Trusts and Foundations Officer

Tacoma Community Services is a small nonprofit with 20 staff and about 150 regular volunteers. Founded in 1990 by a group of neighbors working out of a church basement.

Overview:

Looking for a Trusts and Foundations Officer who wants to stay somewhere for a while. You will manage a calendar of 50 to 70 submissions and reports a year. We want a writer who can turn program data and stories into proposals that answer exactly what the funder asked. The company is based in Tacoma, the US. The team is spread across multiple countries. This is a long-term contractor role, paid monthly in USD. Our standups are at 9:00 AM Pacific. Please make sure you have dependable internet and backup power.

Day to day:

• Write grant proposals, letters of inquiry and reports to foundation and corporate funders
• Track submissions, awards and reports in Raiser's Edge or Salesforce
• Research new prospects in Candid Foundation Directory and Instrumentl
• Edit proposals for clarity, length limits and funder guidelines
• Maintain the grants calendar and track deadlines and requirements
• Report monthly on pipeline, awards and pending requests
• Build project budgets and budget narratives with finance
• Monitor compliance with grant terms and reporting requirements

Qualifications:

• 2+ years of grant writing experience with a record of funded proposals
• Writing samples required
• Comfortable interviewing program staff and turning notes into narrative
• Bachelor's degree in English, communications, nonprofit management or a related field

Preferred:

• Raiser's Edge or Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud

Why work with us:

Pay: $910 - $1,050/month

• Paid time off
• Flexible hours
• Monthly internet allowance
• Annual rate review

This posting may close early if we receive enough applications.

Duration: 9 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Tacoma Community Services.