Global Philanthropy - Employee Engagement and Volunteerism - Associate
Short description
The mission of the Global Philanthropy department is to enable more people to contribute to and share in the rewards of the economy. We believe that reducing inequality and creating widely shared prosperity requires collaboration of business, government, non-profit and other civic organizations, particularly in the cities and metropolitan regions that power economic growth.
Job description
Sitting within JPMorgan Chase’s Corporate Responsibility (CR) division, the mission of the Global Philanthropy department is to enable more people to contribute to and share in the rewards of the economy. We believe that reducing inequality and creating widely shared prosperity requires collaboration of business, government, nonprofit and other civic organizations, particularly in the cities and metropolitan regions that power economic growth.
This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate to deliver existing and new volunteering and giving programmes across multiple countries that use the skills of employees to achieve our mission.
Job responsibilities
- Adapting and implementing existing volunteering and workplace giving programmes across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Latin America (LATAM).
- Managing volunteering programmes that use employees’ skills to support young people to access quality careers, entrepreneurs to develop their business and non-profits to achieve their mission
- Designing new short-term volunteering programmes to supplement the existing ones on offer and address emerging needs that will be impactful, successful and engaging for employees
- This will be achieved, through activities such as - sourcing, onboarding and overseeing a network of partner implementation organisations, grants and contracts management, recruiting and training volunteers, leveraging technology and communication tools to promote activities, organizing events, seeking guidance from and reporting information to internal senior stakeholders
- Collaborating closely with colleagues across Lines of Business to promote skills-based volunteering opportunities
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Demonstration of problem-solving skills and the ability to take direction and use initiative
- Desire to continually improve programming, seek information and look for new approaches to processes and practices
- High attention to detail across all channels of communication
- Experience interacting with executive management and senior leadership
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office suite of applications required
- European language skills are not required for this role but are desirable
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Project management experience; demonstrated capability to lead and manage projects
- Experience working with non-profits or with the private sector
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office suite of applications required
- Ability to work in a high-performance, professional environment and adapt to changing priorities