Program Officer – Family Economic Security, New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
Website: W.K. Kellogg Foundation
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) is pleased to invite nominations and applications for the position of Program Officer, Family Economic Security, based in New Mexico. Bolstered by new leadership, the New Mexico team is committed to strengthening WKKF’s mission in supporting communities to create the conditions that all children need to thrive. In recent years, the foundation has sharpened its focus on improving conditions for vulnerable children, concentrating on three key factors of success and their intersections: education and learning; food, health, and well-being; and family economic security. The foundation has made a generational commitment to grantmaking that advances the vision of a future in which every child thrives.
The new Program Officer will report to the Director of New Mexico Programs, Chamiza Pacheco de Alas. S/he/they will also be a member of the Employment Equity Chapter, led by Jonathan Njus, Director of Family Economic Security, which supports teams and staff around strategy and professional development. The program officer will be a senior leader with extensive management and budget experience, a strategic and systems-thinker, and a partnership- and network-builder, who has achieved notable success in the field. S/he/they will play a management role on the New Mexico team, providing supervision and mentorship to program officers working at the intersection of WKKF’s strategic priorities. Overseeing the Family Economic Security portfolio, the new Program Officer will be particularly focused on leveraging the foundation’s role in supporting the economic revitalization of New Mexico, ensuring that low-wage workers, nationally underrepresented racial-identifying business owners and women-owned businesses are key actors and beneficiaries of the system. In addition, s/he/they will be a leader in shaping and guiding the foundation’s response to COVID-19 in the state, both the short-term economic response and long-term economic recovery. S/he/they will have a deep understanding of the systemic and racial barriers that working families face in the current economy, the structural and historic challenges of generating income, and building wealth and promising opportunities to remake the economy so that it includes and benefits all families.
The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge of and authentic connection to New Mexico’s tribal and rural communities, the economic context in the region, and how to support innovation and foster collaboration that improves the economic security of New Mexico’s most vulnerable children and families. S/he/they will bring mastery of the broad social, economic, and political forces affecting employment equity, as well as demonstrate a solid grasp of labor, capital, and financial markets, including public and private sector systems and funding. S/he/they will understand how to realize and drive toward social change, not only as a partner with grantee organizations, but also as a leader in philanthropy and as an ally of state leaders.
TO APPLY
This search is being led by Paola Peacock-Villada and Andres Marcuse-Gonzalez of NPAG. Due to the pace of this search, candidates are strongly encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Candidates may submit their cover letter, outlining their interest and qualifications, along with their resume via NPAG’s candidate portal.
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and proudly values diversity.
Candidates of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
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