Grants and Contracts Manager

About the role

The Grants and Contracts Manager is a member of the agency’s Development Department and receives direction from the Director of Development. This position is responsible for identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding relationships with public and private grantmaking organizations to support agency services.

Responsibilities

• Lead prospector, writer, and editor for all public and private grant applications and reports with a team goal of exceeding $4M in revenue.
• Manages all private foundation relationships from prospecting to reporting, including acknowledgments and stewardship.
• Collaborates with program leadership in prospecting, application development, and submission, and reporting on all public grants and contracts.
• Oversees the grants team to ensure that detailed record keeping, submission, and reporting requirements are managed and timely.
• Provides specific feedback and copy editing on each application and report submission to grants team, the director, and program leadership.
• Builds relationships with foundation representatives beyond grant making, including site visits, updating communications, and prospecting/stewardship and event participation.
• Manages applications, tracking, reporting, and analysis in conjunction with agency finance, administration, and relevant programmatic departments.
• Provides leadership, support, management, and guidance to direct reports and also behaves as a leader within the Development Department and agency overall.
• Maintains internal agency relationships with program staff to stay up-to-date on agency developments and to apply that information to applications and reports.
• Ensures accurate and open record keeping, including in electronic file systems and in the Development Department donor management systems.

Qualifications

• Excellent writing and copy editing skills.
• At least 5 years’ experience writing and submitting nonprofit grant applications and reports, with experience in both private and public grants preferred.
• Detail-oriented with strong leadership, time management, organizational, problem-solving, and computer skills.
• Experience managing staff and a strong desire to coach, nurture, and develop team members.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other departments and teams.
• Ability to represent and speak about The People Concern to external audiences and prospects.
• Experience using MS Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Knowledge of Raiser’s Edge or other donor management systems preferred.
• Knowledge of homelessness, housing, and domestic violence preferred.
• Able to work with multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Valid CA Driver’s license, reliable car, auto insurance, and an acceptable driving record.