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Join us to inspire, innovate, and build better communities in New York City, across the United States, and around the world.

The Fund provides generous employee benefits, including:

  • Medical, prescription, and dental insurance for you, your spouse or domestic partner and dependents
  • A retirement plan with a generous employer matching contribution
  • Commuter benefit, flexible spending plans for health and dependents
  • Annual paid time off for holidays, vacation, and sick leave
  • Short and long-term disability and paid family leave

Fund for the City of New York

Job Type: Full Time

Position Summary:

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Community Lending Fellow to join our Cash Flow Loan team for an 18-month fellowship. This is a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in financial services, focusing on risk assessment, loan evaluation, and client interaction. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in finance, fluency in Spanish, and a commitment to providing exceptional customer service.

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Analysis and Risk Assessment

  • Review and analyze budgets, audited financial statements, and Form 990s.
  • Assess financial health and risks associated with loan applications.
  • Prepare detailed reports to support loan decision-making processes.

Loan Evaluation and Management

  • Collaborate with team members to evaluate and process loan applications.
  • Assist in developing risk mitigation strategies for approved loans.
  • Monitor loan performance and address client inquiries as needed.

Client Relations

  • Provide excellent customer service to Spanish-speaking clients.
  • Communicate complex financial concepts clearly and effectively.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and stakeholders.

Other

  • Contribute to special projects and organizational initiatives

Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or a related field.

Experience:

  • Previous experience in financial analysis, risk assessment, or loan processing.
  • Familiarity with reviewing and interpreting budgets, audited financials, and Form 990s.

Language Skills:

  • Fluency in both English and Spanish (written and spoken) is required.

Technical Skills:

  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
  • Familiarity with financial software and loan databases is a plus.

Interpersonal Skills:

  • Exceptional customer service and communication abilities.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

Compensation:

The salary range for this position ranges from $70,000-$80,000 and is commensurate with experience. Please note that applicants should expect to fall in the middle of this range. Excellent benefits package including comprehensive health, dental and life insurance, four weeks paid vacation, paid sick time, TransitChek, Flexible Spending Account plans for health and dependent care, a 403(b) retirement plan and a 401(k) retirement plan with a generous employer match.

The Fund for the City of New York is an equal opportunity employer. The Fund does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other category protected by law.

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Job Type: Full Time
Education: 4-Year Degree Required
Salary: USD $70,000 – $80,000 / year

Description

Position Overview:

The Fund for the City of New York seeks a Project Manager candidate who is a highly motivated self-starter with a strong passion for promoting civic service and innovation, possesses well-developed written and oral communication skills, top-notch organizational capacity, and is able to work independently and exercise careful discretion over multiple project initiatives.

This position will report to the Executive Vice President, and requires that the successful candidate independently manage all of the components needed to successfully implement many of the Funds signature programs.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage established, well-regarded core programs, ensure optimal program quality, and constantly seek opportunities for improvement and optimal program impact
  • Manage the daily tasks related to program planning, promotion, recruitment, and event logistics
  • Promptly and flexibly liaise with various program stakeholders, including educational and civic leaders, city agency officials, and Community Planning Fellows
  • Manage the planning and coordination of relevant meetings, preparing briefing materials and other project related documentation as directed, and record meeting notes to follow-up appropriately
  • Write and/or edit compelling short bios for Sloan Award nominees and Community Planning fellows, and create educational materials and presentations for weekly Community Planning workshops, and other activities, as needed
  • Collaborate with internal teams cross-functionally and be the main point of contact for multiple projects at a given time
  • Oversee all components of project support, including managing project stakeholders and their deliverables, communicating efficiently and appropriately across all channels, and ensuring all project timelines stay on track
  • Represent the Fund in external settings, including panel gatherings, public meetings, and other engagements as assigned

Qualifications:

The successful candidate must be flexible, dedicated and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment. Qualifications include:

  • A bachelor’s degree; an advanced degree in humanities, public policy, public administration, social science, or related fields preferred
  • At least 3-5 years of project management experience, and the aptitude to work with minimal direct supervision and manage multiple projects simultaneously
  • Ability to work well within a multicultural environment, with a diverse array of stakeholders
  • Superb interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
  • Experience with artificial intelligence platforms and prompt engineering is a plus, particularly in designing and implementing strategies that optimize AI-driven solutions for enhanced productivity and engagement
  • Highly resourceful and organized, with sharp critical thinking, work-flow and time management skills
  • Passionate about social service, service learning and education, with an orientation toward and commitment to social justice, and cultural equity
  • Strong understanding of the non-profit and public sector
  • A high degree of competency using virtual communication platforms and MS Office suite, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

Fund for the City of New York:

The Fund for the City of New York (www.fcny.org) was established by the Ford Foundation in 1968 with the mandate to improve the quality of life for all New Yorkers. For over five decades, in partnership with government agencies, nonprofit institutions and foundations, the Fund has developed and helped to implement innovations in policy, programs, practices and technology in order to advance the functioning of government and nonprofit organizations in New York City and beyond.

The Fund seeks out, adapts, applies and assesses ways to enable government and nonprofit agencies to achieve excellence through its core programs—Cash Flow Loans, Partner Project, the Sloan Public Service Awards, the Sloan Awards for Excellence in Teaching Science and Mathematics and the Community Planning Fellowship.

Location

Work must be performed in New York, US
121 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013-1510, United States
6th Floor

The Fund for the City of New York has a limited number of internships available for mission-driven individuals. Interns at the Fund learn from and help support the teams of communication, partner projects, human resources, fiscal and other special projects. The nature of the Fund’s projects is extremely fluid and requires self-motivated individuals that are willing to work collaboratively in a team environment. Project interns are provided the opportunity to interact with senior management, as well as the opportunity to enhance their skills in the area of project and financial management.

The Fund for the City of New York is an equal opportunity employer. The Fund does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other category protected by law.

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Partner Projects

Role Description

 

JMACforFamilies is hiring a Program Facilitator! Primary responsibilities will include managing and facilitating the H.E.A.L. Program (Heal, Educate, Advocate, Lead), advancing the JMACforFamilies organization’s policy advocacy work, and coordinating events and rallies. This role requires a Masters Degree in Social Work and will be a hybrid position with one to two days in person per week. For more information, please see the flyer. To apply, send your resume and cover letter to info@jmacforfamilies.org. Please send any questions about the position to info@jmacforfamilies.org

 

Hiring Manager Name / Contact Info
Joyce McMillan /  info@jmacforfamilies.org