Grant Writing Consultant-Law Enforcement - Part-time

Overview

Grant Writing Consultant—Law Enforcement. This is a remote role. Candidates must already live in the United States.

No visa sponsorship. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of any type of Visa (H1-B, Student visa, or OPT visa) at this time.

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S.

At Lexipol, our mission is to create safer communities and empower the individuals on the front lines with market-leading content and technology. Our top-notch team works closely with law enforcement, fire, EMS, corrections, and local government professionals to tailor our solutions to better address today’s challenges and keep first responders coming home safely at the end of each shift. Working at Lexipol means making a difference – day in and day out.

Lexipol’s pre-award Grant Services Team provides customized solutions enabling applicants to tap into federal, state, and private grants. More than $600 billion in nationwide grants is available to public safety agencies and local government each year. Few organizations have grants experts on staff, or the time to research opportunities and develop grant applications.

We offer three unique grant solutions:

• Grant Finder, our grant search tool,
• Grant Writing Services for stand-alone projects and programs
• Grant Assistance Platform program for applicants in need of support for multiple projects and programs on an annual basis

The Law Enforcement Grants Consultant plays a key role on the Grants Team. The overall goal for this role is to assist the Grants Team in the fulfillment of grant writing services contracts, grant consulting, grant research and reviews for local police departments and sheriff’s departments in the US. This role will be responsible for narrative writing, research, and consulting with agencies and communities one-on-one regarding grant programs.

This position reports to the Grant Services Manager. The primary objective is to successfully submit complete and comprehensive, professional grant applications for our law enforcement clients. Working in partnership with a Grants Team Project Manager, this position will assist in the fulfillment and successful completion of contracted grant projects.

The Lexipol Grants team will fulfill Law Enforcement grant writing applications; research; review and consulting for public safety agencies; state police; county, national and state Law Enforcement member associations. The team submits applications to major grant makers including FEMA, DHS, BJA, COPS, and OVW.

This is a remote Contract role: candidates must live in the United States.

This is done through working in these areas of focus:

Example activities:

• Provide support and guidance to the project manager and agencies by developing comprehensive narratives. Narratives will be delivered professionally, timely, and free of grammar errors.
• Consult with agency point of contacts on items needed for narratives and make recommendations on project eligibility.

Example activities:

• Advise, consult, problem solve, and research potential grant programs for the departments, agencies and governments we serve via phone calls, video conferencing, and email.
• Meet with agencies one-on-one to discuss project and recommend potential grant opportunities.

To be considered for this role, you will have this experience:

• 2 or more years of professional grant writing and consulting experience within local law enforcement agencies: police departments, sheriff’s departments, and corrections departments.
• A knowledge of federal, state, foundation, and corporate grant processes, in particular grants that benefit law enforcement agencies.
• Experience with writing grants or grant narratives for programs like the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the COPS Office, State and Local Law Enforcement grant programs, or programs focused on capital projects and equipment/technology improvement requests.
• Experience consulting with Law Enforcement agencies regarding grant writing processes and identifying grant opportunities.
• Ability to work under pressure and multitask in a fast-paced environment taking on…