Grants Associate

MUSO; United States; Remote; USD 57,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan with employer match

Vacation time

Parental leave

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Muso is seeking a motivated Grants Associate to support foundation and corporate funders, focusing on prospect development and grants management. You will drive internal project management, proposal development, and timely submission of donor deliverables while researching prospective partners and improving internal processes.

You will work with the Foundation Partnerships Manager within Development and Communications, collaborating across departments and time zones to advance fundraising and

Qualifications

• Demonstrated writing experience in a professional fundraising or business development setting.
• Ability to work independently and across departments, cultures, languages, and time zones.
• Capacity to self-manage time and deliver consistently on deadlines.
• Flexibility and creativity to adapt in a rapidly-growing team and organization.
• Commitment to social justice, equitable health systems, and global health issues.
• Fluency in English and proficiency in French.

Responsibilities

• Prospect Development Support: perform prospect research, grant writing, and back-of-house donor engagement support (50% FTE).
• Research prospective foundation and corporate funders and provide succinct summaries of research and next steps to managers.
• Collaborate with heads to identify engagement strategies and provide project management support to prioritize next steps.
• Draft, edit, and submit funding proposals; liaise with finance and technical teams to ensure coherence between budget and narrative.
• Track outreach and follow-up using donor relationship management software and utilize reporting features to monitor engagement.
• Align prospecting systems with team-wide practices and leverage learning across funding portfolios.
• Grant Management and Reporting: oversee reporting workflows and lead writing of foundation and corporate reports.
• Ensure timely development, review, and submission of reports with portfolio managers.
• Coordinate with multiple departments to collect content and data for partner reporting.
• Monitor compliance with funding agreements and partner expectations.
• Identify process improvements for grants management and update boilerplate materials.

Skills

Grant writing

Proposal development

Project management

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

English & French

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

More than five million children die every year and more than half the world’s population lives without access to essential health care. To take on these enormous injustices, Muso is growing rapidly. We aim to reach up to one million patients directly with proactive care, and to improve care for tens of millions of people through changes in global policy and practice. Muso is growing exponentially. We are working to raise $70M over the next three years to care for up to one million patients across two to three countries and improve care for tens of millions of people through our operational research and global policy advocacy.

ABOUT THE POSITION

About the Position

We are seeking a motivated, creative junior professional to join our team as a Grants Associate. The Grants Associate will support two areas necessary to grow our partnerships: back-of-house prospect development support, and grant management and reporting, with a particular focus on foundation and corporate funders. They will be responsible for driving internal project management, proposal development, and submission of deliverables to donors within the foundation and corporate portfolios. They will also research prospective partners for these portfolios, and support the development team to prioritize next steps when cultivating these new relationships. Additionally, the Grants Associate will identify and collaboratively support internal process improvement for prospect development and grants management.

Reports to: Foundation Partnerships Manager

Department: Development and Communications

Responsibilities

Prospect Development Support: Prospect research, grant writing, and back-of-house donor engagement support (50% FTE)

Research prospective foundation and corporate funders and relevant funding opportunities, providing succinct summaries of research and next steps to the Head of Foundation Partnerships and foundation and corporate portfolio managers

Collaborate with the Head of Foundation Partnerships and foundation and corporate portfolio managers to identify engagement strategies, and provide project management support to help prioritize next steps

Support foundation and corporate portfolio managers in the drafting, editing, and submission of funding proposals, liaising with finance and technical teams to ensure coherence between proposal elements such as the budget and the narrative

Track initial foundation and corporate outreach and follow-up using donor relationship management software, and leverage this system’s reporting capabilities to monitor partner engagement

Utilize and standardize internal systems supporting prospect research, focusing on foundation and corporate processes. Collaborate with peers, including other Grants Associates who supports bilateral/multilateral, and major gift funding partnerships and a Development Operations Coordinator who supports team systems, in order to align foundation and corporate prospecting systems to team-wide practices and leverage process learning across funding portfolios

Grant Management and Reporting (50% FTE)

Oversee reporting workflows and processes, and lead the writing of the majority of foundation and corporate reports and similar materials

Ensure the timely and quality development, review, and submission of reports, in collaboration with foundation and corporate portfolio managers

Remain up to date with activities across Muso departments, including Research, Programs, Technical Assistance, and Learning & Innovation, to collect relevant content and data for partner reporting and relationship management

Monitor organizational compliance against foundation and corporate funding agreements and/or partner expectations

Identify opportunities for grants management process improvement, coordinating with the Development Operations Coordinator to implement creative solutions for managing partnerships with foundations and corporations

Regularly update reference materials which improve application and report development efficiency, such as a boilerplate library

Desired Skills and Experience

Required

Demonstrated writing experience, preferably in a professional business development or fundraising environment, with excellent written and verbal communications skills that flex to context and audience

Ability to work independently, as well as collaboratively across departments, cultures, languages, and time zones

Capacity to self-manage time and deliver consistently, with high quality, on deadline

Flexibility and creativity to adapt in a rapidly-growing team and organization

A commitment to social justice, equitable health systems, and imagining radical solutions to global issues

Fluency in English and proficiency in French

Not Required, But a Plus

Experience in global health, international development, or non-profit work, with an understanding of key stakeholders and funding landscape

Interest in and understanding of how fundraising and partnerships support a global health organization's ability to execute upon ambitious strategic priorities

Familiarity with Salesforce or similar relationship management software

Experience working in West Africa

Compensation and Benefits

Compensation will be $67,000 per year for candidates based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Remote candidates will be considered with compensation adjusted in accordance with cost of living. Health insurance, basic life and AD&D insurance, and a 401(k) plan with an employer match up to 4% of compensation will be included. This position will receive up to 20 days of vacation annually and one sick day per month based on date of hire, as well as major U.S. holidays. This position is eligible for coverage under Muso’s parental leave policies. This role will also receive support for professional development opportunities.