Executive Director Grant Services Roper St Francis Foundation

Primary Function/General Purpose of Position

Reporting to the Vice President/President of the Roper St. Francis Foundation the Senior Director of Grant Services will establish and advance philanthropic partnerships with external organizations that align with Roper St. Francis Foundation mission vision and priorities. He or she will identify qualify solicit and steward private foundations corporate partners and government agencies requiring grant contracts and proposals to support system priority initiatives. This role is responsible for $10M in annual external funding from grants foundations and corporate partners with a minimum of 20 of the number of annual awards to derive from new sources yearly.

This position oversees systemwide management of grant submissions and funded award administration providing leadership consultation and support for initiatives and collaborations throughout the grants lifecycle from risk assessment to pre and postaward activities and award closeout. Duties include identifying and collaborating with clinical and administrative program managers to develop viable grant concepts activities and budgets; preparing and submitting final proposals; documenting grant contracts and subcontracts; and overseeing funded grants administration to ensure grant compliance as well as financial accountability. Leads efforts to ensure grantrelated internal controls are in place to regularly monitor and update system compliance with applicable statutes regulations policies and procedures. Responsibilities include identification of viable funding opportunities; concept and proposal planning and development; application approvals and submissions; award negotiations; and oversight of postaward program management.

This position will ensure the timely development submission and management of grants and contracts and applying best practices for tracking acknowledging stewarding and reporting to our government and institutional partners. Position will be responsible for managing and overseeing a team.

Essential Job Functions

• Responsible for a $10M in annual grant revenue from government foundation and corporate partners with a minimum of 30 of annual funding awards to derive from new sources.

• Work to identify and cultivate new institutional supporters create timely and compelling solicitations and ensure proposals align with the strategic priorities and goals of Roper St. Francis Foundation.

• Work closely with Foundation leadership system lead clinicians and administrators grant program managers and the Grants Services staff to coordinate all grant solicitation activities to include RFP reviews and application submissions concept development deadline management reporting requirements and communication plan.

• Oversee development of a strategic annual grants calendar of potential opportunities and deadlines.

• Prepare regular and annual reports on grants activity for the Foundation board and foundation reports using Raisers Edge reports and funded partner data.

• Research and disperse best and emerging health care practices and priorities and grant development and management practices.

• Negotiate grant award terms and conditions and maintain relationships with funding agencies to monitor compliance throughout the life of the grant.

• For funded awards instruct grant program manager on award terms and conditions and monitor institutional compliance with funding agency reporting and accountability requirements.

• Oversee topquality stewardship to grantors who invest in Roper St. Francis each year.

• Related responsibilities include providing personalized outreach and invitations to relevant events and experiences coordinating grantor recognition efforts with the communications team and ensuring timely and accurate processing of all grantrelated paperwork

• Serve as the systems lead official ensuring compliance with OMB 2 CFR 200 and Uniform Guidance requirements.

• Lead efforts to ensure grantrelated policies and procedures are in place to monitor and update system compliance with applicable statutes regulations policies and procedures.

• Responsibilities include serving as system Authorized Official Representative for federal awards identification of viable funding opportunities; concept and proposal planning and development; application approvals and submissions; award negotiations; and oversight of postaward program management.

• Encourage and educate RSFH staff on how to develop strategically aligned potential grant projects through workshops seminars and other internal educational activities.

• Lead and supervise a team including a Grants Accountant Grants Coordinator Grants Director and Development Associate.

This document is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities skills duties requirements or working conditions associated with the job. Employees may be required to perform other jobrelated duties as required by their supervisor subject to reasonable accommodation.

Licensing/Certification

• Grant Professionals Certification through the GPC Institute Preferred

Education

• Bachelors degree and five years of direct fundraising and fundraising management experience (required)

Work Experience

• 10 years of grants solicitation and grants and contracts management experience

• Experience in sixfigureplus donor proposal or grantwriting (required)

• Three to five years of grant management institutional fundraising and corporate partnership experience preferred

Hard/Tech/Clinical Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to develop compelling proposals and reports with a focus on health care science and medicine.

• Experience in establishing strategies to identify and qualify private foundations corporate partners and government agencies.

• Success in creating and executing a strategic development plan for soliciting securing and stewarding gifts from external partners.

• Experience in establishing a pipeline of supporters and managing a portfolio of at least 5075 donors.

• Demonstrated success in portfolio management prospect qualification analytics and research.

• Proven project management skills.

• Experience using reporting tools design software and donor management software.

• Proficient in MS Word PowerPoint and Excel.

• Knowledge of Raisers Edge software systems (including RENXT and Research Point).

• Experience with fundraising database and knowledge of prospecting tools and reports within fundraising systems or other prospective donor relations systems e.g. Raisers Edge Sales Force etc.

• Success working on teams to develop highlevel proposals with funding opportunities across disciplines.

Soft/Interpersonal Skills:

• Ability to work independently but also function as part of a team and contribute to the goals of the full team

• Excellent verbal written and interpersonal communication skills.

• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and creatively work well under pressure and manage details of several concurrent projects.

• Proven selfstarter capable of making sound ethical independent judgments.