Grant Specialist - Lighthouse : Job Details

REPORTS TO: Manager, Institutional Giving

STATUS: Full-Time, Exempt

JOB CLASSIFICATION: Specialist II

UNION ELIGIBLE: Yes

WORK ARRANGEMENT: Remote

SALARY RANGE: $75,000 – $90,000

Founded in San Francisco in 1902, the LightHouse's purpose is to promote the independence, equality and self-reliance of people who are blind or visually impaired. The LightHouse is currently in a period of growth, increasing our capacity to serve more low-vision and blind clients.

*Blind/visually impaired strongly encouraged to apply.

*Please note the terms and conditions of this position may be subject to change, once a Union Collective Bargaining Agreement is in place.

OVERVIEW

The LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired is looking for a service-oriented Grant Writer to join the LightHouse team, in the heart of downtown San Francisco. With over 100+ employees and an annual budget of $23 M, the LightHouse has the resources and imagination to help change the lives of the blind and low-vision population of the greater bay area and beyond. One of San Francisco's oldest and best-known philanthropies, we operate primarily from a state-of-the-art headquarters on Market Street.

The Grant Writer will work in a primarily remote capacity that includes occasional work in the San Francisco office or other California locations as needed as part of an evolving Development Department, supporting aspects of development for the entire organization.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, History, or a related field is preferred.
• 3-5+ years' experience grant writing
• Proven professional writing experience, ideally 1+ years of grants or corporate requests; portfolio samples or equivalent required.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Professional and friendly demeanor
• Driven, dependable, strong organizational skills with the ability to work independently and as a collaborative team member
• Highly organized, high level of attention to detail
• Familiarity with or interest in the nonprofit community and the LightHouse's mission
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Proficiency in Salesforce or proven CRM learning capacity and willingness to develop essential skills immediately.
• Experience working within corporate giving is a plus.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support in revenue projection and shared prospect research responsibility with Grants and Contract Manager and leadership, including identifying and qualifying new institutional donors.
• Develop institutional giving template content to ensure communication fidelity; support for Communications related to all grants items, development of recognition tiers for donors, and support in developing/delivering professional development for relationship leaders throughout the organization in the realm of institutional giving.
• Primary responsibility for new grant prospect development and production of renewal grants over $50,000, and new grants between $25,000 – $99,000; annual templates, support in development impact report narratives, project development and budget scoping in collaboration with leadership under the supervision of the Grants and Contract Manager.
• Develop twice annual grant reports for institutional donors, supporting the Grants and Contracts Manager and Program leadership in timely data collection.
• Ensure grant reports are delivered in a timely fashion.
• Update demographics internally for staff, board, and volunteers as possible, and for service areas and students (participants).
• Willingness to perform other related duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Carry and/or transport 20lbs
• Sit/Stand at a desk and perform computer-intensive work for long periods of time
• Operate standard office equipment
• Must be able to travel independently to all sites as needed

WORKING CONDITIONS:

LightHouse is an equal opportunity employer. LightHouse policy and the law prohibit discrimination and harassment based on an individual's race, ancestry, religion or religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, age (40 and over), sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin (including language use restrictions), marital status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), physical or mental disability (including HIV and AIDS), military or veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions, denial of Family and Medical Care leave, height and weight, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local laws, regulations, or ordinances.

LightHouse personnel are employed on an at-will basis. Employment at-will means that the employment relationship may be terminated, with or without cause and with or without advance notice at any time by the employee or the Agency.

We strive to maintain a scent-free environment and a drug-free workplace. Employees are expected to behave in accordance with these objectives.

All employees at LightHouse are hired for an indefinite and unspecified duration and consequently, no employee is guaranteed employment for a specified length of time. Employment is at the mutual consent of the employee and LightHouse. Accordingly, either the employee or LightHouse can terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause (“employment at will”).

HOW TO APPLY:

Please submit a cover letter and résumé as Word attachments (no PDFs please), along with the completed employment application (downloads in a Word document), to [email protected], including the job title in the subject line.

To fill out the application, please enable editing in the document. We will not consider videos or hyperlinks to online profiles. Due to time constraints, we will only respond to complete submissions in which there is serious interest; thanks for your understanding.