Advisor, Tides Advocacy; TF

Tides Advocacy is a team of political, legal, and financial experts that identify, connect, and fuel movements for social justice and the health of our democracy. We leverage our 25 year progressive network, navigate the rules, and solve problems in order to make advocacy.

Tides Advocacy has over 85 partners who represent activists, donors, movement leaders, lawyers, researchers, and journalists who are promoting equity, justice, and dignity for all. They are engaged in ballot, electoral, and legislative campaigns as well as public education and charitable activities.

From funder advised funds to fiscal sponsorship, grants management to risk management and more, Tides Advocacy gives members of the nonprofit and philanthropic community freedom to focus on the change they want to see. For more information, please visit tidesadvocacy.org.

The Advisor will provide a wide range of core client management and strategic support for the Tides Advocacy team. A successful candidate will work as an integral part of the Tides Advocacy team providing excellent client advising. This role will collaborate within the Tides Advocacy team and across departments regarding communications, human resources, operations and finance, event planning, and systems implementation.

This role is an exempt position. Exempt employees are expected to work the appropriate and necessary time in order to complete key assignments and related tasks on schedule. This role can be based in the New York and San Francisco office.

Client management (80%)

• Manage a mixed client portfolio of grantmaking entities and fiscally sponsored organizations in the advocacy and political space
• Provide high-level strategic, financial, and organizational guidance to grantmaking entities and organizations for social impact and mission success
  Develop and maintain strong working relationships with managers and staff, Tides HR team, and key stakeholders across Tides
• Deliver high quality service as the single point of contact for clients, ensuring a coordinated and efficient sharing of data, including client communications, systems support, and meetings
• Leverage and deepen expertise to curate relationships and knowledge in a specific issue area (e.g., immigration, education) and serve as a lead of a project portfolio
• Work collaboratively with team members and across departments to address financial and grant management, legal and risk compliance, human resources, and event support for clients
• Support operational, evaluative, and strategic efforts for continuous improvement
• Cultivate relationships with individual, foundation, and corporate funding partners

Thought Leadership and Communications (20%)

• Represent Tides Advocacy externally and build collaborative networks across sectors and issue areas
• Research, propose, and present on a regular basis at conferences, gatherings, professional associations and other external events
• Contribute to internal and external bodies of knowledge on innovative organizational models and social impact related to advocacy and political work
  Develop specific issue area expertise and actively engage clients and partners
• Participate in internal and cross-department teams to create materials for events, capacity building services, and business development

• Demonstrated ability to hold information confidential with excellent judgment
• Ability to work well on a team in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment
• Demonstrated commitment to high quality client service and adaptability to evolving client needs
• Strong ability to work collaboratively toward solutions that generally benefit all involved parties
• Demonstrated understanding of specific issue and/or industry…