Nonprofit

Grants Manager & Writer

Remote, Work must be performed anywhere in United States


  • Details

    Job Type:Full Time
    Start Date:September 16, 2024
    Education:4-Year Degree Required
    Experience Level:Mid-level
    Salary:USD $75,000 - $82,000 / year

    Description

    ICS seeks an organized, detail-oriented, and mission driven professional to join our team. The Grants Manager and Writer will play a critical role in increasing ICS’s revenue and support its growth as a national nonprofit organization.

    Key Responsibilities

    - Build out and maintain fundraising pipeline: from donor prospecting, to preparing letters of inquiry/grant proposals, to tracking grant deadlines, and crafting interim/final reports

    - Ensure all gifts are tracked and appropriate thank you letters are sent in a timely manner

    - Collaborate across ICS departments to stay current ICS impact, and to obtain data, metrics, and stories to bring ICS’s impact and work to life for ICS funders

    - Organize special donor events and briefings to ensure funders are kept informed of ICS’s work throughout the year.

    - Create and manage monthly, quarterly, and annual reports to track fundraising success, and support the build out and implementation of a new donor CRM.

    About You:

    - Passionate about ICS’s mission

    - Highly organized and can juggle multiple projects while meeting deadlines

    - Enjoy doing donor research and nurturing potential funding opportunities

    - Compelling writer and storyteller, who understands different audiences and demonstrates excellent attention to detail

    You Have:

    - At least two years of experience as a grants writer manager/writer at a nonprofit organization

    - Bachelor’s degree or beyond in English Literature, Writing, Communication, Nonprofit Studies, or a related field

    - Understanding of the philanthropic space

    - Strong organizational skills with experience developing/managing grant tracking systems

    - Donor CRM experience strongly preferred

    - Strong oral and written communication skills

    ICS seeks an organized, detail-oriented, and mission driven professional to join our team. The Grants Manager and Writer will play a critical role in increasing ICS’s revenue and support its growth as a national nonprofit organization.

    Key Responsibilities

    - Build out and maintain fundraising pipeline: from donor prospecting, to preparing letters of inquiry/grant proposals, to tracking grant deadlines, and crafting interim/final reports

    - Ensure all gifts are tracked and appropriate thank you letters are sent in a timely manner

    - Collaborate across ICS departments to stay current ICS impact, and to obtain data, metrics, and stories to bring ICS’s impact and work to life for ICS funders

    - Organize special donor events and briefings to ensure funders are kept informed of ICS’s work throughout the year.

    - Create and manage monthly, quarterly, and annual reports to track fundraising success, and support the build out and implementation of a new donor CRM.

    About You…

    Benefits

    • Paid vacation
    • Paid sick time
    • All major legal/bank holidays are paid days off. In addition, we provide paid holidays on Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah, Pesach and Shavuot when they fall during the work week
    • Health and dental benefits
    • Flexible Spending plan
    • Long term disability
    • Life insurance
    • 401k plan
    • Paid vacation
    • Paid sick time
    • All major legal/bank holidays are paid days off. In addition, we provide paid holidays on Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah, Pesach and Shavuot when they fall during the work week
    • Health and dental benefits
    • Flexible Spending plan
    • Long term disability
    • Life insurance
    • 401k plan

    Location

    Remote
    Work must be performed anywhere in United States
    Associated Location
    Berkeley, CA, USA

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