Senior Grant Writer- Grants

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Location: Voorhees, NJ

Job Type/Status: Full-Time

Salary: 83k Annually

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assists with the full range of activities required to prepare, submit, and manage grant proposals to drive, maintain and increase the organizations funding from a variety of external sources including public funding sources, foundations, and corporate supporters.
• Follow departmental processes and procedures for job responsibilities as outlined in the department's training manual
• Identifies, researches, cultivates, solicits, recognizes, and stewards grant funders.
• Conducts regular research on various public funding opportunities and RFPs, performs prospect research on foundations and corporations to assess and evaluate prospects for corporate and foundation grants.
• Drafts and edits letters of intent, grant proposals, on-line grant submissions, reports, and necessary supporting documents for complex proposals to prospective and current funders.
• Attend funder bidders and technical assistance meetings as required
• Thoroughly read and edit public and private funding proposals composed by others which have been vetted for submission
• Develops case-by-case strategies based on the giving interests of each prospect.
• Updates and maintains electronic agency information and application records.
• Complies with all grant-related deadlines as required by funder for proposals, budgets and other submissions, including reports.
• Works closely with programmatic supervisory hierarchy to identify potential funding sources, conceptualizes and develops new program initiatives and draft proposals; as well as to develop new programs, measurement tools, and accompanying logic models and other supporting documents as required by potential funders.
• Assists in the preparation of budgets for grant proposals and budget reports for funders
• Works closely with programs and Finance department to gather information needed for proposals and reports.
• Assists with the development of new project ideas.
• Works with external partners to co-develop project proposals.
• Assists with other fundraising projects as requested.
• Participate in proposal reviews and scores feedback as needed when proposals are not funded.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Communications or related field; commensurate experience in relevant field may be acceptable in lieu of degree. Master's degree preferred.
• Must have a minimum of 3 years of grant writing experience (5 years preferred), with a varied programmatic and topical focus; along with demonstrated familiarity with the government and/or non-profit sectors, as well as knowledge and familiarity with grants research and experience in securing government and/or non-government funding and fee-for-service contracts
• Must be extremely detail-oriented and follow directions explicitly
• Must possess technical grant writing and grant budget skills
• Must possess strong writing skills, including grammar, punctuation, and spelling
• Strong editing skills of work composed by others
• Strong research skills to gather statistics for problem statement
• Proficient in use of the following software: Word, Excel, Adobe Reader
• Knowledge in field of interest for which proposals are being written (i.e., education, social services, justice, health and human services, etc.)
• Able to work on multiple projects at the same time
• Able to work under deadlines
• Must have strong professional ethics

Benefits:

At the Center for Family Services, our employees are our greatest resource, and we are committed to investing in our staff. We offer a competitive benefits package as well as ongoing resources that will support staff on their personal and professional journey.*

• Excellent paid time off (PTO) program, including vacation, sick, personal, and holiday
• 401k Plan
• Medical insurance plan options
• Dental & Vision Insurance
• Prescription Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health & Wellness Activities
• Ongoing Training & Professional Development Opportunities
• Opportunity for advancement

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