Grant Writing Lead for Foundations & Government

Enterprise Community Partners; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance bonuses

Generous paid leave

Dental

Health

Vision care plans

401(k) with employer matching

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Enterprise Community Partners is seeking an Assistant Director of Grant Writing in New York to orchestrate a robust portfolio of proposals, LOIs and reports. You will coordinate with fundraisers, program leaders and accounting to articulate program activities, outputs and impact for donors and prospects.

You will drive ownership on new and ongoing requests, contributing to Enterprise’s fundraising potential while supporting a team of nine frontline fundraisers under the Senior Director of

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. Management of direct reports preferred.
• Excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills with knowledge of and proficiency in use of English grammar, punctuation and syntax.
• Must be able to write about the big picture and clearly discuss specific programmatic activities.
• Ability to exercise initiative gathering and organizing research materials from a variety of sources and quickly comprehend, analyze and synthesize information to accurately translate into grant proposals, reports and other donor-oriented materials.
• A professional, proactive and resourceful style with the ability to work independently and as a team player, to take initiative and to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.
• Experience with proposal budgets and financial reports and ability to convey information in narrative form as well as numerically.
• Ability to verbally communicate well and in a professional manner with a variety of audiences.
• Creative, detail-oriented, self-motivated and have a strong work ethic.
• Fully proficient in Microsoft Office. Salesforce proficiency a plus.

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. Determines proposal concept by identifying and clarifying opportunities and needs, studying requests for proposal (RFPs), and attending strategy meetings.
• 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 collective voice.
• Build confidence and rapport among colleagues and across Enterprise’s three divisions 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

Editing

Proofreading

Microsoft Office

Salesforce

Education

Undergraduate degree

Job description

Enterprise Community Partners is seeking an Assistant Director of Grant Writing in New York to orchestrate a robust portfolio of proposals, LOIs and reports. You will coordinate with fundraisers, program leaders and accounting to articulate program activities, outputs and impact for donors and prospects.

You will drive ownership on new and ongoing requests, contributing to Enterprise’s fundraising potential while supporting a team of nine frontline fundraisers under the Senior Director of