Senior​/Equity Officer

The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation (WRF) is seeking an innovative, collaborative, and passionate leader who is willing to partner with a dynamic team to help support the transformation of Arkansas to a state where everyone can thrive and prosper.

We are seeking a dynamic individual capable of working during a period of organizational, programmatic, and culture change in support of the AR Equity 2025 strategic direction. The Foundation’s mission is cross-cutting, and consequently, the Equity Officer works closely with the Chief Innovation Officer and other Senior/ Equity Officers to envision, implement, and oversee an intersectional strategy of policy disruption, community change, and movement building.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

The ideal candidate will demonstrate the following:

• Purpose-driven:
  Grounded in the work, aware of the impact that is possible, and exhibits a personal
  commitment to purposeful engagement and collaborate with others internally and externally to move
  organizational strategy forward
• Innovation:
  Able and eager to identify new opportunities, strategies, and approaches to philanthropy within
  and outside of traditional systems and structures
• Entrepreneurialism:
  Ability to present ideas to reimagine supporting community-based organizing groups in
  Arkansas
• Ideas and inquiry:
  Generate ideas, then test those ideas internally and externally to establish original methods
  and points of view
• Comfort with ambiguity:
  Possess the confidence and flexibility to successfully work in an environment where
  experimentation is encouraged
• Growth mindset:
  An individual who is always learning, growing, improving, open to feedback is one that
  would fit into the culture of the foundation
• Exceptionally strong organizational skills, sharp attention to detail, and persistence in following through on
  projects
• Critical thinking skills as they apply to the processes of leadership, engagement, assessment, intervention and
  evaluation of organizations, and communities
• Advocacy skills for practice delivery and policies that promote equity when working with organizations and
  communities
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent computer skills and a willingness to learn new tools and systems
• Demonstrated flexibility, maturity, and ability to work as a team with program staff, consultants, and persons
  outside the Foundation
• Comfortable working in a supportive role and team environment
• Good sense of humor and abiding optimism in the potential for Arkansas to improve people’s lives
• Strong understanding of and commitment to equity in Arkansas

• Provide leadership and oversight for the development of policy, advocacy and public affairs strategies that
  support increased equity for all Arkansans
• Develop relationships, manage a related grants portfolio, and champion programs to ensure that every
  Arkansan has the chance to thrive and prosper
• Ideate, curate, and support activities that drive progress towards equity as defined by WRF’s strategic direction
• Initiate and foster strategic partnerships with thought leaders and key external constituencies, including
  governmental, philanthropic, business, and nonprofit communities to advance the equity mission of the
  Foundation
• Advocate for equity and challenge inequity and structural barriers internally and externally
• Work closely with the Chief Innovation Officer to develop external communications strategies that advance
  equity
• Expand the Foundation’s learning on strategy and outcomes to inform grantmaking, investments, movement
  building, policy advocacy, and strategic direction
• Obtain, maintain, and share a high level of knowledge of the most effective strategies and current thinking in
  public policy and social change – what works, what are…