[Hiring] Associate @Fio Partners is supporting the Executive Search for

Role Description

Fio Partners is currently seeking a collaborative, resourceful, and adaptable full-time Associate to join the firm. The Associate will serve in a client-centered role, providing support and/or leading client engagements, facilitating strategic conversations, and leading workshops and learning experiences.

• Lead and support strategic planning, strategic advisory projects, training and learning, and board development.
• Support strategic alliances and search projects, as needed.
• Conduct assessments of organizational strengths, challenges, and capacity; analyze the external ecosystem to identify opportunities; and guide clients in developing strategic pathways to enhance impact, strengthen systems, and achieve their goals.
• Conduct information-gathering activities, including:
  • Desk research
  • Reviewing and customizing surveys with clients
  • Analyzing survey results
  • Developing interview and focus group questions
  • Conducting interviews and focus groups
  • Theming qualitative data
• Collaborate with Fio staff to move from client data analysis to meaning making, documenting insights in narrative and presentation formats.
• Plan and facilitate meetings with boards, staff, and stakeholders including developing agendas and meeting reports, preparing and delivering presentations to clients, and developing session outputs.
• Travel will be required to lead in-person meetings and retreats.
• Manage project teams and timelines to ensure effective coordination, communication, budgeting, and progress.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to our clients, including Executive and Board coaching engagements.
• Support sales initiatives as needed by attending discovery calls, writing proposals, or attending finalist interviews.
• Develop content for and deliver training workshops and webinars, multi-session cohorts, and communities of practice.
• Contribute to our firm’s knowledge, practices, tools, and resources.
• Participate in Fio staff meetings, staff and network convenings, and learning opportunities.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of relevant experience in the social sector (nonprofit, philanthropic, and/or government).
• Previous experience with consulting and/or project management.
• Excellent organizational, problem solving, critical thinking skills.
• Strong client service experience and commitment to sleeves-rolled teamwork.
• Outstanding communication and writing skills, including the ability to synthesize complex information clearly.
• Excellent facilitation and presentation skills, in virtual and in-person environments.
• A solid understanding of nonprofit management and organizational development concepts.
• Desk research and basic data analysis skills (e.g., use of SurveyMonkey, qualitative data theming).
• Ability to work well both as a member of a team and independently.
• A dedication to personal and professional development, with intellectual curiosity, creativity, and a strong enthusiasm for managing a variety of engagements.
• Commitment to the principles of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and to the ongoing personal and professional learning they require.
• Comfortable adapting to and learning new technology platforms, such as CoPilot and Zoho, as well as deep familiarity with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and SharePoint.
• Familiarity and comfort with nonprofit evaluation activities (e.g., the development of logic models) and financial modeling (analyzing the costs and potential profits of taking on new projects or business operations) not required but favorably considered.

Requirements

• This is a primarily home-based consulting position that also requires regular in-person participation in client meetings, retreats, training, and other engagements.
• The consultant must be able to travel independently to client and meeting locations, typically by car.
• In-person engagements may require transporting and carrying facilitation materials and supplies, as well as setting up and breaking down meeting spaces, including easels, flip charts, and other equipment.
• Occasional evening or weekend availability may be required based on client needs.

Benefits

• Compensation: This is a full-time employee position. The salary range is $85,000 - $95,000 annually, commensurate with experience.
• Holidays: Fio Partners provides 12 paid holidays (6 fixed days and 6 floating days) and is closed between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day.
• Paid Time Off (PTO): This position offers 120 hours/15 days of PTO.
• Health Care: A $6,300 annual reimbursement toward purchasing a health care plan on the state healthcare benefits exchange.
• Retirement: An employer-sponsored 401(k) plan after six months of employment, offering an up to 3.5% match.
• Home Office Benefits: An annual office allowance and reimbursement for up to $50 a month in phone and internet expenses.
• Professional Development Funds of up to $500 a year.
• Work Environment: This role is primarily remote, with required travel for in-person client engagements, multi-day internal retreats, and firm events.
• Fio Partners maintains a physical office presence in Centerbrook, CT for those who prefer an in-person office experience.
• Some overnight stays will be necessary. Candidates living in CT, RI, or Washington, DC are preferred.