Frame Associate

Full Time
Cambridge, MA
Posted
Job description
Location: Virtual (PST, CST, MST, or EST time zones preferred)

Type: Full-time, starting January 2023

Salary: $85,000 per year plus benefits

Reports to: Director of Project Frame

About the Job

Prime Coalition is a high impact, cutting-edge non-profit organization focused on mitigating climate change through catalytic capital investment. The Associate will support all aspects of Project Frame, which organizes investors around forward-looking emissions impact methodology and reporting best practices, with the aim of improving impact measurement and management (IMM) standards for climate-driven investments and galvanizing a network of leadership around transparency and collaboration.

The Project Frame Associate will be responsible for deepening relationships with current and prospective Project Frame members, including investment and philanthropic partners, peer organizations, and other climate stakeholders. This is a tremendous opportunity to join a growing team to help improve, expand, and carve new pathways for the organization to achieve maximum impact across the climate investment landscape. The Associate will report to the Director of Project Frame, working closely with all members of Prime’s team and representing the organization externally. The Associate will ensure that day-to-day logistics, communications, events, activities, and relationships with external partners represent Prime’s values of care, additionality, humility, tenacity, and collective abundance, while relentlessly evangelizing Prime’s mission to mitigate climate change.

Prime embraces the differences between people of varied races, ethnicities, genders, ages, religions, and sexual orientations. We also acknowledge the value that different life experiences bring to our organization as a workplace, and to our ability to understand and advance our mission. Prime is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage all applicants who share these values to apply.

Job responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Communications

Maintain internal events, editorial, stewardship, and reporting calendars, including a list of prioritized conferences and speaking opportunities

Track engagement with current and prospective Frame partners

Help shape and maintain Project Frame’s web and social media presence

Support the creation and distribution of Project Frame’s newsletter

Create and execute content as needed

Collaborate with team members to develop and publish investor profiles

Conduct occasional research to support Frame programming and deliverables

Develop and coordinate regular learning sessions for the Frame community

Sales & Marketing

Support fundraising efforts for all Prime’s ‘Impact Accountability’ programming (Project Frame, CRANE, and more)

Serve as first point of contact for inbound partner inquiries

Seek and recruit new members for Project Frame

Program Administration

Support Project Frame’s working group meetings by managing engagement platforms and coordinating feedback/notes

Plan and manage occasional in-person meetings for Frame community

Manage logistics for quarterly video calls with wider Frame community

Maintain active memberships with network organizations

Qualifications

Education & Experience

Undergraduate degree

Proven ability to work in fast-paced environment

Proven ability to manage external business communications with utmost professionalism

Proven ability to work across IT platforms (e.g., Hubspot, G Suite, Slack, Zoom, etc.)

Demonstrated commitment to being thorough and thoughtful in service of social and/or environmental impact

Experience working at a nonprofit and/or investment firm preferred

Knowledge of impact investing or work with philanthropic entities preferred

Experience in communications preferred

Experience in graphic design preferred, but not necessary

Core Skills & Characteristics

Exceptional writing and verbal communication skills

Exceptional interpersonal skills

Exceptionally organized, detail oriented, and methodical

Collaborative and team-oriented

Self-starter, action-oriented

A passion for excellence

Collaborative with a sense of humility

Assertive ally for racial equity, diversity and inclusion

Intrinsic, driving motivation to mitigate climate change

  • Catalytic capital is defined here as “investment capital that is patient, risk-tolerant, concessionary, and flexible”. Read more about catalytic capital here.
Impact Associate

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Location: Virtual (PST, CST, MST, or EST time zones preferred)

Type: Full-time, starting January 2023

Salary: $85,000 per year plus benefits

Reports to: Director of Impact

About the Job

Prime Coalition is a high impact, cutting-edge non-profit organization focused on mitigating climate change through catalytic capital investment.1 The Impact Associate will support Prime’s internal impact assessment work to ensure that Prime is mobilizing catalytic capital toward its highest and best use.

This is a tremendous opportunity to join a growing team at the leading edge of impact measurement and management (IMM) for investments in climate solutions. The Associate will report to the Director of Impact, working closely with all members of Prime’s team and representing the organization externally. The Associate will embody Prime’s values of care, additionality, humility, tenacity, and collective abundance, while relentlessly evangelizing Prime’s mission to mitigate climate change.

Prime embraces the differences between people of varied races, ethnicities, genders, ages, religions, and sexual orientations. We also acknowledge the value that different life experiences bring to our organization as a workplace, and to our ability to understand and advance our mission. Prime is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage all applicants who share these values to apply.

Job responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Impact Diligence

Conduct research on potential climate solutions under consideration for investment

Construct models of forward-looking emissions reduction and GHG removal

Analyze social and environmental risks and co-benefits of potential investments using mission-aligned impact frameworks

Document research findings and model results in written reports

Manage logistics for staffing of the Azolla Ventures Impact Committee

Impact Management

Liaise with affiliated investment managers, including Azolla Ventures, on analysis of solutions and industries in Prime’s investment portfolio

Maintain a repository of information on Prime-supported companies to track progress toward climate impact milestones and non-GHG impact factors including social risks and co-benefits

Support the implementation of Prime’s 3rd-party impact audit

Impact Strategy

Support development and maintenance of Prime’s theory of change and impact framework across all non-profit programs

Contribute to content development for Project Frame

Participate in research process to substantiate capital gaps prior to the design of new investment programs

Qualifications

Education & Experience

Undergraduate degree, graduate degree preferred (master’s or MBA)

Proven skill at quantitative data analysis in Microsoft Excel (required) and Python (preferred)

General knowledge of energy and climate systems

Proven ability to work in fast-paced environment

Proven ability to manage external business communications with utmost professionalism

Proven ability to work across IT platforms (G Suite, Slack, Zoom, etc.)

Demonstrated commitment to being thorough and thoughtful in service of positive social and environmental impact

Experience working at a nonprofit and/or investment firm preferred

Core Skills & Characteristics

Exceptional writing and verbal communication skills

Exceptional interpersonal skills

Exceptionally organized, detail oriented, and methodical

Strong time management skills

Collaborative and team-oriented

Self-starter, curious, and creative

Assertive ally for racial equity, diversity and inclusion

Intrinsic, driving motivation to solve climate change

Appreciation of technical and societal complexities around climate solutions

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