Grants & Advancement Lead (Hybrid/Remote)

ADP, Inc.; Silver Spring (MD); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 93,000; Full time

Job summary

CLINIC is seeking a Grants Manager and Advancement Officer to lead the institutional grants program and support major gift initiatives. You will manage the full grant lifecycle from prospect research to reporting, partnering with Finance, Programs, and Executive Leadership.

The role requires strong writing, budgeting, compliance, and stakeholder coordination to diversify philanthropic revenue and craft funder-ready materials.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in education and experience.
• Minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in grant writing, grants management, institutional fundraising, or a closely related field.
• Experience developing grant budgets and interpreting grant agreements, funding requirements, budgets, and financial reports.
• Experience cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding individual donors and supporting major gift fundraising.
• Exceptional writing, editing, storytelling, research, and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of competitive proposals, letters of intent, concept papers, renewal requests, and other institutional funding submissions.
• Translate complex program information into clear, persuasive, outcomes-focused narratives tailored to funder requirements.
• Manage proposal schedules, internal reviews, approvals, and the collection of programmatic, financial, organizational, and supporting materials.
• Ensure submissions are accurate, complete, timely, and compliant, and maintain reusable narratives, data, templates, and supporting content.
• Lead the preparation and timely submission of interim, annual, final, and other required reports.
• Create outcome narratives, impact stories, funder updates, stewardship communications, and renewal materials that demonstrate results and use of funds.
• Serve as a primary grants liaison among Advancement, Finance, Programs, and Executive Leadership.

Skills

Exceptional writing

Editing

Storytelling

Research

Analytical skills

Project management

Organizational skills

Collaborating across departments

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Advanced degree (PA/Nonprofit/Communications/Business)

Tools

Microsoft Office

CRM systems

Grants management software

Job description

CLINIC is seeking a Grants Manager and Advancement Officer to lead the institutional grants program and support major gift initiatives. You will manage the full grant lifecycle from prospect research to reporting, partnering with Finance, Programs, and Executive Leadership.

The role requires strong writing, budgeting, compliance, and stakeholder coordination to diversify philanthropic revenue and craft funder-ready materials.