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Program Data Analyst, Conservation and Markets Initiative

Employer
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Location
Palo Alto, California
Closing date
Oct 29, 2021

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Job Details

Gordon and Betty Moore established the foundation to create positive outcomes for future generations. In pursuit of that vision, we foster path-breaking scientific discovery, environmental conservation, patient care improvements and preservation of the special character of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Guided by this vision and the Statement of Founders' Intent, each day we strive to make a significant and positive impact on the world. We tackle large, important issues at a scale where we believe we can make significant and measurable impacts. We know that our ability to take risks and make long-term and relatively large commitments allows us to undertake challenges not accessible to many other organizations.​ 

Foundation facts:

  • Headquartered in Palo Alto, CA
  • $9+ billion in assets
  • Annual foundation budget of over $300 million
  • About 100 employees
  • Four program areas: Environmental Conservation, Science, Patient Care, and the San Francisco Bay Area

Conservation and Markets Initiative

The Conservation and Markets Initiative seeks to advance conservation by delinking food production from ecosystem degradation. To accomplish this with sufficient speed and at a meaningful scale, we aim to work with a critical mass of supply chain actors to change behavior and transform the markets for beef, leather, soy, and top-traded seafood. By shifting the production, sourcing, and financing for these key globally traded agriculture and seafood commodities, the threats from growing international demand can be reduced—averting habitat conversion, deforestation, and overfishing in their primary production regions and helping ensure that conservation can endure.

Together with our grantees, we are engaging with the private sector in:

  • Agriculture — improving soy and beef production in the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado, and the Chaco in Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia, by shifting practices towards sustainable agricultural production of these globally traded commodities,
  • Seafood — protecting marine and coastal ecosystems by safeguarding the health and abundance of wild-capture fish stocks and improving aquaculture practices,
  • Finance — ensuring that financial institutions, who provide capital to companies involved in beef, soy and seafood commodities, routinely scrutinize the business consequences of deforestation and overfishing and develop incentives for companies to eliminate risks associated with deforestation, illegality and overfishing in their supply chains. 

For more information about the Initiative, visit:  Conservation and Markets Initiative

The Position
The Program Data Analyst provides essential support for the Conservation and Markets Initiative (CMI), facilitating grant and portfolio-level data and knowledge management across the CMI team, and tracking and prioritizing key information to support decision-making and Initiative oversight. This position works closely with the CMI team and, secondarily, the foundation’s Adaptive Management and Evaluation team on grant and Initiative-level monitoring & evaluation (M&E) data collection, analysis, and learning.

The Program Data Analyst role has a term limit of 24 months, with the possibility of extension.  

The position is based at foundation headquarters in Palo Alto, California; however due to the COVID-19 pandemic, foundation offices are closed until at least January 1, 2022, and work will initially occur remotely. 

Key Responsibilities

  • Take the lead, in coordination with CMI’s Program Director and Program Officers, on maintaining its core information management tool and supporting data that tracks grant outcomes and financial allocations to CMI’s Theory of Change and Initiative-level targets to support decision-making and oversight of CMI.
  • Ensure relevant Initiative-level indicators are appropriately represented in grants as they are developed by CMI’s Program Director and Program Officers.
  • Work with the CMI team and relevant grantees on M&E data requirements and timely data submission.
  • Train grantees on the use of CMI M&E data collection systems.
  • Continuously assess and ensure the quality and consistency of incoming M&E data.
  • During peak grantmaking periods, provide backup support to the CMI team in the grant development process, including the coordination of new grant, SCP, and DCA document development and submission.
  • In partnership with the CMI Operations Associate, coordinate CMI team strategy meetings by drafting and maintaining agendas, preparing and distributing meeting notes and synthesis documents, and articulating and following up on tasks to be completed by team members as the Initiative’s grantmaking strategy and operations evolve.
  • Participate with CMI team in preparation of annual target-setting and indicator documents for ECP and the wider foundation.
  • Manage, with input from CMI’s Program Director and Program Officers, CMI’s highlights/lowlights and work products documents with notable data, analysis, and stories as they present themselves throughout a given year.

Education and Experience
The ideal candidate will have:

  • Master’s or other advanced degree in related field, or equivalent combination of education and professional experience in project and/or data management.

Competencies
The ideal candidate will also have:

  • Excellent project management, data management, performance monitoring, and analytical skills.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Ability to think critically and provide practical solutions based on thorough analysis in the face of real-time issues.
  • Ability to obtain knowledge in a variety of different fields.
  • Willingness to identify appropriate resources to accomplish tasks and ask for help when necessary.
  • A strong team orientation, positive attitude, integrity, self-motivation, discipline, and reliability.
  • Proficiency with office productivity software (e.g., MS Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Power BI).
  • Strong written, oral, and graphic communication skills (e.g., phone inquiries, PowerPoint presentations, correspondence, and research summaries).
  • Ability to work independently, self-manage priorities and goals for projects, meet deadlines, and multi-task while working well under pressure.
  • Willingness to support and promote the foundation and colleagues through commitment to enhancing the foundation’s considerations of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Attributes
The ideal candidate will also demonstrate the following attributes that describe how we at the Foundation strive to do our work with each other and our partners:

  • Committed to Excellence
  • Passionate
  • Collegial
  • Open and Honest
  • Humble and Self-Aware

Compensation and Benefits

Compensation includes a competitive base salary and an excellent package of health, retirement savings and other benefits.

COVID-19
The Moore Foundation requires that all employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, except as required by law. Any employment offer will be contingent upon satisfactory proof that you are fully vaccinated from COVID-19, subject to reasonable accommodations for medical or religious reasons, and/or as otherwise required by applicable law.

Application Process
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.  Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the ordinance.

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes a diverse pool of candidates for this search.  We are committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and welcome individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply.

All correspondence will remain confidential.

Company

Gordon and Betty Moore established the foundation to create positive outcomes for future generations. In pursuit of that vision, we foster path-breaking scientific discovery, environmental conservation, patient care improvements and preservation of the special character of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Guided by this vision and the Statement of Founders' Intent, each day we strive to make a significant and positive impact on the world. We tackle large, important issues at a scale where we believe we can make significant and measurable impacts. We know that our ability to take risks and make long-term and relatively large commitments allows us to undertake challenges not accessible to many other organizations.

Foundation facts

  • Headquartered in Palo Alto, CA
  • $8+ billion in assets
  • Annual foundation budget of over $300 million
  • About 100 employees
  • Four program areas: Environmental Conservation, Science, Patient Care, and the San Francisco Bay Area
Company info
Website
Telephone
650-213-3000
Location
1661 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto
CA
94304
US

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