Careers

Through its grants, the Foundation seeks to build just communities enriched by meaning and empowered by critical thinking, where ideas and imagination can thrive. The Foundation makes grants in four core grantmaking areas, Higher Learning, Public Knowledge, Arts and Culture, and Humanities in Place, and through signature Presidential Initiatives. The Foundation is an equal opportunity employer that offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits and working conditions.

The Mellon Foundation is committed to access and inclusion for our applicants. If you have accessibility requests to support your participation in the hiring process, please let us know at your earliest convenience.

The Foundation’s benefits program is intended to offer employees multiple choices in high-quality benefit plans, comprehensive core benefits, and the flexibility to choose optional benefits. We seek to provide employees with the benefits that best fit their needs and the needs of their families. Current benefits include:

Reporting to the Chief of Staff (COS), the Executive Assistant will provide administrative support to the COS, as well as project management, programmatic, and logistical support to the work of the Office of the President. The successful candidate will be highly motivated, collaborative, and congenial, with well-developed written and oral communication and organization skills. The work is detail oriented, time sensitive, and often involves confidential information. The Executive Assistant will need to be adaptable, timely, discreet, and measured in manner. They will be an adept problem-solver who can balance ongoing priorities with the circumstances of the moment. Prior project management experience and/or administrative support for organizational executives is strongly encouraged.

The Applications Manager is responsible for managing and optimizing a suite of enterprise business systems that drive the organization's core functions, with a focus on Finance and HRIS systems. Reporting to the Director of Business Systems in IT, this role collaborates closely with IT colleagues, department stakeholders, and vendors to ensure that software solutions align with strategic goals and meet the needs of Finance, HR, and other departments. The Applications Manager plays a key role in the newly established Business Systems unit, contributing to the development of systems governance, application roadmaps, and release cycle management.

The Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer (CFO) seeks a seasoned, proactive, and results-oriented Senior Executive Assistant with exceptional communication (verbal and written), organizational skills, and sound judgment. This role requires managing time-sensitive, detail-oriented tasks with discretion, adaptability, and strong problem-solving abilities. The ideal candidate is resourceful, articulate, and skilled in project management, thriving in a dynamic and collaborative environment. Clear thinking, strong communication, and excellent interpersonal skills are essential.

The Manager, Data Visualizations and Reporting, will report to the Assistant Director of Grant Systems and Data, and partner with staff from across the Foundation including, Learning and Evaluation, Communications, Operations, Information Technology, and program staff. The Manager helps the Foundation define and execute on its business intelligence and data visualization needs through the development of reports, visual analytics, and dashboards, focused primarily on grantmaking information. Successful candidates for this role must have critical thinking skills, be creative, curious, resourceful, and have a passion for conveying a wide range of information through polished and engaging reports and visuals.