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The Organization
For more than 77 years, the Richard King Mellon Foundation (the Foundation) has invested in the competitive future and quality of life in Southwestern Pennsylvania, and in the protection, preservation, and restoration of America’s environmental heritage.
The Foundation was established in 1947 by Richard King Mellon (1899 – 1970), president and chairman of Mellon Bank, a conservationist and leading figure in the financial and civic life of Pennsylvania. Following his service in World War II, General Mellon had recently returned home to catalyze the nationally recognized Pittsburgh Renaissance, a groundbreaking public-private partnership for urban revitalization. As a banker and director of major corporations, he envisioned philanthropy as an investment and partnership to improve the city and region where he worked and lived. As a lifelong outdoorsman and sportsman, he, along with his wife, Constance Prosser Mellon, had an equally strong commitment to preserving wildlife habitat and the natural world. Mrs. Mellon served as chair of the Foundation from 1947 until her death in 1980.
With assets of approximately $3.1 billion and annual grants and social impact investments of $175 million, the Richard King Mellon Foundation embodies the vision of its founders – to serve primarily Southwestern Pennsylvania with a strategic interest in advancing regional economic development, conservation, economic mobility, and health and well-being improvements for those most at risk in society. The Richard King Mellon Foundation is also about to embark on an exciting new chapter in the Foundation’s distinguished history. In April, the Foundation moved into new offices in the historic Auction House in Pittsburgh’s Strip District. Like the adjacent Terminal building, the renovated Auction House is LEED Silver certified. It is at the center of the Strip District, which was designated a Historic District by the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
The Foundation also has revamped its visual identity. The Foundation’s new logo, featured on the new website, was designed to honor the Foundation’s 75-year history, while also reflecting its contemporary philanthropic leadership. The new logo takes its inspiration from the logo of the former Mellon Bank. The new logo is accompanied by a new tagline: “Visionaries Wanted.”
In 2021, the Foundation completed a Strategic Plan to award more than $1.2 billion in grants and program-related investments from 2021-2030. It is a plan to focus the Foundation’s resources on most impactful pathways to stimulate opportunity and prosperity for the people of Southwestern Pennsylvania and to do even more to protect, steward and activate environmentally sensitive land in southwestern Pennsylvania and across the United States.
For more information, please visit: https://www.rkmf.org/
The Opportunity
The Foundation seeks a collegial and motivated Program Coordinator to provide essential administrative support for the Program Staff and overall Foundation office. In addition to working alongside Program Staff to manage meetings and deliverables, this critical role will serve as the first point of contact for guests, Trustees, and Staff and will ensure a professional and welcoming environment. The successful candidate will handle various administrative tasks and contribute to the smooth functioning of the office.
The Program Coordinator will be primarily responsible for the following:
Meetings, Event Logistics, & Scheduling
• Maintain a detailed master schedule for events – including timing of vendor arrivals and guest arrivals
• Utilize RSVPify (or other software platform) to manage invitation distribution and sharing of event details
• Maintain a master budget for events – consolidated tracking of total event expenses, including building costs such as additional cleaning
• Contract/invoice processing and maintain strong relationships with contractors and vendors
• Assist staff and guests in managing A/V equipment for daily meetings
Office Management
• Welcome guests – including acting as docent for front atrium
• Maintain and curate front-of-house supplies
• Operate and maintain kitchen appliances.
• Obtain parking validations for event guests, when necessary
• Secure additional building cleaning services, when necessary
• Coordinate with building owner McCaffrey during events if services are needed
Board Meeting Preparation
• Conduct quality control on slides –manipulating layers of images, embedding audio or video, and creating graphics in PowerPoint
• Schedule and coordinate the content creation process in close collaboration with grants management team
• Coordinate with grants management team around schedule for creating meeting deliverables
• Communicate with staff of timeline for providing content and reviewing content in a timely manner
The Candidate
The Program Coordinator at the Foundation is a front-facing role that requires a candidate who can be nimble and maintain a professional persona throughout both the busiest of days and slower periods. The successful candidate will take pride in providing exemplary customer service to all they come in contact with, internally and externally, and will rely on their independence to anticipate the needs of the Foundation.
All candidates should possess a combination of the following skills and attributes:
• Demonstrated passion for and commitment to the Foundation’s mission and vision.
• Educational background that supports the required skills and competencies.
• High attention to detail and organizational skills
• Ability to multitask and prioritize between competing needs
• Excellent follow-up and responsiveness to requests
• Ability to professionally represent the Foundation to the public and other external stakeholders
• Excellent written and high level of intrapersonal and verbal communication skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information and situations
• Ability to work with people of all levels of the Foundation and skilled at managing up
• Comfortable using and learning a variety of technologies
Workplace Environment And Compensation
The Program Coordinator is full-time in-office position. The Foundation is located in the Produce Terminal Auction House in the historic Strip District of Pittsburgh. This position offers a competitive salary range with progressive benefit offerings Salary information will be shared with a request via email to: search@nonprofittalent.com.
How To Apply
The Richard King Mellon Foundation has retained Nonprofit Talent to assist with this important organizational change process. Specific questions related to the position may be emailed to Michelle Pagano Heck, President, at Michelle@NonprofitTalent.com. Please direct all inquiries related to this position to Nonprofit Talent, and do not contact the Richard King Mellon Foundation.
Resume, position-specific cover letter, and salary expectations can be via this portal.
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY 5PM ON September 4, 2024
About Nonprofit Talent
Nonprofit Talent is a boutique executive search firm with a deep understanding of the nuanced cultural and financial landscape of the nonprofit and philanthropic community. We know the organizations and the people that commit to the sector. Our candidates, through regional and targeted national recruitment, frequently come from the same communities as our clients. We firmly believe in uplifting the extraordinary talent of our region in addition to seeking out new and vibrant talent through national networks.
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