Arts & Culture Consultant, Global Philanthropy (Remote Location)

The Opportunity

Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance, and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. Huron’s GG+A global philanthropy business is one of the world’s pre-eminent philanthropic management consultancies.  We have worked across the world, providing philanthropic counsel to the higher education, not-for-profit, healthcare, arts and cultural sectors. 

Today, we help organizations realize the full potential of their missions through the growth of philanthropic support.  Our primary mission is to assist our clients in the substantial improvement and acceleration of their fundraising and engagement programmes, seeking to align those programmes with the institution’s core mission and ensure their sustainability.

You’ll help our clients by providing a robust, data-informed strategy across the donor journey.

Position Summary

Position Summary

Huron|GG+A seeks an entrepreneurial and energetic advancement professional to fill the full-time position of a consultant in the Arts and Culture practice area. This person will have experience with and exposure to annual, major, and campaign fundraising as well as familiarity with constituent engagement and advancement services programs in the arts and culture sector.


All Huron|GG+A consultants deploy evidenced-based consulting methodologies and develop sophisticated analytics tools in close collaboration with the firm's integrated, large-scale client engagement teams. A Consultant may function as a member of various project teams and/or be assigned as a Project Lead, leading data collection, performing rigorous analysis, and producing clear, compelling, insightful, and accurate reports for the firm’s clients. This individual will also collaborate with colleagues and contribute to innovative product/service development to drive sustained growth and profitability, while ensuring that client deliverables meet the highest standards of quality.


Successful Huron|GG+A consultants take initiative, are self-disciplined, and are eager to learn. They possess business and entrepreneurial acumen with demonstrated ability to initiate and sustain professional relationships. It is essential that our consultants exhibit a high level of flexibility, perseverance, and a tenacious work ethic.

Huron|GG+A is a full-service philanthropic management consulting firm with 60 years of industry-defining leadership in helping our clients realize the full potential of their missions through the growth of philanthropic support. Our primary mission is to assist our clients in the substantial improvement and acceleration of their fundraising programs. We seek to align those programs with the institution’s core mission and ensure their sustainability.


Huron|GG+A is an international resource for data-driven best practices in all areas of advancement, including fundraising, engagement, communications, and advancement services. We provide counsel to a global constituency of nonprofits, specifically in the areas of independent schools, arts, and culture, select humanitarian institutions, and a range of charities and nonprofit organizations.

Qualifications

Qualifications

Education, Experience and Attributes

• US Work Authorization
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Minimum of ten (10) years of frontline development experience with exposure to major campaign planning
• Prefer direct fundraising experience in the arts and culture sector
• Demonstrates strategic thinking and a rigorous, analytic approach to client situations, tailoring delivery to a client’s specific culture or need
• Demonstrates understanding of fundraising best practices and the arts and culture sector
• Demonstrates broad insight of philanthropic management
• Ability to take a hands-on approach to consulting with the ultimate goal of providing an individualized, long-term, sustainable solution for each client
• Client-focused with an intense intellectual curiosity about individual institutions and what make them unique
• Demonstrates a high level of flexibility, stamina and perseverance with an unbridled passion and commitment to the field of philanthropy, as well as a strong and tenacious work ethic
• Demonstrates clear written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrate proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, specifically with Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel
• Ability to travel 3-4 days per week, as needed

Key Responsibilities for the role

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