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Philanthropy Associate

Rosewood Family Advisors
Palo Alto, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/8/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/9/2025

Rosewood Family Advisors LLP

Rosewood Family Advisors (RFA) is a multi-family office whose mission is to provide exceptional client service and advice. Our professionals help ultra-high net worth clients define and meet their goals by providing a diverse range of family office services including tax compliance, expense management, philanthropic advising, and estate planning.

Summary

RFA is looking for a Philanthropy Associate to help create top-quality philanthropic experiences for our clients. You will work with staff and clients to help manage the flow of grant projects through their full lifecycle, from initial due diligence to final reporting. This is an opportunity to contribute meaningfully to our expanding team while facilitating satisfying charitable giving experiences for our clients.

The ideal candidate is someone who consistently exercises sound judgement, can anticipate needs without being asked, and is able to track and manage multiple complex projects simultaneously. A collaborative nature, customer-service orientation, and attention to details are also important characteristics. This is a wonderful long-term opportunity for an effective, detail-oriented, self-starter.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Prepare and maintain grant records that meet legal, audit, and internal requirements.
  • Monitor payments, reports, and projects to ensure timely processing and execution.
  • Maintain calendars and schedules of the philanthropy team, including preparing correspondence, arranging conference calls, and setting up virtual meetings.
  • Book travel arrangements and process expense reports.
  • Keep Philanthropy Manual updated, including developing templates.
  • Research and prepare information for meetings and presentations.
  • Perform research to support and manage other special projects as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Minimum 2-4 years of professional experience, preferably at a foundation, advisory firm, wealth management firm, or family office.
  • Demonstrated ability to handle confidential and sensitive information in a professional and ethical manner.
  • Ability to meet tight, sometimes competing, deadlines with an ability to prioritize.
  • Comfort and facility in dealing with a wide variety of business records in many different electronic formats; knowledge of grantmaking software a plus.
  • Strong document management and quality control capabilities.
  • Organizational and creative problem-solving skills.
  • Humility to undertake tasks as necessary to accomplish a project.
  • Passionate about philanthropy!
  • Applicants

    Please send a cover letter and resume to (philanthropyjobs@rfallp.com) and include ‘Philanthropy Associate’ in the title. In your cover letter please tell us how your specific experience and accomplishments can add value to the team. RFA will contact qualified applicants.

    Location

    The position will be based out of our Palo Alto office. RFA offers flexible working arrangements. As of February 2025, staff are expected to work from the office 2-3 times per week.

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