Grants and Development Manager

theirc; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) Denver office seeks a Grants and Development Manager to oversee pre- and post-award activities, including proposals, budgets, and compliance, coordinating with HQ RAM and local leadership. Responsibilities include prospecting, developing funding strategy, managing calendars, and leading concept notes, with coordination for Boise and regional funders.

The role also covers private donor relations, stewardship, events, and ensuring IRC policies are followed

Responsibilities

• Represent the Denver office in regional funding opportunities, coordinating with deputies, senior managers, and program leads.
• Support efforts for the Boise office and joint proposals.
• Collaborate with Denver leadership to support prospecting and funding needs.
• Develop a funding strategy and timeline and perform prospective research on funders.
• Lead concept notes and proposal development, ensuring logframes and narrative quality.
• Coordinate grant opening and closing meetings with donors and Finance.
• Provide pre-award support for Boise when needed.
• Post-award: modify budgets and outcomes with donors and track restricted funds with RAM.
• Prepare reports and coordinate timelines with local leads and HQ.
• Be a main contact for private donors in Denver to ensure compliance.

Job description

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world’s largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you’re a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.

Job Overview:

The IRC in Denver works to leverage public and private funding opportunities through prospecting, proposal development, grants, and subaward contract management. The Grants and Development Manager is primarily responsible for overseeing the full range of pre- and post-award activities required to prepare concept notes, proposals, and budgets, comply with internal approval processes, and align with compliance requirements of public agencies and private foundations. The Grants and Development Manager also supports all resource development efforts for the office, which include private donor relations and stewardship, in-kind donations, and special events. Work is performed under the supervision of the Executive Director and Senior Manager, Communications and Development and in collaboration with IRC Denver’s leadership, finance, programs, as well as headquarters’ technical team, and awards and business development units.

Major Responsibilities:

Development and Grants Management

Prospecting

• Represent the Denver office in all regional opportunities, particularly for restricted funding, in close coordination with Deputy/Executive Directors, Senior Manager, Technical Advisors, relevant program leads.
• When needed, support efforts for the Boise office and/or joint proposals.
• Collaborate with the Denver leadership team in prospecting efforts, utilizing an internal standard operating procedure to support both restricted and unrestricted fundraising needs.
• In collaboration with the Executive Director and Senior Manager, develop a funding strategy and timeline and perform prospective research on potential public and private funders.

Proposal Development (Pre-Award)

• Develop, update and manage the Denver office proposal calendar and tracker.
• Lead concept notes and proposal development, including ensuring log frames, program design, and narrative meet high-quality standards in coordination with local leadership team, headquarters’ Resource Acquisition and Management (RAM), and ensure all supporting documentations in the applications are up to date.
• Support negotiation and agreements stage with donors and ensure contract terms are communicated with Finance and Programs through grant kick off meetings.
• Coordinate grant opening and closing meetings for every funded opportunity.
• Provide pre-award support and coverage -to the Boise office- when needed.

Grants Management (Post-Award)

• Work with finance, program, and leaders to modify final budgets and outcomes as requested by donors; coordinate with RAM to ensure incoming restricted funds will be tracked.
• Provide support with reports, including copy-editing, coordinating report timelines with local leads and headquarters, depending on the funder.
• Serve as a main point of contact for private donors in the Denver office to ensure communication adheres to IRC policy and best practices.
• Develop and ensure the effective maintenance of contract and grant files for each funded program with consistent documentation standards.
• Where awards include partnerships or subgrantees, provide technical support to RAM, program and finance teams to ensure sub-awardees’ contracts are drafted with detailed information on scope of work, deliverables, fund disbursement, and monitoring plans in coordination with partners and compliance with all IRC policies.

Resource Development:

• Work with the leadership team members to set the office’s private fundraising goals and ensure these goals are met.
• Support local gift processing and donor stewardship and acknowledgment efforts
• Coordinate with fundraising teams at IRC Headquarters to include individual donors in their portfolios in local events & program updates and elevate local funding needs and priorities;
• Coordinate with high-value fundraising teams at IRC Headquarters on corporate engagement and elevate local funding needs with funders with national scope;
• Guide strategy and goal setting for annual special events, supervise & support planning & execution of events, and support solicitation of event sponsorships;
• Ensure the proper internal and external policies and guidelines are followed in the solicitation, inventory, and distribution of in-kind donations;
• Ensure office