Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund (“the Fund”) seeks to recruit a Senior Program Officer, Immigrant Rights and Integration to be based in San Francisco, California.

Established in 1953, the Fund is a well-respected family foundation that has awarded more than $300 million in grants since its inception. At the core of the Haas, Jr. Fund's philanthropy is a vision of a just and caring society where all people are able to live, work and raise their families with dignity.

This vision drives the Fund’s efforts in helping those who live and work at society’s margins gain opportunities to participate, succeed and contribute. Guided by the values of fairness and equality, the Fund aims to level the playing field through: 1) promoting education opportunity for low income young people and adults, and those of color, 2) promoting equal rights and dignity for gays, lesbians, and immigrants. The Fund also invests in the leadership of the nonprofit organizations that are crucial to fulfillment of this work.

The Fund’s Immigrant Rights and Integration portfolio supports the advancement of immigrant rights and integration, including access to opportunities they need to succeed and contribute. While grantmaking in other program areas is mostly local, the funding in this area is focused in the Bay Area and at the state-wide level in California with selected national level work. Over the past six years (2002-07), the Fund made grants totaling almost $12 million in the Immigration portfolio ($3.85 M in 2007) and aims to increase the magnitude and impact of its giving in the next period to advance this movement.

The Fund seeks to identify a leader who will work with other leaders to strongly advance the movement for full rights, including earned legalization, and civic integration to create a more inclusive society. The Fund wishes to engage with candidates to learn their vision of the future of the movement and how they would lead such a program at the Fund.

The Senior Program Officer, Immigrant Rights and Integration reports to the Program Director and is responsible for leading the Fund’s efforts to promote equal rights and the integration of immigrants into our society. The Fund seeks to make California a leader in providing immigrants and their families with opportunities for economic mobility and social inclusion. It also aims to expand the voice, leadership, and civic and political participation of immigrants to improve local and state policies and to support national immigration reform.

The Senior Program Officer, Immigrant Rights and Integration is specifically responsible for:

-Providing vision and leadership for high level strategic work at the Fund and in the immigration movement;

-Developing, coordinating, and monitoring grantmaking activities in the Immigrant Rights and Integration portfolio, including partnerships with the Fund’s other program areas to advance mutual goals;

-Playing a change-maker role not only through grantmaking, but also proactively convening, brokering ideas and allies, and helping grantees problem-solve and strategize;

-Applying research and strategy to creating new grantmaking initiatives, strengthening current initiatives, and developing, managing and evaluating a grantmaking portfolio;

-Preparing grant recommendations for the Trustees and other memos and written materials as required, including conducting an annual program review;

-Providing technical assistance as necessary and appropriate to grantees;

-Working collaboratively with other leaders to support the development of a diverse and powerful immigration movement;

-Contributing to the development of a supportive and collegial work environment through active participation in internal collaborations and activities, including the Fund’s communication, policy and leadership development staff and other program area staff;

-Maintaining and advancing a high level of knowledge about current issues and trends in the field and educating Trustees, staff and other stakeholders regarding challenges and opportunities for advancing the movement at the state and national levels;

-Providing an active leadership role in fundraising and attracting other funders to the field;

-Developing and maintaining a network of knowledgeable and respected advisors;

-Participating in the philanthropic sector and representing the Fund in public arenas and forums to advance the program strategy;

-Communicating effectively with the media.

This is an ideal opportunity for a seasoned activist and social movement leader with the creativity, passion, and intellectual substance to effect social change. The right candidate will have the capacity to engage and inspire people as well as the proven ability to translate bold ideas into action. Candidates should possess the ability to handle controversial and difficult issues with a leadership style that is consensus building rather than adversarial.

This position requires a high level ability to think and act strategically. At the same time, the successful candidate will be a professional who can bring ideas to fruition within a community—someone with the curiosity of a scholar, the drive of an activist, and the political savvy of a diplomat.

Professional Qualifications and Personal Attributes
Specifically, the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund seeks a professional who possesses the following professional qualifications and personal attributes:

-Senior leadership experience in social movements, particularly for immigrants, and sophisticated ability to move social change agendas through the use of policy, advocacy, community organizing and strategic communications;

-Demonstrated success in developing and managing collaborations and partnerships across sectors and with diverse constituencies and communities, including civic, business and government leaders;

-Strong experience and knowledge of the role of foundations in the nonprofit sector, obtained through substantial work experience in a nonprofit environment (volunteer or board experience may also be applicable);

-Ability to develop policy goals and a roadmap to achieve them, using the Fund’s assets, grantees, knowledge and reputation to its best use;

-Experienced and knowledgeable working with Latino communities, especially in California; fluency in a second language is also desirable;

-Excellent communication skills, including the ability to write clearly, analytically, and persuasively, and ease in public speaking;

-Expertise in major fundraising with foundations and individual donors;

-Highest standards of integrity and confidentiality in all relationships with trustees, staff, grantees, colleagues, applicants and other audiences;

-Compassion, a sense of fun, and a commitment to doing the highest quality work;

-Excellent skills managing professional and support staff;

-Openness and a comfort working with ambiguity and change;

-Additionally, the successful candidate will likely have an advanced degree in a related field.

Compensation
Compensation for the Senior Program Officer, Immigrant Rights and Integration includes a competitive base salary, and an excellent employee benefits package.

To Apply
Please send a cover letter and resume in confidence to:

Daniel A. Sherman
President, Explore Company
E-Mail: resumes@explorecompany.com

Additional information on the Fund can be found at www.haasjr.org