We’re Hiring! Grant Writer – Hybrid Schedule
Are you a persuasive storyteller with a passion for impact? Join our team as a Grant Writer and help us secure the funding that fuels critical programs in our community.
In this role, you’ll:
- Research and write compelling proposals
- Collaborate with leadership and funders
- Manage the grant calendar and reporting
- Help raise $400,000+ annually
What we offer:
- Hybrid schedule (2-3 days in office)
- 9/80 work schedule – every other Friday off
- A mission-driven, supportive team environment
- The opportunity to turn words into real-world change
Ideal candidates have excellent writing skills, attention to detail, and experience with private and public grant sources. This hybrid position offers a 9/80 schedule — giving you every other Friday off.
Join our purpose-driven team and use your skills to create real, lasting impact.
Job Summary:
The Grant Writer is responsible for the research, writing and preparation of grant proposals to private and community funding sources in both foundation and corporate entities. Reporting to the Chief Development Officer. The Grant Writer creates a pipeline of grants to private funders primarily and submits grants and follow up reports in a timely manner as well as, ensures compliance of existing programs. The Grant Writer will participate in proposal and preparation, and act as a lead in the review and terms and conditions of acceptance over the life of agreements. The Grant Writer will support and advise the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Development Officer in solving challenges such as assessment of risk, special contractual provisions and performance expectations.
The Grant Writer will work closely with Executive Leadership to guide the execution of grant awards to the follow up report processes.
Goals:
- Research and identify new grant opportunities
- Create grant proposal templates for grant submission for general operations, specific program needs, and innovative program development. Proposals need to be reviewed by direct supervisor, CDO prior to review by CEO for final review and signature.
- Ensure quality applications are prepared, presented, and submitted by the appointed deadline date
- Manage the grant calendar and prepare monthly reports for Development Leadership
- Ensure data and relationship files are current within one week
- Communicate grant status and program progress to grantors
- Manage the grant calendar, monthly reports, contract research, writing support, and editing
- Prepare all grant follow up reports
- Prepare personalized thank you notes to private foundations and corporations from CDO/CEO
- Mail out each year annual reports to all foundations.
- Prepare Grant Foundation and Corporate Foundation Reports for the Board Meetings
- Secure $400,000 in grant awards each fiscal year.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Adhere to contract submission guidelines
- Report key milestones and progress to funders in a timely manner
- In collaboration with the Chief Development Officer to maintain consistent communications with funders and send monthly touch point information
- Coordinate pre- and post-contract award administration efforts
- Manage private contract reports (weekly, monthly, annual)
- Draft and continuously develop case statements and program descriptions
- Develop budget reports, budget summaries, and budget narratives in conjunction with the Controller
- Save all grants and reports on the shared drive.
- Work on County Contracts as needed
- Other duties as assigned.
Position Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Superior writing, editing, and verbal communications skills; ability to turn data into narrative form
- Strong project management, administrative and organizational skills, including documentation, record-keeping, and reporting
- Ability to read and understand financial statements
- Knowledge of budgeting process and outcomes measurement
- Familiarity with Lexus Nexus, Foundation Directory, Grant Station, Guidestar
- Ability to work with Acrobat, fundraising software & MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, adhere to deadlines and be attentive to details
- Ability to conduct research via the internet, library and other sources
- Ability to establish and maintain working relationships with funders, departmental peers, volunteers, and other professionals involved in fundraising
- Access to reliable transportation and current auto insurance
- Valid California Driver’s License
Working Conditions:
- Working environment is indoor, reasonably clean, well-lit and ventilated
- Hybrid work environment
- Ability to sit for great lengths of time
- Generally little or no probability of injury or health impairments
- Requires little or no physical effort involving intermittent standing, sitting or walking while performing duties, occasional lifting up to 10 lbs.
- Schedule is a 9/80 schedule. 9 hour shifts 4 days a week and the 5th day is 8 hours and the second week is 9 hours each day for four days and the 5th day off. Providing every other Friday is off.
Pay: $70,000.00 - $73,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 403(b)
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- Ability to read and understand financial statements?
- Must have superior writing, editing, and verbal communications skills; ability to turn data into narrative form
- Strong project management, administrative and organizational skills, including documentation, record-keeping, and reporting
Education:
Experience:
- Nonprofit Grant Writing: 3 years (Required)
License/Certification:
- Driver's License (Required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Santa Ana, CA 92705
