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Join the New York Hall of Science team as a Senior Grant Writer, a critical member of our Institutional Advancement team. We are seeking a highly motivated, self-directed professional with superior communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

The Senior Grant Writer will write and edit letters of inquiry and grant proposals that build a compelling case for institutional funders to support NYSCI. This role is ideal for an experienced grant writer who is interested in taking on additional responsibilities, such as strategic planning, in close collaboration with NYSCI's Vice President of Institutional Giving, Chief Advancement Officer, and other members of the Institutional Advancement team.

• Write and edit letters of inquiry and grant proposals that build a compelling case for institutional funders to support NYSCI.
• Manage the full-cycle process for grant awards, including the internal tracking of program deliverables and reporting deadlines; coordinate with other teams as necessary to ensure that funder requirements are met.
• Assist in generating grant budgets and expenditure reports, in partnership with program and finance staff.
• Build strong working relationships with other teams to collaboratively shape individual grant requests, as well as NYSCI's overall programmatic fundraising strategy.
• Prospect for new foundation, corporate, and government grant opportunities through regular online research; present recommendations for approaching strong prospects to NYSCI's leadership.
• Use a CRM database (Raiser's Edge) to track past submissions and upcoming deadlines, and to assess year-over-year trends in NYSCI's institutional fundraising.
• Steward relationships with institutional funders through ongoing correspondence, meetings, event attendance, and/or site visits.
• Collaborate with the Chief Advancement Officer and the Vice President of Institutional Advancement to design and implement a strategic fundraising plan, focused on expanding institutional support for NYSCI.
• Stay informed of trends in philanthropy that may influence NYSCI's approach to institutional fundraising.

• Bachelor's Degree in Communications, English, Museum Studies, Non-Profit Management, a related field of study, and/or its work experience equivalent.
• 3+ years of foundation, corporate, and/or government fundraising experience, with an emphasis on grant writing, record keeping and stewardship systems, and experience working within a complex organization.
• Commitment to the philosophy and mission of the New York Hall of Science.
• Experience in building a foundation and/or corporate relations program and proven ability to effectively inspire others.
• Demonstrated ability to identify, cultivate, solicit, and close grants from foundations, corporations, and/or government agencies.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct in-depth donor research with familiarity and/or experience utilizing RelPro, RelSci, iWave, Candid's Foundation Directory, Foundation Search, and/or other prospecting tools.
• Experience collaborating with diverse teams (within department, cross departmental, and with external partners) including the ability to effectively lead and manage projects as well as harness team creativity and translate it into effective fundraising.
• Experience fundraising for a science center/natural history museum/children's museum or STEM education institution is preferred but not required.

• Master's Degree preferred.

NYSCI strives to be an inclusive and equitable place to work. We foster diverse voices and perspectives, empower staff as problem solvers and support professional growth for all. The New York Hall of Science also offers generous benefits and perks for all regular full-time employees, including health, dental and vision insurance options, flexible spending accounts for healthcare, dependent care and commuter benefits, pension and 401k plan, free life insurance coverage, paid vacation and sick leave, 13 paid holidays, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, and free onsite parking.