Grants Manager

The vibrant staff of SEEDS Ecology & Education Centers provide the energy that drives our mission to implement local solutions to global issues at the intersection of ecology, education, and design! Our team members make a difference every day, whether it is teaching a classroom of elementary students about recycling, supporting local farmers markets, leading a crew of local youth to build a boardwalk, or quantifying data to enable a city to reach resiliency goals.


GRANTS MANAGER

Summary

Grants come in all shapes and sizes, and we apply for them all - from the simple one-page applications to story-rich proposals, to multi-year federal contracts. We are looking for someone to oversee all proposal submissions and to personally lead the submission and monitoring of the more complex and technical applications. Excellent writing skills, comfort drafting and handling a budget spreadsheet, excellent time management, and ability to adapt to a variety of grant platforms such as Fluxx, Grant Solutions etc. and digital interfaces are required.


This position will work closely with all Program Directors and Managers on the fulfillment of key funding opportunities, supporting successful prioritization, match-making funding opportunities with current needs, and helping others develop budgets that cover both direct and indirect programming costs. This position reports to the Philanthropy Director.


This is a full-time, hybrid position at 40 hours/week.


A Cover Letter is required with your application.

Essential Job Duties

• Work collaboratively to identify and log proposal opportunities
• Qualify and prioritize grant opportunities
• Continuously improve organizational best practices regarding the process for opportunity identification, proposal development, submission, and reporting including opportunity management within our Salesforce CRM
• Lead the submission and tracking of all grant proposals and agreements
• Coordinate efficient evaluation and reporting deliverables and requirements for funded proposals, delegating and sharing responsibilities with other staff as appropriate
• Communicate about awarded grants with the Accounting team per their procedures
• Work collaboratively on the annual creation of boilerplate language and standard attachments for private funders, corporations, and government agencies
• Work proactively and collaboratively with Program Directors to generate new opportunities
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of direct Grants management experience. Proposal development and/or management of federal funding is a plus
• Grantor or grantee experience with government agencies is desired
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills - ability to write to a wide variety of audiences
• Ability to manage and keep track of many deadlines utilizing a CRM database (Salesforce)
• Ability to delegate effectively and demonstrated excellence in follow through
• Experience with literature reviews and data synthesization is desired
• Budget development experience; federally derived or other complex budgeting is a plus
• Natural inclination to proactively build relationships, including with strangers, is a plus
• Familiarity with Contact Management databases and Salesforce is a plus

Other Requirements

• Familiarity with Google suite (Gmail, Drive, Calendar)
• Familiarity with narrative document formatting and editing systems
• Familiarity with spreadsheets and basic equations
• Experience with process/project management
• Ability to work hours outside of traditional 8 AM - 5 PM business hours, on occasion
• Self-motivated/Independent worker
• Genuine curiosity and capacity to ask for help
• Strong and clear communication with co-workers and SEEDS team members
• Desire to work within an ever evolving and growing organization
• Must be able to pass all required background checks

Compensation

• Salary range: $56 - 60,000 dependent on experience
• Health Reimbursement Account, paid time off, and retirement benefits
• Flexible scheduling and hybrid work environment
• Mission-driven work and a supportive team-based work environment

SEEDS Ecology & Education Centers is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, height, weight, disability, familial status, or marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law.


Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At SEEDS we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.