Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and his wife Connie are opening a Detroit office for their charitable foundation, the Ballmer Group.

The news was announced in a job posting for an executive director with strong Detroit roots and networks across the public, private and social services sectors.

The move comes less than a year after the pair said they plan to donate large amounts of their now $32.3 billion fortune to help eradicate intergenerational poverty in Detroit. Ballmer is a Detroit native.

The position "is a newly created role reflecting Ballmer Group's commitment to alleviating intergenerational poverty in a city where the Ballmer family has deep roots," the foundation said in the posting.

Among other responsibilities, the new leader will be charged with developing and managing a multimillion dollar budget for Detroit grants, initiatives and partnerships, reporting to the foundation's managing director and the Ballmers.

The Bellevue, Wash.-based foundation supports organizations and programs aimed at helping U.S. children and families rise out of poverty and build a better life. It makes grants and seeks collaborations aimed at scaling the country's most effective interventions, accelerate place-based neighborhood interventions and improve the efficacy and efficiency of public systems and programs that support low-income communities, approaches the Ballmers discussed with Crain's Publisher and Editor Ron Fournier last fall while in Detroit for the 2016 Homecoming event.

Among other strategies, the Ballmer Group said it is making unrestricted, long-term grants over five to 10 years to support national and regional organizations with demonstrated impact in improving economic mobility for children and families.