Head of Trusts and Foundations

Development, finance, compliance and HR teams in Berlin support program staff in the field. Volunteers number in the thousands, coordinated through a dedicated volunteer services team. Evening and weekend events come up a few times a year.

The role

We're looking for a Head of Trusts and Foundations to join our team. This is a remote role. You will manage a calendar of 50 to 70 submissions and reports a year. Remote position. Most of the team is in Berlin, but nobody is required to come in. Day-to-day communication is in Slack and Google Meet.

What you'll be doing

• Edit proposals for clarity, length limits and funder guidelines
• Write grant proposals, letters of inquiry and reports to foundation and corporate funders
• Build project budgets and budget narratives with finance
• Track submissions, awards and reports in Raiser's Edge or Salesforce
• Research new prospects in Candid Foundation Directory and Instrumentl
• Draft acknowledgment letters and funder updates
• Monitor compliance with grant terms and reporting requirements
• Prepare federal and state applications through Grants.gov and state portals

What you need

• 8+ years of grant writing experience with a record of funded proposals
• Comfortable interviewing program staff and turning notes into narrative
• Bachelor's degree in English, communications, nonprofit management or a related field
• Writing samples required
• Familiar with Candid, Instrumentl or GrantStation
• Able to build and explain a project budget
• Experience with both foundation and government grants

Nice to have

• Logic models and evaluation plans
• Corporate giving program experience

What you get

• Company pension scheme
• 30 days of annual leave
• JobRad bike leasing
• Childcare allowance
• Urban Sports Club membership
• Christmas bonus
• Holiday pay

Candidates must be eligible to work in Germany.

We may close this posting early once we have enough applications.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Barleyridge Outreach GmbH.