Special Assistant to President and CEO

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New York City, New York, NY, US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary: $ Annually

Founded in 1940, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) advances social change that contributes to a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world. The RBF's grantmaking is organized into seven programs. Three thematic programs—Democratic Practice, Sustainable Development, and Peace building—address the interrelated challenges of democratic decline, climate change, and violent conflict. The Culpeper Arts & Culture program, created through the 2008 merger with the Charles

E. Culpeper Foundation, supports arts organizations and artists in the New York City region that shape understanding of these critical concerns and the human experience. Pivotal Place programs in China, Central America, and the Western Balkans focus on one or more RBF themes within a specific geographic context that we believe has disproportionate significance for the future of the surrounding regions, ecosystems, or the world.

The RBF strives to be bold, grounded, inclusive, and responsive in our grantmaking to advance the Fund's mission . We deploy the financial assets given to the RBF by the Rockefeller family and others to help our partners in civil society strengthen coalitions, convene people of diverse backgrounds, elevate new and broader perspectives, generate new ideas, and advance systems change. We offer space for convenings and artist residencies at The Pocantico Center to extend our grantmaking impact.

We also leverage the Fund and family legacy to access, influence, and collaborate with philanthropic peers, policymakers, and others in the service of grantee work.

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund seeks a Special Assistant to the President and CEO. The Special Assistant serves as a trusted partner, liaison, and force multiplier, helping the President lead effectively across a complex, mission-driven institution. Working at the intersection of strategy, communications, external engagement, and institutional operations, the Special Assistant helps ensure the President has the information, analysis, preparation, and coordination needed to make sound decisions and advance the Foundation's priorities.

This is a highly collaborative role that relies on judgment, relationships, and influence rather than formal authority. The Special Assistant engages substantively with issues important to the Foundation, conducting research and analysis, developing recommendations, preparing briefings and communications, and helping translate decisions into action. They connect people and information across the organization and help identify where greater coordination, clarity, or follow-through is needed.

The Special Assistant also supports the President's external leadership, including public events, meetings, speeches, writing, interviews, and other engagements. They work closely with colleagues across the Fund, particularly the Senior Executive Assistant. They also partner, as assigned, with the Executive Leadership Team to advance projects within their leadership domain. The Special Assistant works very closely with the Fund's Communications team and staff supporting the Board of Trustees.

• Conduct and coordinate research supporting the President's external leadership, initiatives, partnerships, and public communications.
• Develop briefing materials, talking points, speeches, presentations, correspondence, and other written materials for internal and external audiences.
• Prepare the…