Assistant Director, Grant Writing – Housing Impact

Enterprise Community Partners; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance bonuses

Dental

Health

Vision care plans

401(k) plan with employer matching

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Enterprise Community Partners in Chicago is seeking an Assistant Director, Grant Writing to lead a collaborative proposal process across fundraising and program teams. You will shape grant concepts, drafts and narratives, ensuring timely submissions and adherence to funder requirements.

You will work with nine frontline fundraisers, manage budgets and liaise with finance for narratives and reports. A strong writing background and experience in affordable housing funding are essential.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of the fundraising process and prior grant writing experience with foundations, corporations and government agencies.
• Undergraduate degree and minimum 3-4 years of experience in a similar position.

Responsibilities

• Oversee corporate, foundation, and government grant proposal and reporting process with the support of a Grant Writer.
• Work with fundraisers to evaluate upcoming writing deliverables, and then develop timelines and schedules to manage the cadence of workflow processes, including distribution of writing assignments, gathering of budgets and ancillary materials and review of deliverables in advance of deadlines.
• Prepare proposals by discerning concept, gathering and formatting information, writing drafts, and obtaining approvals.
• Write, edit, assemble and submit new and renewal proposals, concept papers, program reports, letters of inquiry and stewardship documents in accordance with funder guidelines; adjusts proposal-writing by evaluating and re-designing processes, approach, coordination and boilerplate according to funder’s voice.
• Build confidence and rapport among colleagues by assembling information and data, developing fundraising strategies and creating written materials for specific program areas.
• Interface with accounting staff and program leaders to create program budgets, budget narratives and financial reports.
• Work with database administrators and other internal teams to maintain up-to-date files for written materials in grants management system.

Skills

Grant writing

Fundraising process

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Salesforce

Job description

Enterprise Community Partners in Chicago is seeking an Assistant Director, Grant Writing to lead a collaborative proposal process across fundraising and program teams. You will shape grant concepts, drafts and narratives, ensuring timely submissions and adherence to funder requirements.

You will work with nine frontline fundraisers, manage budgets and liaise with finance for narratives and reports. A strong writing background and experience in affordable housing funding are essential.