly encourage applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status. Must be authorized to work lawfully in the United States. All Growald employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Compensation
Growald Climate Fund offers competitive salaries annually benchmarked against a thousand other philanthropic non profit grant making foundations. The starting salary range for this position is $70,000-$78,000. Please apply or contact [email protected] to speak with our recruiter about compensation! Benefits include 100% employer paid medical, dental, vision care, generous allowances including professional development, commuter, and work from home, an employer matched retirement plan, 13 holidays, 20-25 days of vacation, and additional paid time off including sick and parental leave. Growald offers flexible working hours, and our location in Brookline (in Boston’s backyard) was recently ranked 16th in the top 25 best places for families to live!
