ABOUT THE AUDACIOUS PROJECT
The Audacious Project is a collaborative funding initiative and project of TED that is unlocking social impact on a grand scale. By inviting the world’s changemakers to dream bigger than ever before, the Audacious Project surfaces ideas with the potential to affect millions of lives and impact entire systems. We support selected applicants in shaping their ideas into actionable, multi-year proposals. We then convene a community of donors who collectively contribute large-scale funding directly to individual organizations.
Now in its fifth year, the Audacious Project has catalyzed nearly $3 billion for 38 organizations engaged in a wide range of social impact efforts around the world. Beyond mobilizing capital, our design is dynamic and responsive to the needs of projects once they receive transformative funding. To that end, we have set out to build our capacity to help projects achieve their goals for both impact and sustainability.
POSITION OVERVIEW
This role is part of the Discovery & Insight team of “idea catalysts” for The Audacious Project. This growing team is responsible for building and nurturing the pipeline of future Audacious projects and curating a multi-year, diverse, global pool of inspiring ideas and leaders.
This role will use a variety of methods to identify breakthrough ideas and ideate with social change leaders to shape compelling, credible projects for philanthropic consideration annually. Our model is unique and growing. We are looking for a builder, someone excited to design and bring rigor to building new networks, processes and approaches to sourcing and diligence, that hold our mission and values central, who enjoys the challenge of building something that doesn’t exist. The role will be part of building something that doesn’t exist anywhere else, in service of our mission. This role will bring rigor to the process of identifying some of the most compelling and innovative ideas and social entrepreneurs in the world who are ready for Audacious-level funding and support.
Based remotely or in New York, NY (USA), with travel to New York, San Francisco, CA (USA), and outside the US.
RESPONSIBILITIES
This person will work closely with the Director of Discovery & Insight and other sourcing lead to:
QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS
This position is open to those who have completed a minimum of bachelor’s level training; have experience cultivating, evaluating, and funding social impact ideas; enjoy working in a startup or “scrappy” context; have worked internationally, supporting marginalized voices around the world; and are champions of new ideas and upsetting the status quo.
We are especially interested in candidates who have worked in minority-serving institutions and who have a demonstrated commitment to equity.
Specific qualifications:
About TED
TED, short for Technology, Entertainment, Design, is a global set of conferences focused on ideas worth spreading.
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