Site Associate

Site Associate, Green Light Fund Nashville Organization Overview

Green Light Fund is a national nonprofit with a local focus that partners with communities to create opportunities for inclusive prosperity.

We facilitate a community-driven process that matches the local needs of individuals and families not met by existing programs, to organizations with track records of success elsewhere. Working with communities, we identify, invite in and launch proven organizations, providing collaborative support so they can quickly take root and deliver change. Everything we do is designed to remove barriers to inclusive prosperity all too often rooted in racial inequities.

Our impact increases exponentially as we address one specific, community-identified need each year, in each Green Light site.

To date, we have brought 63 evidence-based portfolio organizations across 14 sites, invested $41M, and attracted an additional $364M from other funding sources, reaching nearly 1.3M individuals and families this past year alone.

To learn more about the Green Light Fund, please visit www.greenlightfund.org.

Green Light Fund seeks a thoughtful, analytical Site Associate to support research, selection, portfolio management, and community engagement efforts. This role will conduct analysis, contribute to due diligence, support stakeholder engagement, and help track portfolio performance and reporting. The Site Associate reports directly to the Executive Director of Green Light Fund Nashville and will work collaboratively across the Green Light network.

• Research existing local social issues and priorities affecting underserved children, youth, and families.
• Conduct local landscape analysis including qualitative and quantitative research and stakeholder meetings.
• Perform due diligence on prospective portfolio organizations, including impact and financial assessments.
• Record, synthesize and produce reports and briefs based on analysis and key findings to inform Executive Director and stakeholder decision-making.
• In partnership with the Executive Director, support community engagement by holding conversations with local stakeholders to ensure alignment with the site's strategic priorities and community context.

• Support portfolio management, including:
  • Tracking performance, progress toward outcomes, and emerging opportunities or risks.
  • Collecting and analyzing program data for reporting.
  • Coordinating with portfolio organizations to ensure milestones are met.
  • Preparing materials to inform program decisions, advisory input, and site leadership.
• Prepare materials for selection advisory meetings, including agendas, briefs, and research findings.
• Identify best practices across the Green Light network and implement locally.
• Ensure portfolio activities are accurately documented in reporting systems.

• Maintain internal management, data, and reporting systems.
• Coordinate site workflow ensuring milestones and deadlines are tracked and completed.
• Identify workflow gaps and suggest improvements.
• Support implementation of new tools, processes, and initiatives.

• Maintain investor database.
• Write grant proposals, requests, reports and end of year asks/payment reminders.
• Support execution of investor relations and stewardship activities.

• Maintain social media, website content, newsletters, and blog postings in coordination with the Executive Director.
• Support planning and execution of launch events and other site-related events.

• Minimum of 3 to 5 years of related experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Demonstrable engagement in the local community.

We recognize that strong candidates may not meet every listed qualification. If you're excited about this role but don't meet every preferred qualification, we still encourage you to apply. The following experiences and skills are a plus:

• Experience with Mailchimp and Word Press.
• Experience with Salesforce.
• Experience with social media and content development.
• Experience creating newsletters and blog postings.
• Experience with investor stewardship and community engagement.

This position is based in Green Light Fund Nashville. Applicants who do not meet location requirements will not be considered.

Approximately 5-10% travel is required for site…