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At FutureSense, An Alliant Company, we are seeking a highly skilled Grants Administrator to join our team. As a Grants Administrator, you will be responsible for applying for private and public grants, managing grant-funded projects, coordinating grant renewal activities, submitting reports, and facilitating stewardship activities.
Key Responsibilities:- Coordinate with the Grants Team to ensure proper organization and completeness of grant records, including grant applications/agreements, budgets, spending reports, and audit information.
- Manage a detailed annual calendar of grant opportunities, submissions, and reports, ensuring all deadlines are met in a timely manner.
- Work closely and cross-functionally with other departments to identify program needs and collect grant report data, ensuring grant compliance.
- Determine funding priorities for programs and coordinate with the Director of Mission Advancement, Consultants, and Leadership to research opportunities to meet those needs.
- Coordinate with finance and program teams to help create budgets and financial reporting.
- Manage a portfolio of private, corporate, and government grantors and prospects, maintaining donor records in a database, tracking proposals, touchpoints, and follow-up actions.
- Responsible for writing, proofing, editing, and submitting well-written letters of inquiry and proposals to private, corporate, and government funders, adhering to LOI and grant application guidelines and industry best practices.
- Ensure grant templates are compelling, current, and updated regularly.
- Highly analytical, detail-minded, technically savvy, with a broad understanding of strategic goals and a keen ability to interpret data.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of the team.
- Understanding of grant funding policies and procedures and applicable local, state, and federal regulations.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Thorough understanding of effective grant writing techniques.
- Superior organizational and database management skills.
- Excellent project management skills and ability to prioritize work and resources.
- Ability to work with multiple data management systems, including third-party grant management systems.
- Ability to meet deadlines.
- Ability to interpret financial data and prepare budgets and financial grant reports.
- Ability to be discreet with confidential information that may be needed for some grants.
- Maintenance of all grants-related systems, including a calendar, comprehensive grants information sheets, and physical/digital file records.
- Implementation of standard protocols for grants tracking, including codes/naming conventions, record-keeping structure, and reporting options.
- Enhancement of internal and external grants-related communications with readily available reports.
- Identification of new revenue streams for general operating and programming funding.
- Bachelor's degree required.
- Documented success in proposal writing and grants management.
- 3-5 years of experience preferred.
- Demonstrated skills in budget preparation, communication, verbal and written.
- Knowledge of nonprofit organizational and program development.
- Experience working with vulnerable populations preferred.
- Ability to live out of a restorative justice philosophy and use the circle process when needed.
- Skilled in building healthy relationships, maintaining boundaries, and valuing confidentiality.
- Experience in working with a diverse population and diverse personalities.
- A willingness to be a good steward of resources.
- Ability to effectively communicate through written, verbal, and electronic methods.
- Ability to be a self-starter, problem-solver, and dreamer of possibilities.
- Conduct oneself in a professional, warm, and approachable manner.
- Organized and able to meet deadlines and multitask.
- Competent using Microsoft Office 365 Suite (MS Word, Excel, Adobe).
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment.
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