Institutional Grants Professional

4 weeks ago

Lisle, Illinois, United States The Morton Arboretum Full time
Job Summary

The Morton Arboretum is seeking an experienced Institutional Grants Manager to provide leadership, oversight, and portfolio development for institutional grants. This role will involve managing the pre-award and non-financial post-award restricted funding process, working collaboratively across the institution to support principal investigators, and leading the tracking and analysis of success rates across all restricted grantseeking.

Key Responsibilities
  • Manage pre-award proposal development, internal approvals, and submittals, as well as non-financial aspects of post-award administration such as modification requests, grant period extensions, response to funder queries, and other requirements for award administration.
  • Provide technical assistance to principal investigators and grant project leaders on the administration and implementation of government grants, identifying and addressing training needs.
  • Ensure compliance with Arboretum grant policies and processes.
  • Identify and research funding opportunities for government and foundation grants, sharing information with relevant departments.
  • Develop and manage a portfolio of government and foundation donors and prospects, effectively managing, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding funders.
  • Work closely with internal program staff and researchers from multiple departments to collect information for corporate, foundation, and government grant applications, proposals, and reports.
  • Produce monthly budget variance reports and update revenue/pipeline tracking to ensure revenue goals are met.
  • Support priority programs and events for the development department, and other Arboretum events, as needed.
  • Track activity and awards in Salesforce database and Smartsheets.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • 5+ years of demonstrated successful grant administration, or similar experience with a non-profit organization required.
  • Experience using Constituent Resource Management Systems (CRM) and federal and state grant processes expected.
  • Strong research, writing, and editing, and verbal communication skills required.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office and Google applications.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Ability to handle sensitive information in a confidential manner.
  • Customer service oriented, with the ability to exercise diplomacy and tact in dealing with both internal and external constituents and their requests.
  • Comfortable representing the organization confidently and professionally.
  • Highly organized and detail oriented, with the ability to prioritize independently and successfully meet the demands and deadlines of multiple projects.
  • A commitment to, and ability to effectively convey, the Arboretum's mission with genuine passion, and the willingness to continually learn about the programs and mission.

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