Fund Development Associate
Brilliant Corners, United States
Job Description
The Fund Development team at Brilliant Corners acts as the lead on funding proposal writing and reporting, contributes to the organization’s intermediary role by underwriting and managing grants for key partners, and supports overall policy and communications, as needed. Led by the Chief Strategic Partnerships Officer, the 6-person team works collaboratively to secure new resources for Brilliant Corners’ capacity and programs, while also spearheading similar efforts for our government partners. While not officially a communications team, the Fund Development members work closely with the communications lead, Directors, and Executive staff to craft materials, messages, and other collateral that the organization uses for both prospecting and policy efforts. This work is always done with an eye towards equitybeing careful to avoid narratives that reinforce disempowerment of the communities that we serve. Instead, we view each new body of work as an opportunity to advocate for the breadth of systems change that we believe can be truly transformative and aligned with our mission.
Requirements
The Fund Development Associate will report to the Fund Development Assistant Manager and support project management, proposal writing and submission, and ongoing reporting/management of grant and contract funding from government, foundation and corporate sources. The Fund Development Associate will write accurate, comprehensive, and compelling grant/RFP proposals that conform to all requirements, including narratives, forms, financial documents, program budgets, staff bios, etc. The Fund Development Associate will maintain an internal tracking system with dates and deliverables around grant applications, renewals, and reports to ensure that Brilliant Corners consistently delivers high-quality, timely materials. The Fund Development Associate will also have an opportunity to become involved in policy work and advocacy efforts.
Our Ideal Candidate:
You make sure things are doneand that they are done well and on time. You understand that accomplishing goals takes a team and that effective teams require thoughtful collaboration, planning, communication, calendaring, and a little bit of cajoling. You’re known as the team member who keeps the trains running on time. You excel at project management.
You have a way with words. Your communication is clear and professional. You articulate complex ideas in ways that anyone can understandand it’s compelling!
You have ninja-level summarizing skills.You can take complicated stuff and make it easy for the average person to understand. You’re able to quickly understand a complex scenario and distill it down to the key elements. You have a knack for stripping away the distracting details and capturing in a few words what really matters.
You thrive in an entrepreneurial environment. You’re resourceful and at ease with ambiguity and rapid change. You possess a positive, can-do attitude, and are adept at identifying creative solutions that turn challenges into opportunities. You can handle many important responsibilities at once, and you’re rigorous about prioritization.
Professional Experience
- Demonstrated writing and project management skills are essential, whether in professional or informal settings
- Superior writing and editing skillsideally experience in non-profit communications, journalism, public relations or grant-writing.
- Excellent organizational, project management, and planning skills with high attention to detail.
- Ability to take direction and feedback from multiple stakeholders and exercise good judgment to move work forward.
- Adept at collecting large amounts information and synthesizing it into a cohesive, concise work product that is easy to understand.
- Can manage multiple deadlines efficiently and simultaneously.
- Solid team player who is able to work well collaboratively on projects and under pressure.
- High degree of professionalism and discretion with internal and external stakeholders; able to engage with high-level staff from funding agencies.
- Ability to build and refine internal Fund Development systems and processes
- Basic computer knowledge, MS Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel required.
- Ability to utilize critical thinking skills in decision-making and good independent judgment.
- An interest in policy work that can help achieve systems change in the homeless response sector.
- You may submit a pre-existing piece of work of any kind, but we are especially interested in writing that aims to be both technical and persuasive (kind of like writing a grant). The writing sample has no page limit, but we will only read the first 3 pages. <