Grant Writer

Middletown, City of (CT); Middletown (CT); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Middletown seeks a professional grant writer to perform administrative work, identify funding opportunities, write proposals, secure funding, and monitor grant-funded projects. The role reports to the Mayor or designee and involves collaborating with City Departments and external officials.

Qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in a related field and at least three years of grant writing/management experience. Strong data analysis and reporting skills are required.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 3+ years of grant writing/management experience.
• Ability to research funding sources and prepare compelling proposals.

Responsibilities

• Plans, organizes, and supervises grant programs and coordinates activities across City Departments.
• Compiles grants inventory, coordinates current programs, and assists in new applications.
• Prepares implementation strategies and ensures proper hand-off to departments.
• Works with legislators and officials to secure funding and presents to secure grants.
• Ensures contract compliance, budget preparation, and quarterly reporting.
• Evaluates programs at closeout and prepares reports for leadership.

Skills

Grant writing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration or related field

Job description

The purpose of this position is to perform a variety of professional administrative work involving actively seeking out grant opportunities that meet the City’s needs; writing proposals that market that need; securing funding; and monitoring and submitting timely, accurate reports for new and existing grant funded projects. The work is performed under the direction of the Mayor or his/her designee. The following duties are normal for this position. These are not to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Other duties may be required and assigned.

• Plans, organizes and supervises programs and activities related to specific grant programs and coordinates activities for City Departments in monitoring applying for and receiving intergovernmental assistance.
• Administers activities of the City in compiling and inventorying of existing grants, coordinating current grant programs, maintain reporting requirements, identifying new sources of funding through Federal, State, Local and private sector agencies, and assisting City departments in the preparation of new and existing grant applications.
• Prepares implementation strategies for each grant to be handed over to the department responsible for implementing the grant. Follows up with appropriate personnel and staff to resolve issues.
• Works with legislators and public officials, attends public hearings, and makes presentations to secure grant funds.
• Performs contract compliance with assistance of the Finance Department, including budget preparation quarterly reports, and budget revisions and the audit of programs.
• Performs program evaluation with City department heads or development agencies upon project closeout.
• Prepares reports for the Mayor or designee.

Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration, Public Policy, Finance or a related field with three years of related grant writing and grant management experience; or any combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge, skills and abilities.

Language Ability and Interpersonal Communications

• Requires the ability to perform mid-level of data analysis including the ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize and/or reference data, statutes and/or guidelines and/or group, rank, investigate and diagnose. Requires discretion in determining and referencing such to established standards to recognize interactive effects and relationships.
• Requires the ability to provide guidance, assistance and/or interpretation to others, such as co-workers and the public, on how to apply policies, procedures and standards to specific situations.
• Requires the ability to utilize a variety of reference, descriptive and/or advisory data and information such as a variety of reports, budgets, requests, deposits, manuals, procedures, guidelines and non-routine correspondence.
• Requires the ability to communicate orally and in writing with the Mayor, Department Heads, and Public Officials, City personnel, auditors, financial institutions and the public.

Mathematical Ability

• Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; and to calculate percentages and decimals; may require the ability to perform mathematical operations with fractions, algebra and statistics.

Physical Requirements

• Requires the ability to operate, calibrate, tune and synchronize, and perform complex rapid adjustment on equipment, machinery and tools such as a computer and other office machines and/or related materials used in performing essential functions.
• Ability to coordinate eyes, hands, feet and limbs in performing skilled movements such as rapid keyboard use.
• Tasks involve the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling of objects weighing five to ten pounds.
• Requires the ability to recognize and identify similarities or differences between characteristics of colors, shapes and sounds associated with job-related objects, materials and tasks.

Environmental Adaptability

• Ability to work under safe and comfortable conditions where exposure to environmental factors is minimal and poses a very limited risk of injury.

The City of Middletown is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.