Job Description

 

 

About Us: St Vincent de Paul is a faith-based, non-profit organization based in Tacoma off South Tacoma Way that oversees a strong Outreach Program and Thrift Store to assist our neighbors in need and those facing an immediate crisis. We recently opened a Community Resource Center on site. We partner with 11 local Parishes and assist upwards of 20,000 people in Pierce County and provide more than $650,000 annually in financial assistance.

We are seeking a part-time grant writer with 2 – 5 years’ experience to manage our growing grant portfolio. The grant writer will maintain and manage a grant portfolio that requires the submission of up to 30 local and federal proposals and requisite reports a year. This is a two-year grant funded position with an opportunity for a permanent position with expanded hours. Flexible, remote hours are 25-28 per week with scheduled bi-weekly, on-site meetings. Salary range is $28-$30/hr.

Reports to: Executive Director

Responsibilities:
● In partnership with the Executive Director, research and identify grant prospects at the state and national level.

● Determine proposal concepts by identifying and clarifying opportunities and needs, studying requests for proposal (RFPs), attend strategy meetings, participate in relevant staff meetings, and develop a strong understanding of the organization’s work, programs, priorities, innovations, history, mission, and results.

● Maintain grant deadlines and program tracker and enters relevant information into the organization's database. Meets proposal deadlines by establishing priorities and target dates for information and shares information with the Executive Director. Coordinates requirements with various program staff and contributes proposal status information.

● Has excellent interpersonal skills with a demonstrated history of appropriately handling communication with foundation representatives.

● Drafts, revises, and produces high-quality proposals and reports for multiple stakeholders by using templates and following proposal-writing standards including readability, consistency, and tone. Assembles information including project nature, objectives/outcomes/deliverables, implementation, methods, timetable, staffing, budget, standards of performance, and evaluation.

● Drafts content related to grant partners for general external communications such as newsletter articles, blog posts, and social media content.

● Assists with database management; can pull reports to meet various funder queries.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $28.00 - $30.00 per hour

Expected hours: 25 – 28 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Employee discount
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Microsoft Office: 3 years (Preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Tacoma, WA 98409

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