Sr. Grants Manager & Writer
Under the direction of the Director of Development & Marketing, the Sr. Grants Manager & Writer develops proposals, creates reports, and stewards relationships with foundation, corporate, government, religious, and civic partners for Our House. The Sr. Grants Manager & Writer also prospects and develops collaterals in preparation for meetings with donors and prospects.
Duties and Responsibilities
1) Implement an effective grant writing focused on foundation, corporate, government, religious, and civic funders.
- Work with Our House’s leadership and development team to create and implement annual and multi year plans to increase revenue from foundation, corporate, government (local, state, and Federal), religious, and civic funders.
- Prepare and write grant proposals, applications and reports for government agencies and private and corporate foundations to secure funding for Our House’s general operations and programs.
- Work collaboratively with program and finance staff to obtain content required to write narratives for proposals and reports, including the preparation of grant forms and the assembly of budgets and supporting materials.
- Collaborate with program and finance staff to assure grant measurements and outcomes are monitored and Our House complies with all applicable local, state and federal grant requirements.
- Research and identify new funding opportunities from foundations and religious and civic institutions.
- Attend grantee trainings, workshops, and meetings to comply with grant guidelines and to stay abreast of best practices and trends in the local philanthropic community and in the field overall.
- Work with the Development Director to develop and distribute donor communications such as case statements, annual reports, and stewardship reports.
- Collaborate with the CEO and Chief Development Officer to engage Board and Advisory Council Members in foundation, corporate, religious, and civic funder prospecting, cultivation, and solicitation. Help Our House’s leadership make appropriate connections, prepare for solicitation calls and follow up, and monitor fundraising progress.
2) Maintain accurate internal fundraising and programmatic reporting and file management.
- Working with the Development grants team, draft and manage the Development Grants Calendar, ensuring accurate deadlines and relevant data, and updating on an ongoing basis.
- Maintain timely and accurate file management and track all application and reporting processes and correspondences in the Development Drive.
- Work collaboratively with program and finance staff to compile information required for applications and reports, including the preparation of grant forms and supporting materials.
- Ensure that frequently needed attachments such as audits, 990’s, board of directors lists etc. are updated and filed electronically in the attachments folder.
- Working with the Development Coordinator, ensure uniform and consistent use of Bloomerang for recording donor relationship and giving activities.
- Work with the Development team to monitor, report, and analyze fundraising streams and fundraising performance.
- Manage passwords for donor grant management portals.
3) Serve as an integral member of the Our House development team.
- Represent Our House in appropriate community forums.
- Help sustain a culture of planning and of performance-based work and evaluation.
- Ensure uniform and consistent use of Bloomerang for recording donor relationship and giving activities.
- Stay abreast of key issues and trends in the homeless community and activities at Our House and effectively communicate important key messages to donors and prospects.
- Oversee the Grants Coordinator.
- Other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Bachelor’s degree required
Experience:
Minimum: 2 years of grant writing and reporting experience for a nonprofit organization
Preferred: 3 to 5 years of experience in nonprofit fundraising
Required Skills and Qualities:
- Excellent time management and organization skills
- Experience writing and managing Foundation, local, state, and Federal Government grant applications
- Exceptional communication skills, both oral and written
- Ability to multi-task independently with little supervision
- Strong interpersonal skills, and ability to work well with individuals from diverse backgrounds
- Excellent computer skills including intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
- Experience working with donor databases, such as Bloomerang
- Commitment to Our House’s vision, mission and value
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
Work setting:
Application Question(s):
- Are you accustomed to a high pace and volume of grant writing?
- Will you need a 1:1 two-week training period?
Experience:
- Grant writing: 2 years (Required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Atlanta, GA 30312