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• Coaching Panel RFP Overview & Needs

  Background

  Humanity United (HU) is a philanthropic organization focused on advancing the dignity and voice of those most affected by violent conflict, exploitation, and injustice. Established in 2008 to cultivate conditions for enduring peace and freedom, HU today focuses on systemic change across three bodies of work: Peacebuilding, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, and Racial Justice and Equity, with a strong focus on leveraging Public Engagement across these issues. Humanity United is part of The Omidyar Group, a diverse collection of companies, organizations, and initiatives united by a desire to improve the lives of people and societies. We have approximately 60 staff spread across the United States (with 1-2 based in Europe), with offices in the SF Bay Area & Washington DC.

  HU is committed to embedding equity internally in our culture and practices as well as externally in our grantmaking lens and partnerships. Supporting team effectiveness and the wellbeing, growth and development of our staff via coaching is a key aspect to enable us to achieve this aim.

  Our organization is inviting expressions of interest from experienced practitioners to join our organizational coaching panel. This multidisciplinary panel will support our staff and leadership team in advancing our human rights and philanthropic mission through trauma-informed, equity-centered, and purpose-driven support.

  We are seeking partners who bring both compassion and rigor to their work, who can help us navigate change, deepen our leadership practices, and sustain ourselves in the pursuit of our mission.

  About the Opportunity

  The coaching panel will operate on an as-needed basis and will be available to support staff across the organization. Members of the panel may be called upon to provide:

  • Leadership and executive coaching
  • Individual, team and group coaching
  • Organizational facilitation and retreats
  • Consulting on leadership development, equity, culture and trauma-informed practices

  Delivery format is expected to be primarily virtual, with the potential for periodic in-person and hybrid engagements e.g. facilitation of team retreats or convenings.

  Our vision is to create a diverse, multidisciplinary pool of trusted practitioners we can engage with over time for a variety of organizational needs and engagements.

  Who We’re Looking For

  We welcome expressions of interest from both individual coaches and consulting teams or firms. If you’re applying as a team or firm, please include profiles for all potential coaches or facilitators who might work with us.

  Ideal candidates will bring:

  • A trauma-informed and healing-centered approach to coaching and facilitation
  • Deep practice and commitment to equity, justice, and inclusion
  • Demonstrated experience supporting mission-driven, human rights, or philanthropic organizations
  • Comfort working across cultures and contexts, with experience in both U.S. and global south settings is especially valued
  • Clear evidence of an equity-centered lens incorporating anti-oppression frameworks
  • The humility and flexibility to meet individuals and teams where they are and tailor approaches accordingly across coaching, consulting, and facilitation
  • The ability to tailor approach to meet various needs of individuals and teams
  • International Coaching Federation (ICF) certification or equivalent experience is highly desirable
  • Exceptional standards of ethics and confidentiality

  Additional skills and expertise we are keen to see represented within this multidisciplinary pool include:

  • Mediation and conflict tending experience
  • Experience supporting neurodiverse people in the workplace
  • Specialist experience and/or skills with trauma-informed practices and tools
  • Fluency in racial literacy and/or restorative justice practices
  • Experience coaching executive leaders
  • Experience with career development coaching
  • Experience with different career sectors including but not limited to Communications, Policy, Strategy, and Operations
  • Lived experience of one or more areas of HU’s work
  • Experience working with survivor leaders and/or with people affected by conflict
  • Experience working in the Global South / working with people of the global majority
  • Deep experience providing trauma-specific, trauma-responsive, or other trauma-informed coaching practices working with trauma-impacted populations
  • Fluency in other languages including Spanish and Arabic
  • Diversity of locations and time zones, especially across the U.S. and western Europe

  Engagement Terms

  Panel members will be engaged on a flexible, project-by-project basis over a two-year period. Specific scope, duration, and compensation will be coordinated directly for each assignment.

  Panel members will enter into a two-year contract with HU, from April 2026 – April 2028.

  Work will be invoiced on an hourly basis based on project requests and organizational need. Contracted providers will be utilized on an as-needed basis. There is no minimum value to these contracts. Panel members will have a designated relationship manager within HU and work with a variety of individuals on each task.

  All panel members are expected to:

  • Participate in an initial onboarding call, quarterly panel roundtable briefing calls, and quarterly 1-1 check-ins with HU’s People team.
  • Maintain a two-way communication channel to understand HU’s org priorities and strategy and support a feedback loop in both directions to support learning and sense-making.
  • Share back any organizational recommendations and insights emerging from their work, to support HU

  Timeline

  • 18 Dec 2025: Expressions of interest open
  • 31 Jan 2026: Expressions of interest due
  • Feb 2026: Expressions of interest reviewed and interviews scheduled
  • Mid Feb – mid March 2026: Interviews take place & selections finalized
  • March 2026: Notifications & contracting
  • April 2026: Onboarding & panel commencement

  How to Express Interest

  Please share a concise expression of interest introducing yourself and outlining your approach to coaching. In particular, we ask that you address:

  • How you integrate equity, inclusion & justice into a typical coaching engagement
  • How your approach to this work is trauma-informed
  • How your approach and experience relates to our desired skills and expertise (as outlined above)

  Please include profiles and rates for all practitioners who would be part of the panel work. References or work samples are welcome but not required.

  Submissions, and any questions, can be emailed to coaching@humanityunited.org by January 31, 2026.

  Submissions will be reviewed by a small cross-functional review group, using a qualitative scoring framework. We are looking for practitioners whose values, approaches, and lived experience align with our mission.

  DEIJ Commitment:

  HU was founded on the belief that we are all united in the challenges and opportunities we face. We believe in the power of all people to bring about extraordinary change. When humanity is united, we can act together to create a powerful force for human dignity. We recognize that diversity is a core strength of humanity. We seek out and value a diversity of perspectives and partners, and we try to elevate the contributions of individuals and communities that aspire to a world free of human exploitation and violent conflict.

  Humanity United believes that diversity, equity and inclusion make us more successful in our work, and we are able to grow and learn better together when our team is diverse and representative of the communities we serve. In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of education, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran status, color, class, religion, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status and any other characteristics protected by law. We strongly encourage applications from people with diverse identities or who are members of marginalized communities.

• Manager, Strategic Partnerships
  Remote/Hybrid

  Position Summary:

  Humanity United is seeking a Manager, Strategic Partnerships to advance our strategy and operational plan to facilitate the transformation of systems we work within, ensuring they’re adaptive to emerging changes. This role will collaborate closely with the Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships to engage philanthropic peers as HU weaves together relationships, resources, knowledge, and networks. In addition to the Senior Director, the Manager will work within the broader Public Engagement portfolio team, as well as with colleagues across the organization.

  This role will require strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills as well as the ability to operate effectively in complex environments. The successful candidate will ideally have experience leveraging informal networks, as well as delivering project management in dynamic contexts, and working across cultures, languages, and perspectives.

  Key responsibilities include cultivating and maintaining relationships with internal Programs and Operations colleagues; facilitating agreements among multicultural teams; and managing an array of internal and external facing operational requirements (grantmaking, contract and budget management, inbound/outbound reporting). The Manager will bring a deeply collaborative mindset supporting alignment with the Finance, Grants Management, and Legal teams. The Manager will build and align operational practices with programmatic needs and support the buildout of a new CRM platform to ensure alignment, visibility, and coherence in HU’s efforts to influence philanthropic peers.

  The ideal candidate will bring an understanding of how Programs and Operations can work seamlessly together to advance the organization’s mission. The ideal candidate will also have experience working with human rights issues, familiarity with engaging philanthropic partners, data visualization, constituent management systems, reporting, grant writing, and budgeting/accounting. As this is a newly created position, other duties may evolve.

  Candidates should be able and willing to travel internationally & domestically up to 10% of their time. HU’s hybrid work approach provides ongoing flexibility for regular US-based remote work for this position, combined with periodic in-person gatherings.

  Core Job Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to strategy, design, and coordination of an internal cross-cutting team.
  • Track and share learning from engagements and processes, to help inform internal management of HU and its associated entities.
  • Support the Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships in managing and facilitating cross-functional learning opportunities on emergent approaches to partnerships.
  • Manage and track team budgets, including deliverables for internal and external reporting processes and hold day-to-day expenditure tracking.
  • Serve as a thought partner to Program teams to ensure alignment between strategy and operational execution.
  • In partnership with the Senior Director, hold key relationships with internal stakeholders and help facilitate decision making, as necessary.
  • In collaboration with the Strategy, Learning, and Impact (SL&I) team, develop and maintain data visualizations and dashboards to track progress, measure impact, and communicate insights on Humanity United’s influence in philanthropy, ensuring alignment and clarity for internal teams and stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with Operations colleagues to align operational practices with programmatic needs.
  • When tasked, manage operational requirements including grant-making, contract management, budgeting, and reporting.
  • Collaborate closely with Finance, Grants Management, and Legal teams to ensure cross-functional alignment.
  • Collaborate with Operations team to establish strong internal communications; scalable, compliant, and efficient processes; and a robust CRM system.
  • Support project management for complex initiatives in dynamic environments.
  • Ensure partnerships initiatives are implemented efficiently while remaining aligned with organizational goals and mission.

  Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  Must-have requirements:

  • Commitment to HU’s mission and values (including Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice) is a must, with a view on how to apply the principles of DEIJ within grantmaking and building equitable partnerships.
  • Demonstrated and progressively more responsible work experience including working in a nonprofit, donor or philanthropy setting, with the ability to leverage existing philanthropic and/or bilateral networks.
  • Demonstrated experience as a grant maker including hands-on involvement with participatory grantmaking, multi-donor funds, trust-based philanthropy and multi-year grantmaking.
  • Ability to facilitate meetings and follow up on key deliverables.
  • Program management experience in fast-paced and rapidly shifting environments including program design and the ability to manage complex internal and external operational requirements.
  • Ability to situate programmatic work within broader intellectual, political, and philanthropic trends.
  • Experience in development, fundraising and project management, including donor engagement, reporting, and grant writing.
  • Experience in managing and facilitating agreements with diverse, global stakeholders and teams, across cultures, languages, and perspectives.
  • Experience managing CRM systems and encouraging organizational uptake.
  • Candidates must have the right to work in the United States and ability to travel internationally.

  It’s a bonus if you bring:

  • Bachelor’s degree, equivalent qualifications or equivalent experience
  • Budget management and donor-reporting experience
  • Direct lived experience of the issues we work on and cross-cultural experience

  We encourage qualified candidates with informal or indirect experience to describe how their background has served as preparation for this role.

  Salary: The salary range for this position will vary by geographic location to account for local job market & cost of living. Starting salaries within the range are based on job-related skills, experience and background. At HU, salary progression is based on performance and proficiency in a role over time.

  Example starting salary ranges are provided below, with other locations available on request. We will share more about the starting and full salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

  • San Francisco – $129,931 – $144,368
  • New York – $123,435 – $137,149
  • Washington DC/Boston/Seattle/LA – $116,938 – $129,931
  • Chicago, Denver/Boulder, Philadelphia – $110,441 – $122,713
  • Cincinnati, Raleigh, Dallas, Milwaukee, Miami – $103,945 – $115,494