Grants Director

Mission Statement

To be a beacon of light by transforming lives in the Vincentian spirit of charity, justice, and mercy through interpersonal connectivity.

The Grants Director has a passion for growing the organization’s resources to meet the agency’s needs. Working collaboratively with the Grants Operations Manager, the Grants Director proactively seeks out foundation, corporate, and government grant opportunities that align with the organization's mission and programs. While the Grants Operations Manager oversees the life cycle of the grant, the Grants Director leads the Grant Department, providing direct support to the Grant Writers in preparing and submitting compelling grant applications and other funding requests to address the goals in the organization’s strategic plan to increase affordable housing and the resources needed by people experiencing homelessness and others who are precariously housed.

The Grants Director must have exceptional writing and editing skills with a proven history of award-winning proposals. The Grants Director must have strong interpersonal and communication skills to support the ability to build and maintain effective relationships with internal teams, funders, and other stakeholders. The Grants Director provides regular status reports of grants in pending, in process, and submitted.

• Display adherence to the organization’s mission.
• Maintain proficient knowledge of the organization’s history and programs.
• Work collaboratively with the Grants Operations Manager, and program, development, and department staff in overseeing grant applications to include:
• Develop strategies with programs and the finance department to seek funding.
• Manage submission of grant applications and provide oversight of the award process and its implementation.
• Assist the development department's strategy to maintain and increase private funding.
• Assist the development department’s stewardship of private foundation funders.
• Research and identify renewal and new grant funding opportunities.
• Prepare and submit funding proposals.
• Oversee, write, maintain, and steward multi-million-dollar federal grants, and all other public and private grants.
• Direct organizational efforts in collaboration with the Grants Operations Manager to:
• Ensure adherence to all grant and reporting timelines.
• Furnish prospective funders with supporting documents.
• Manage and maintain timelines, grants, records, reporting, and other documentation utilizing a grants management system.
• Work with program staff, finance, and grant accountants to ensure deadlines for reports are met and grants are being spent in accordance with contract requirements.
• Assist in telling the organization’s story and outcomes to funders and potential funders.
• Represent the organization to and interface with the funders using a variety of communication formats, including in-person meetings.
• Present proposals and reports at funder meetings when requested.
• Write sponsorship packages.
• Work with the finance department and others in developing complex budgets.
• Supervise and train the grant writer(s) and other grant staff.
• Stay up to date on trends in the grants industry to ensure the agency’s success.

• Comply with all applicable training requirements.
• Complies with all company safety, personnel, and operational policies and procedures.
• Complies with work schedule to ensure effective operations of Agency programs.
• Contributes positively as a member of a productive and cooperative team.
• Performs other duties as necessary to fulfill the agency’s mission.

• Health Insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Dental Insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Short- and Long-Term Disability.
• 120 hours of PTO accrued biweekly starting on day 1 of employment.
• 13 Paid Holidays to include Employee’s birthday and Date of Hire.
• 403(b) with employer match up to 3%.

(To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary. Reasonable accommodation may be made to…