RIA Assistant, Burlington, United States 43 views

Organization: Resonance
Country: United States
Field location: Burlington, Vermont
Office: Resonance in Burlington, Vermont
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Burlington, VT; Washington, DC; or Remote within U.S. /
Resonance Impact Advisory – Resonance Impact Advisory – Home Office /
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WHO WE ARE: Come grow with us! If you are a passionate change agent who thrives in a collaborative, entrepreneurial and inclusive, culture committed to operational excellence, we would like to meet you.
At Resonance, you get involved in the work, in the field, not just in the deck. Our teams are autonomous and self-sufficient. You get to weigh in with founders and leaders on how to drive change and grow the movement while growing the company.
Resonance is an award-winning, Certified B Corporation consultancy that delivers market-based solutions to address the world’s toughest challenges. We enable a variety of donor, commercial, and investor clients around the world to catalyze lasting impact. Resonance seeks to catalyze large-scale social, environmental, and economic change by fostering new and dynamic forms of collaboration. We do this by fostering public-private partnerships, facilitating sustainable investment, and providing deep analytical insights in frontier markets.
Position Mandate
Assistants on Resonance’s Impact Advisory team play a critical role in the team’s growth, supporting both client-facing projects and business development. Resonance Impact Advisory focuses on driving sustainable impact among our corporate, foundation and NGO clients. In addition to assigned client work, analysts will support business development strategy, research, outreach, and marketing. These positions will collaborate closely with leaders across the team, in our Government Services unit, and with the marketing team. The analyst should be comfortable dealing with a wide range of technical areas including agriculture, supply chains, technology, and global health.
Applicants should have a deep passion for working at the intersection of global business and global development, and an interest in working with a team that is collaborative, smart, kind, and fun. We get up excited to come to work every day to help our clients have sustainable impact on social and environmental issues around the world.
OUTCOMES / ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Each role will contribute to the overall growth of Resonance Impact Advisory Services; assignments will vary based on the needs of the group when hiring.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT & ADVISORY
– Provide project management support under the direction of a leader/supervisor, ensuring that key projects and engagements are delivered on time, on budget and within scope
– Support outreach and interview schedules of key stakeholders for client projects
– Conduct client research with oversight from manager on multi-stakeholder partnerships or on new approaches to addressing business challenges in emerging markets
– Ensure client files and materials are up-to-date
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
– Research
o Monitor industry trends, recent news, events, thought leadership, ongoing partnerships in social impact across our priority areas (agricultural supply chains, technology for development, and global health) to share internally to inform project execution, and potentially to be passed along to external clients and BD prospects per RIA discretion
o Research and draft relevant external communications with oversight and guidance from internal SMEs, in collaboration with Marketing
– Business Development Materials
o Maintain business development materials (e.g., pitch decks), ensuring they’re organized, consistent, and housed in the same place
o Support and coordinate proposal development: manage inputs required for proposals (project managing), conduct research as needed to inform a proposal, design PPT slides or word documents with direction from RIA senior management
REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in business administration, sustainability, economics, international development, social sciences, or related field
Documented successful completion of at least 1 probability and statistics college course
Documented successful completion of at least 1 study abroad semester or similar relevant international experience
1+ years of experience effectively working on multiple projects, addressing ambiguous problems, and taking action to solve them
1+ years of experience conducting thematic business-oriented research and producing synthesized written reports
PREFERRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & COMPETENCIES
Proficiency in Spanish, French, Arabic, or Russian
Technical awareness of our primary areas of interest / client targets: sustainable agriculture, global health, philanthropy, innovative finance, responsible sourcing, and technological innovation/access
Experience working with management consulting or similar contexts
COMPETENCIES
Adaptability & flexibility
Accountability
Oral/Written Communication
Business / Financial Acumen
Problem solving
Team Collaboration
Project Management
DEI
Work Environment & Physical Demands
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
Work Authorization/Security Clearance
US work authorization is required.
Travel Expectations
Ability to travel up to 25% internationally on short notice.
Salary Range Target
$45,000 – $52,000
AAP/EEO STATEMENT
The Equal Employment Opportunity Policy of Resonance is to provide a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability. Resonance hires and promotes individuals solely based on their qualifications for the job to be filled.
Resonance believes that employees should be provided with a working environment which enables each associate to be productive and to work to the best of his or her ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability.
We expect and require the cooperation of all employees in maintaining a discrimination and harassment-free atmosphere.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. No phone calls or emails please.