Grant Writing Consultant-Law Enforcement

Lexipol; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 76,000; Part time

Job summary

Lexipol’s Grants Team seeks a Grant Writing Consultant—Law Enforcement to write grant narratives, research funding opportunities, and consult with police departments and sheriff’s offices across the United States. This remote, part-time contract role requires strong writing and grant knowledge, and the ability to manage multiple projects with a fast-paced team.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years of professional grant writing/consulting experience in local law enforcement, familiarity with FEMA, DHS,

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional writing and consulting experience within local law enforcement agencies.

Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive grant narratives and ensure they are delivered timely and error-free.

Skills

Grant writing

Consulting

Research

Multitasking

Under pressure

CRM databases

Tools

CRM databases

Job description

Grant Writing Consultant—Law Enforcement

This is a remote. part-time Contract role: candidates must live in the United States.

>>>>> This is direct with the Grant Consultant. NO outside firms will be considered. <<<<<<<

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

About Lexipol

At Lexipol, our mission is to create safer communities and empower the individuals on the front lines with market-leading content and technology. Our top-notch team works closely with law enforcement, fire, EMS, corrections, and local government professionals to tailor our solutions to better address today’s challenges and keep first responders coming home safely at the end of each shift.

Working at Lexipol means making a difference, day in and day out.

The Work

Lexipol’s Grants Team provides customized solutions that enable applicants to identify and pursue federal, state, local, foundation, and private funding opportunities. Public safety agencies and local governments often lack dedicated grant resources or the time required to research opportunities, assess eligibility, and develop competitive applications.

Our core grant solutions include:

• GrantFinder, our grant search and funding intelligence platform.
• GrantWriter, a retained service program for applicants seeking support across multiple projects and programs.
• GrantManager, an end-to-end retained program supporting applicants throughout the grant lifecycle.
• Corporate Grant Assistance Program (GAP), which connects corporate sponsors and their customers with grant education, funding opportunities, lead nurture, and expert grant support.

The Law Enforcement Grants Consultant plays a key role on the Grants Team. The overall goal for this role is to assist the Grants Team in the fulfillment of grant writing services contracts, grant consulting, grant research and reviews for local police departments and sheriff’s departments in the US.. This role will be responsible for narrative writing, research, and consulting with agencies and communities one-on-one regarding grant programs. This position reports to the Grant Services Manager. The primary objective is to successfully submit complete and comprehensive, professional grant applications for our law enforcement clients. Working in partnership with a Grants Team Project Manager, this position will assist in the fulfillment and successful completion of contracted grant projects.

The Lexipol Grants team will fulfill Law Enforcement grant writing applications; research; review and consulting for public safety agencies; state police; county, national and state Law Enforcement member associations. The team submits applications to major grant makers including FEMA, DHS, BJA, COPS, and OVW.

***** This is a remote Contract role: candidates must live in the United States.*****

This is done through working in these areas of focus:

Narrative Writing and Development (40%)

Example activities:

• Provide support and guidance to the project manager and agencies by developing comprehensive narratives. Narratives will be delivered professionally, timely, and free of grammar errors.
• Consult with agency point of contacts on items needed for narratives and make recommendations on project eligibility.

Consulting (60%)

Example activities:

• Advise, consult, problem solve, and research potential grant programs for the departments, agencies and governments we serve via phone calls, video conferencing, and email.
• Meet with agencies one-on-one to discuss project and recommend potential grant opportunities.

Requirements: To be considered for this role, you will have this experience:

• 2 or more years of professional writing and consulting experience within local law enforcement agencies: police departments and sheriff’s departments.
• A knowledge of federal, state, foundation, and corporate grant processes, in particular grants that benefit law enforcement agencies.
• Experience with writing grants or grant narratives for programs like the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the COPS Office, State and Local Law Enforcement grant programs, or programs focused on capital projects and equipment/technology improvement requests.
• Experience consulting with Law Enforcement agencies regarding grant writing processes and identifying grant opportunities.
• Ability to work under pressure and multitask in a fast-paced environment taking on multiple grant writing projects at a time.
• Familiarity with Law Enforcement grant administrative best practices
• Experience working with various CRM databases

Target Outcomes/ Target Results

• 20-25% Success Rate in having Law Enforcement grants awarded
• 95% Narrative completion rate: fulfilling accepted projects in timelines assigned by project manager

Employee Value Proposition

• Onboarding process that successfully trains you on GrantFinder,our grant search tool, grant writing processes, and our project management system.
• The goal of this team is to support public servants through the successful guidance and submission of grant applications to achieve funding for their organization.
• The organization is growing, committed to staff growth, product improvement and looking to scale the impact of our work nationally.
• Mentoring by VP, Grant Services.
• Career pathing opportunities in custom content creation, speaking opportunities.
• Grant Writer and consultant roundtables: engage in activities designed to provide exchange of information and ongoing training.

The Environment

• Report to the Grant Services Manager who has 10+year experience as a first responder and in grants.
• Fun, engaging and talented teammates who are passionate about social good and contributing to communities
• Team oriented environment: collaborate with project managers who are the point of contact with agencies. The project manager collects information from our client agencies. This allows the grant writer to focus on narrative development.
• Working closely with fortune 500 Companies Marketing and sales organizations who have limited to no understanding of funding for state and local organizations.
• Multiple stakeholders and team members in immediate and ancillary teams.

Duties listed are not intended to be exhaustive or exclusive; other duties may be assigned. Management retains the discretion to add to or change the duties of the position at any time.

Compensation and Benefits

This is a contract-based, hourly position.

This role pays $40 to $55 per hour, based on experience.

About Lexipol

Lexipol empowers first responders and public servants to best meet the needs of their residents safely and responsibly. We are the experts in policy, training and wellness support, committed to improving the quality of life for all community members. Our solutions include state-specific policies, online learning, behavioral health resources, grant assistance, and industry news and information offered through the websites Police1, FireRescue1, EMS1, Corrections1 and Gov1. Lexipol serves more than 2 million public safety and government professionals in over 12,000 agencies and municipalities. For additional information, visit www.lexipol.com.

Lexipol Is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)

Lexipol, LLC provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all team members and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other non-job-related characteristic. Lexipol complies with applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfers, leave of absence, compensation, and training.