Grants Manager

Responsibilities

• Aid in the creation and coordination of complex funder-compliant programmatic budgets.
• Lead the creation of less complex budgets in collaboration with program and accounting staff.
• Create compelling, persuasive grant narratives through effective storytelling, relevant data, and superior prose.
• Develop, write, and submit major, complex grant proposals.
• Maintain and contribute to data organization systems, including departmental databases.
• Contribute to shared team resources.
• Undertake internal and external research to identify funding sources and gather data.
• Facilitate discussions with the program and grant writing team to determine appropriate data.
• Assist program staff in designing programmatic and/or research activities to align with funder interests.
• Identify and develop strategic relationships for grant partnerships.
• Participate in collaborative efforts with universities, agencies, projects, and entities.
• Provide thoughtful and consistent peer review of grant proposals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of proven success as a professional grant writer, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with governmental grant submissions, especially HRSA, SAMHSA, NIH, and the County of San Diego.
• Experience with proposal development in a FQHC or other non-profit health context preferred.
• Exceptional project management, time management, and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to read, comprehend, digest, explain, and create compelling funding arguments using and analyzing technical scientific, social-science, clinical, and medical data.
• Experience with Microsoft Excel to calculate budgets up to $1,000,000, including mid-cycle budget/salary increases, modified indirect cost calculations, and subcontract budgets.
• Experience with AI tools to assess grant drafts against funder criteria and support basic grant preparation and management tasks.
• Occasional travel between sites and other locations.