Grants Associate

Paul M. Angell Family Foundation; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Paul M. Angell Family Foundation seeks a Grants Associate to serve as the frontline ambassador for our grants operations, ensuring applicants and grantees can navigate the application, payment, and reporting steps with clarity and ease.

We value a go-getter who communicates thoughtfully, collaborates across teams, and uses data responsibly to tell our impact story. Equitable hiring practices guide our review process and growth plans.

Qualifications

• Experience in grants administration and reporting.
• Strong written and verbal communication to external applicants and internal partners.
• Ability to collaborate with peers and stakeholders to improve processes.

Responsibilities

• Guide applicants and grantees through the application, payment, and reporting processes.
• Support equitable review practices and reduce bias in decision-making.
• Act as a collaborative team member and steward data with care.

Skills

Grants administration

Data stewardship

Customer communication

Collaboration

Job description

The Grants Associate is the frontline ambassador for our grantmaking operations, rounding out the Grants Management team as it grows to three. The Grants Manager focuses on our internal stakeholders and systems, and the Senior Grants Manager supports our complex grantmaking while preparing for upcoming growth and change at the organization. You focus on the external experience for our applicants and grantees by ensuring they can navigate our application, payment and reporting processes with ease, clarity, and grace.

We are looking for a "go-getter" who finds fulfillment in the day-to-day rhythm of grants administration. You are someone who treats every email as an opportunity to provide exceptional service and every spreadsheet as a tool to clearly and accurately tell the story of our impact. You are a collaborative teammate who takes initiative, acts as an equal partner to your peers, and is excited to elevate the work of the entire foundation through meticulous data stewardship and thoughtful communication.

PMAFF has engaged Equitable Hiring Group to support this hiring process.

To ensure an equitable review, we ask that you remove the names of the schools you attended (both undergraduate and graduate) from your resume. Please retain the degree itself. For example, instead of "Greendale Community College - B.A. Economics," simply list "B.A. Economics."

This evaluation process will follow practices shown to reduce bias in decision-making and may be different from other application processes you have experienced.

The overall evaluation process will look to follow this anticipated timeline:

Early April: Selected candidates will be asked to complete a short-answer questionnaire.
Mid-April: Selected candidates will participate in a virtual interview with PMAFF staff.
Late April: Selected candidates will be asked to complete a paid, timed trial project.
Early May: Selected candidates will participate in an in-person final interview process (agenda and format will be provided in advance to candidates).
Mid-May: Offer extended.
Mid-June 2026: Anticipated Start Date