Grants Specialist

About the Role

As a Grants Specialist at Our Daily Bread Ministries, you will develop compelling grant proposals and reports while coordinating the people, information, and processes that keep the grants program running smoothly. Your work will strengthen foundation partnerships, secure funding, and support ministry impact around the world.

Responsibilities

• Support Grant Development Excellence: Partner with the Grants Manager to coordinate proposals and reporting projects from kickoff through submission, ensuring activities remain organized, on schedule, and executed with excellence and integrity.
• Develop Compelling Grant Communications: Create high‑quality proposals, letters of inquiry, reports, presentations, and related communications by gathering, organizing, and synthesizing program, budget, evaluation, financial, and supporting information from ministry leaders and internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Maintain the grants calendar and collaborate with ministry leaders, Finance, Publishing, and other departments to ensure proposal, reporting, stewardship, and grant‑related deadlines are consistently met.
• Maintain Grants Systems & Records: Manage CRM records, grant files, templates, proposal archives, and other grants office resources to support efficient and effective grant operations.
• Support Foundation Stewardship: Coordinate reports, acknowledgements, executive briefing materials, visit logistics, and other communications that foster strong, long‑term relationships with foundation partners.
• Conduct Research & Portfolio Support: Research prospective funders and prepare foundation profiles, briefing materials, and background information that supports cultivation efforts, portfolio planning, and grant development strategies.
• Facilitate Grant Operations: Prepare meeting agendas, notes, action items, and supporting materials for grant‑related meetings and projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, English, Business, Nonprofit Management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in grant writing, professional writing, communications, project coordination, nonprofit development, or a related field.

Skills

• Exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading abilities with a high degree of accuracy.
• Strong organizational and project management skills; ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.
• Proven ability to gather, organize, and synthesize information from multiple stakeholders into compelling, well‑structured written documents.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, databases, CRM systems, and other tools that support document management, reporting, and project coordination.

Spiritual Requirements

• A mature Christian faith with a passion for global Bible engagement and discipleship.
• Commitment to the ministry’s Statement of Faith and alignment with its mission, vision, and values.
• A life consistent with biblical principles, including a commitment to Bible engagement, personal spiritual growth, and ongoing discipleship.

Benefits

• Competitive health coverage.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Tuition scholarship opportunities for you and your family.
• Summer schedule adjustments.
• Chaplain services and additional ministry‑focused support.