Grants Manager

Child & FamilyMiddletown, RI

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Job Description

What You’ll Be Doing

You will be responsible for researching, writing, planning, and reporting on all agency grants, contracts, and request for proposals (RFPs), corporate and Family Foundation solicitations.

Hybrid Role, 20% Remote Work.

Your Main Priorities

While additional responsibilities are likely to arise on the job, you will primarily:

Manage, research, write, track and report on all proposals, letters of intent, applications for all government, corporate, community and foundation grants.

Develop and execute comprehensive grant and contract development plan to support the agency’s diverse mission.

Provide administrative support for special events campaigns and mission-based agency programs.

Generate revenue for agency programs and services through timely submission of well-written and well-documented fund-raising proposals.

Develop and maintain ongoing relationships with major donors, corporate partners, and foundations.

Interact with community partners to identify new grant opportunities.

Maintain an annual grants calendar with deadlines for proposal submission and reports.

Work with programs, Finance and Quality Assurance departments to develop performance metrics and budgets for grant proposals.

Interact with programs to have a complete understanding of programs for grant proposals.

Support all Development & Communications Department initiative such as social media efforts and community support.

Manage agency grants on platforms such as Bloomerang, data entry and acknowledgement processes.

Who You Are

Requirements, Skills & Abilities:

High school diploma or equivalent required.

Minimum 3 years’ experience in grant writing, marketing and communications of fund development required; experience with Development Software products, i.e., Raiser’s edge, Sage or Bloomerang preferred; experience with record keeping and research a plus.

Strong organizational, critical thinking and time-management skills.

Basic computer skills required; knowledge of Microsoft Office 365.

Ability to communicate and effectively interact with a diverse population.

Collaboration and teamwork.

The ideal candidate will be required to meet all background checks and medical clearances required for the position.

Physical Requirements

Operational staff:

This position involves work in an office setting. Tasks include operating a computer for extended periods, communicating with colleagues, and occasional lifting of office/department materials up to 25lbs. The role also requires the ability to sit for extended periods, bending, reaching, hearing and vision.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Child & Family will not discriminate against any individual on the basis of age, gender, sexual orientation, color, race, creed, national origin, ancestry, religious persuasion, marital status, political belief, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, physical or mental disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations, genetic predisposition or genetic carrier status, or any other protected category under local, state, or federal law, nor will anyone receive special treatment for those reasons, except for reasonable accommodation as required by law. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.

Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services

In order to provide equitable service delivery and go above and beyond equal opportunity requirements, our organization is committed to ensuring that all staff are able to perform the following cultural competencies:

Demonstrate the ability to communicate and effectively interact with people across cultures, ranges of ability, genders, ethnicities, and races.

Demonstrate knowledge of the history of discrimination in America, particularly as it relates to race and racism, and how this history has led to disparities experienced by marginalized communities such as BIPOC, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ communities, and others.

Demonstrate the ability to successfully deliver culturally responsive services.

Affirmative Action

Child & Family strives to achieve a workforce that includes representation of qualified affirmative action group members in proportion to the qualified and available target group workforce in the community that we serve.

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