Director Of Government Grants
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$ 140000 - 150000
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Job Description
- Are you a nonprofit grant writer with a track record of securing funding from city state and federal agencies
- Do you enjoy building relationships with funders and program staff
- Does the mission of affordable housing resonate with you
If this sounds like you wed love to hear from you!
PNP Staffing Group is excited to have been retained by Westhab to lead their search for a Director of Government Grants.
Salary: $140000 $150000
Comprehensive Benefits
Location: Hybrid schedule in New York NY
About Westhab
NY State faces a critical shortage of affordable housing. Westhab is the premier organization of our kind in our region providing housing and supportive services for more than 10000 of the most vulnerable members of our community each year. We have been advancing our mission Building Communities. Changing Lives. for over 40 years. We build communities by developing the housing that our community sorely needs and we change lives by delivering services and support so every individual can have the opportunity to thrive.
Summary of the Role
The GGW will identify define and develop funding to support existing and planned program activities as well as lead the development writing and submission of grant proposals to federal state and local funding agencies.
The position is also responsible for collecting analyzing and reporting data on the performance of program activities that are funded by federal state and local government agencies.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Prepares proposals by conducting research gathering internal and external data to support grants requests writing drafts and obtaining approvals.
- Coordinates and followsup on the progress of submitted proposals.
- Identifies funding opportunities that meet the needs of the organization.
- Ensures that proposal deadlines are set and followed by determining priorities and target dates for information gathering drafting editing revising and submitting proposals.
- Serves as the liaison to all funding agencies and organizations.
- Circulate summaries of funding opportunities to executive program staff fiscal and data staff to ensure decisions are made and projects move forward in a timely manner to meet proposal deadlines.
- Revise edit and proofread proposal materials prepared by other staff.
- Participate in regular interdepartmental meetings senior leadership program finance and data meetings to learn and stay abreast of what is happening organizationally.
- Maintain relationships with current and potential government funders by drafting reports and other written materials and by participating in meetings and/or phone conversations with funders.
- Stay abreast of philanthropic trends and government grantmaking priorities of current potential Westhab funders.
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE:
- Bachelors Degree; Masters degree preferred.
- Minimum of 5 years experience as a grant writer in social services or other governmentfunded organization.
- Motivated selfstarter who also enjoys collaboration.
- Highly organized able to write high volume of proposals and make deadlines.
- A strong writer who can tailor proposals to specific funders and use both storytelling and data.
- Proven track record of securing new funding opportunities.
- People skills to build relationships with funders and program staff.
We are staffed by an extraordinary group of hard working professionals that are fully committed to our mission. Working at Westhab is not easy. Our expectations for all staff are high. We believe that the people and the communities that we have the privilege to serve deserve our very best every day. We are resultsdriven organization that focuses on empowerment and impact. If you want to apply for this opportunity it should only be because you feel ready for the challenges and expectations that come with joining this kind of team.
Westhab is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination and harassment based on race color sex religion sexual orientation national origin disability pregnancy or any other protected characteristic.
Westhab has retained PNP Staffing Group to lead this search.Please send resume and cover letter to Wade Savitt Executive Recruiter:
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Grant
