Grant Officer

New York Legal Assistance Group; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 84,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k

Life insurance

Long-term disability

Commuter benefits

FSA for Medical and Dependent care

Job summary

New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) seeks a Grant Officer to support the full lifecycle of grants, including prospect research, proposals, and renewals, in service of NYLAG’s mission to advance civil legal services for those in need.

You will collaborate with the development team, legal staff, and leadership, crafting compelling letters, reports, and renewals, while maintaining grant calendars and ensuring timely submissions in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 3–5 years of nonprofit grant-writing experience.
• Excellent writing and editing skills; the ability to translate complex information to tell a clear and compelling story.
• Demonstrated success securing 5-, 6-, and 7-figure grants from government and foundation funders.
• Demonstrated ability to utilize various prospecting tools to identify and secure new funding sources.
• Passion for NYLAG’s mission and ability to translate that passion in writing.
• Strong project management skills; ability to coordinate with multiple stakeholders to meet proposal deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the development team, legal staff, and financial counselors to draft and submit compelling letters of inquiries, proposals, reports, and renewals.
• Perform prospect research on government, foundations, and corporate funders; identify potential fits between funder priorities and NYLAG’s goals.
• Craft compelling case statements and other materials to support institutional and philanthropic fundraising.
• Engage with staff and data teams to gather information to strengthen proposals, reports, and renewals.
• Monitor grant expectations, deliverables, and program updates; maintain regular communication with stakeholders for a portfolio of grants.
• Maintain grant calendars; coordinate with program staff to prepare proposals, reports, and renewals for timely submission; develop streamlined protocols.
• Collaborate with the development team to steward current funders, including updates and site visits.
• Maintain updated grant records and donor database entries.
• Develop protocols to ensure timely submission of proposals and reports.

Skills

Grant writing

Proposal writing

Editing

Nonprofit fundraising

Fundraising research

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

About NYLAG

Founded in 1990, NYLAG is a leading civil legal services organization combatting economic, racial, and social injustice by advocating for people experiencing poverty or in crisis. Our services include comprehensive, free civil legal services, financial empowerment, impact litigation, policy advocacy, and community partnerships. NYLAG exists because wealth should not determine who has access to justice. We aim to disrupt systemic racism by serving individuals and families whose legal and financial crises are often rooted in racial inequality. NYLAG goes to where the need is, providing services in more than 150 community sites (e.g., courts, hospitals, libraries) and on our Mobile Legal Help Center. NYLAG’s staff of over 400 impacted the lives of over 125,000 people last year.

Job description

The Grant Officer will report to the Director of Institutional Giving & Government Relations and work closely with members of the development team, NYLAG leadership and advocates to support the life‑cycle of a grant, including prospect research, proposal development and stewardship. This includes crafting, coordinating, and submitting compelling letters of interest, proposals, reports, and renewals in support of the advancement of NYLAG’s mission.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the development team, legal staff, and financial counselors to draft and submit compelling and succinct letters of inquiries, proposals, reports, and renewals
• Perform prospect research on government, foundations, and corporate funders; identify potential fits between grantor funding priorities organization goals. Make recommendations on pursuing potential new grant opportunities.
• Craft compelling case statements and other materials in support of both institutional and philanthropic fundraising efforts
• Engage with legal and financial counseling staff and grants and data coordinators and the data analyst to maintain knowledge of the organization’s programs and to collect data and information to bolster the quality of proposals, reports, and renewals
• Monitor grant expectations, needs, deliverables and programmatic updates, and maintain regular communication with internal and external stakeholders for a portfolio of grants and contracts
• Maintain grant calendars; coordinate with programmatic staff, data team, finance department, and other key staff to prepare grant proposals, reports, and renewals for timely submission; develop protocols to streamline processes
• Collaborate with the development team and staff to regularly steward with current potential funders, including preparing updates, communicating successes, and coordinating site visits
• Maintain updated grant records and files, including maintaining grant records in the donor database
• Manage grants calendars; develop protocols to ensure timely submission of grant proposals and reports. and develop protocols for timely submission of proposals and reports
• Engage with staff across NYLAG’s legal and financial counseling units to understand the work of the organization, gather information and success stories to strengthen proposals
• Maintain updated grant files and records

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• At least 3-5 years of experience grant-writing at a nonprofit
• Excellent writing and editing skills; the ability to translate complex information to tell a clear and compelling story
• Demonstrated ability to craft compelling letters of interest, proposals, reports, and renewals
• Demonstrated success in 5-, 6-, and 7-figure grants from both government and foundation funders
• Demonstrated ability to utilize various prospecting tools to identify and secure new funding sources
• Passion for NYLAG’s mission and ability to translate that passion in writing
• Ability to engage with staff to develop a deep understanding of programmatic areas
• Strong project management skills; ability multitask several projects simultaneously
• Ability to coordinate with multiple stakeholders to manage and meet proposal and submission deadlines

NYLAG’s Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

NYLAG is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. People of color, women, people with disabilities, immigrants, veterans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people, and those with lived experiences in the communities we serve are strongly encouraged to apply.

Employment type

☒ Full‑time

Professional Level

☒ Professional

Salary Range

NYLAG is a unionized workplace, and salaries are set pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement. The current salary range for this position is between $84,280 and $87,685.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, 401k, life insurance, long term disability, commuter benefits, flexible spending accounts (FSA) for Medical and Dependent care.

NYLAG is committed to a hybrid work policy for staff whose work does not require their full‑time presence in the office. NYLAG’s current policy is that most staff are required to work in NYLAG’s offices or do other in‑person work at least two days each week. This policy is subject to change.