Lead Financial Analyst, Grants Administration

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Job Summary

Serve as the primary administrator of Denver Health Foundations (DHF) private foundation grants including prospect research grant applications and reporting. Develop and maintain strong relationships with DHF private foundation funders and prospects and with Denver Health departments.

Essential Functions:

• Grants Management (20%)
• Grant prospect research: Research private foundation prospects for the development of prospect lists; Field inquiries from and conduct exploratory meetings with Denver Health program staff regarding potential grant funding opportunities; Research statistics trends and data relevant to Denver Health / DHF activities. (10%)
• Grant application process: Coordinate grant proposal development and submission prepare edit and organize materials for grant proposals; staff site visits; and monitor the grant application process. (10%)
• Grant award processing: Oversee the processing of incoming grant award packages and ensure the timely execution of related grant contracts/agreements; Draft thank-you letters and other key funder correspondence. (10%)
• Grant reporting and compliance: Collaborate with Development Associate to draft and edit compelling progress reports; Assemble and submit supporting materials including budget reports outcome measurements and success stories; Routinely reconcile accounts with Denver Healths internal systems (i.e. SPARO Legal Grant Accounting); Support other Proposals Distribution and Evaluation activities; Build and maintain relationships with key Denver Health and external partners (10%)
• Funders and prospective funders serve as the primary point of contact with a portfolio of funders; Denver Health programs and Principal Investigators routinely communicate about funding needs and opportunities. (10%)
• Denver Health supportive services SPARO Legal Grants Accounting maintain courteous and respectful relationships (10%)
• Record-keeping: Routinely update grants management/donor database system with relevant information action taken next steps needed etc. (10%)
• Create monthly reports on grants and projects status. (5%)
• Participate actively in Proposals Distribution and Reports team meetings (5%)

Education:

• Bachelors Degree Concentration in the social sciences English Communications Nonprofit Management Business or Public Administration or a related field Required
• Masters degree Preferred

Work Experience:

• Six years of grant application and/or grant report writing experience with private foundations corporations or federal agencies required. Required

Licenses:

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Superior written communication skills; ability to write clear well-structured persuasive proposals; strong editing skills; insistence on highest level of quality
• Excellent interpersonal skills with all constituents tact poise diplomacy courteousness professionalism. Clear demonstrated capacity for managing VIP relationships
• Discretion handling sensitive and confidential information
• Extensive knowledge in proposal writing; familiarity with funder research techniques and private foundations
• Commitment to systems improvement
• Ability to resolve not just communicate emergent challenges
• Ability to build effective processes to address external and internal needs
• Appetite for professional development
• Team player in highly collaborative decision-making environment
• Ability to work with large amounts of data to analyze and interpret data detect errors and prepare reports.
• Driven to see projects to completion

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Work Type

Salary

Benefits

• Outstanding benefits including up to 27 paid days off per year immediate retirement plan employer contribution up to 9.5% and generous medical plans

• Free RTD EcoPass (public transportation)

• On-site employee fitness center and wellness classes

• Childcare discount programs & exclusive perks on large brands travel and more

• Tuition reimbursement & assistance

• Education & development opportunities including career pathways and coaching

• Professional clinical advancement program & shared governance

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer free student loan coaching and assistance navigating the PSLF program

• National Health Service Corps (NHCS) and Colorado Health Service Corps (CHSC) eligible employer

Our Values

• Respect

• Belonging

• Accountability

• Transparency

All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test once a conditional offer of employment has been made.

Denver Health is an integrated high-quality academic health care system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center a 555-bed acute care medical center Denvers 911 emergency medical response system 10 family health centers 19 school-based health centers Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety a Public Health Institute an HMO and The Denver Health Foundation.

As Colorados primary and essential safety-net institution Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided billions in uncompensated care for the uninsured. Denver Health is viewed as an Anchor Institution for the community focusing on hiring and purchasing locally as applicable serving as a pillar for community needs and caring for more than 185000 individuals and 67000 children a year.

Located near downtown Denver Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.

Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We value the unique ideas talents and contributions reflective of the needs of our community.

Applicants will be considered until the position is filled.