Funding and Resource Development Specialist

AmeriCorps & Senior Corps; Missouri; On-site; USD 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Childcare assistance

Training

Relocation Allowance

Education Award or End of Service Stip

Health Coverage

Living Allowance

Job summary

Live 2 Give Hope, a Lebanon, Missouri-based nonprofit, seeks a Funding and Resource Development Specialist to build grant and fundraising capacity across the organization. The VISTA role focuses on creating a grant pipeline, tracking system, donor stewardship processes, and reusable fundraising tools to diversify support for families in poverty and foster care programs.

Responsibilities include researching opportunities, developing templates and calendars, and documenting a long-term

Qualifications

• Experience in grant writing and fundraising.
• Strong written and spoken communication skills.
• Team-oriented with ability to collaborate across departments.

Responsibilities

• Research grant opportunities aligned with organizational priorities and build a funding pipeline.
• Design and implement a grant tracking and reporting system, including templates and a reporting calendar.
• Develop a donor engagement and stewardship process with communication templates.
• Create a fundraising calendar and reusable fundraising tools, including campaign templates and appeal materials.
• Document a long-term sustainability plan for grant development and donor stewardship.

Skills

Fund raising/Grant Writing

Public Speaking

Writing/Editing

Team Work

Job description

Funding and Resource Development Specialist

Live 2 Give Hope is a nonprofit based in Lebanon, Missouri, serving Laclede County and the surrounding region. The organization supports families affected by poverty and involvement in the child welfare system through programs like the Fostering Hope Closet, which provides clothing, beds, and essential items to foster and at-risk families, Kids' Night Out, a respite program for foster families, and Paving the Way, a life skills program for youth aging out of foster care.This VISTA project works to reduce poverty-related child welfare involvement in Laclede County by strengthening the organizational systems that connect low-income and at-risk families to these existing programs. The Funding and Resource Development Specialist will build capacity by creating the grant and fundraising infrastructure Live 2 Give Hope needs to diversify and sustain its funding, including a grant opportunity pipeline, a grant tracking and reporting system, a donor stewardship process, and reusable fundraising tools and calendars.This is capacity-building work, not direct service. The VISTA member will not work directly with clients or families. Instead, they will develop the systems and materials that allow Live 2 Give Hope's staff to secure and sustain the resources needed to serve more families, both now and after the VISTA term ends.

Member Duties :

The VISTA member will research grant opportunities aligned with organizational priorities and build a written funding pipeline that identifies prospective funders, eligibility criteria, and application deadlines. They will design and implement a grant tracking and reporting system, including proposal templates and a reporting calendar.The member will create a donor engagement and stewardship system, including communication templates and a tracking process, and will develop a fundraising calendar and reusable fundraising tools, including campaign templates and appeal materials.Finally, the member will document a long-term sustainability plan for grant development and donor stewardship so these systems continue running smoothly once their service year is complete.

Program Benefits :

• Childcare assistance if eligible
• Training
• Relocation Allowance
• Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend
• Health Coverage*
• Living Allowance

Terms :

• Car recommended
• Permits working at another job during off hours
• Permits attendance at school during off hours

Service Areas :

• Children/Youth
• Community Outreach
• Community and Economic Development

Skills :

• Fund raising/Grant Writing
• Public Speaking
• Writing/Editing
• Team Work

Funding and Resource Development Specialist