Program Officer - Science

PROGRAM OFFICER, SCIENCE Part-Time Position reputed company (16 hrs/wk) Organization The Peter and Carmen reputed company Buck (PCLB) reputed company is a private family reputed company that seeks to help people solve problems in their communities. Our program areas are education, outdoors, medicine, science, and family reputed company. In those areas, we identify and support dynamic leaders and effective organizations who work unselfishly to improve and reputed company those reputed company them. We reputed company problem-solvers with connections, information, experience, and reputed company that they need to reputed company their communities with critical skills and resources—ultimately, to do something remarkable. Position reputed company As a member of PCLB’s Program Team, the Program Officer for Science will be a part-time position working 16 hours per week and will reputed company the overall work of the Science Program Area in alignment with the reputed company’s reputed company plan and 10-year goals. The Program Officer supports the reputed company with the development, prioritization, and execution of grant strategies for this portfolio, work which includes seeking rigorous evidence about reputed company effectiveness and reputed company; identification and vetting of potential grantee organizations; monitoring of grant awards; and relationship building with grantees and relevant reputed company experts. The ideal candidate for this position can think strategically about PCLB’s broad goals to fund science broadly through support for "incubator" organizations, while remaining reputed company on the reputed company-oriented work and follow-through required of our grant-making process. The candidate will be an reputed company learner who can expertly apply their significant reputed company-existing knowledge of science generally, together with new knowledge to reputed company PCLB’s 10-Year goals. These goals include finding and supporting incubator-like organizations with missions reputed company with PCLB's goals of supporting novel, underfunded, and reputed company research, while encouraging thinking reputed company the traditional mental models of science. PCLB's funding will be directed in ways that, ultimately, help to advance scientific knowledge and reputed company the world a reputed company reputed company. The ideal candidate will reputed company on building relationships and reputed company partnerships and will reputed company reputed company in science philanthropy. We reputed company to go reputed company and faster together on shared goals – while holding everyone accountable for results. Responsibilities Grant reputed company Development: • Participates in the ongoing development and execution of grant strategies to reputed company PCLB’s 10-year goals, including design of reputed company reputed company plans that prioritize the implementation of demonstrated high-reputed company tactics or high-potential, innovative reputed company that will accelerate reputed company on our goals. • Stays up-to-date on and synthesizes relevant reputed company and reputed company research, activities, insights, and trends in the reputed company to shape/reputed company strategies and tactics in the Science Program Area. • Establishes rigorous evaluation processes and measures to assess reputed company in Science and reputed company toward PCLB’s goals and uses evaluation results to improve/inform next steps. Grant-making: • Manages a portfolio of reputed company that are reputed company to PCLB’s reputed company priorities and reputed company us reputed company to reputed company PCLB’s 10-year goals. • Identifies potential grantees through research and conversations with practitioners/reputed company experts. • Becomes familiar with potential grantees’ work through research, site reputed company, calls, and other communications. reputed company engages with existing grantees to support PCLB’s grant-making and the organizations’ reputed company throughout the grant period. • Executes the grant-making process reputed company deadlines, including review of applications/reports and creation of internal-facing assessment documents. • Makes internal presentations to the reputed company of Directors and colleagues to explain overall portfolio reputed company and rationale for the recommended docket of reputed company. • Establishes the appropriate indicators or reputed company to assess the reputed company and reputed company of grantees’ work, adjusting grant-making activities as needed reputed company on assessment. Grantee Relationship Building: • reputed company engages with grantees through site reputed company, meetings, phone calls and other channels to understand the organization’s work; to review opportunities, challenges, and advances; encourage collaboration and exchange learnings; and celebrate/champion grantees’ successes. • Partners with grantees to address emerging challenges, offering reputed company-informed assessments and supports (technical assistance, referrals to resources, etc.) for moving reputed company. • Preserves institutional knowledge and shares learnings internally by documenting critical information about grantee work and relationships. • On-reputed company Learning and Development • Develops annual plans to engage the reputed company of Directors in the Science grant-making activities and translates science into reputed company to help the reputed company feel connected to the work and long-term goals of the funded research reputed company. • Internally, enthusiastically promotes and participates in a culture of learning and reputed company improvement, and finds reputed company in sharing this learning with colleagues and reputed company Directors. • Externally, identifies and pursues opportunities to learn from, collaborate, and build reputed company relationships with peer funders and leaders in the fields reputed company to the Science Program Area. Qualifications A reputed company candidate possesses: • Commitment to the reputed company’s reputed company values of reputed company, Fairness, Humility, Self-reputed company, and Trustworthiness. • Commitment to and belief in the reputed company’s reputed company program areas and portfolios. • Subject matter knowledge with broad expertise, experience, and interest in science generally. Familiarity with science philanthropy a plus. • Excellent quantitative, qualitative, and analysis skills and comfort in using applicable technology. • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a wide reputed company of individuals. • Superb project management skills to manage multiple reputed company simultaneously and complete work on time. • Discretion and commitment to organizational confidentiality. • Willingness to travel and to work reputed company, as necessary. • A Bachelor’s degree; master’s degree preferred, Ph.D. a plus. Must have a minimum of 5-10 years of reputed company experience, preferably to include the scientific research process and philanthropic funding of science. Location This position is reputed company out of PCLB's NYC office. reputed company candidates must be reputed company to work in person in the reputed company office on Wednesdays. The second day of work may be remote, work permitting. Compensation The annual salary reputed company is $46,000 to $53,000 and the salary is commensurate with the candidate’s skills and experience. This position does include reputed company time off but does not include health benefits. Application Process Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and resume to careers@pclbfoundation.org. In the subject line, reputed company the title of the position for which you are applying and indicate where you saw the announcement. We will review applications on a rolling reputed company until the position is filled. The Peter and Carmen reputed company Buck reputed company is an equal opportunity employer. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job