Grants Manager, Strategic Partnerships

Who We Are:CAMBA is a community of staff volunteers clients donors neighbors and partners who work together to build an inclusive New York City where all children and adults have access to the resources and supports they need to thrive. We take a comprehensive approach by offering more than 180 integrated programs in: Education & Youth Development Family Support Job Training & Employment Support Services Health Housing and Legal Services. We reach almost 80000 individuals and families including almost 13000 serves a diverse cross section of New Yorkers from new mothers in Brownsville to job seekers in the Rockaways. More than half of our clients are immigrants and refugees from around the globe. Over 85% of our families are living in poverty reflecting the challenges faced by nearly 1.7 million New Yorkers today.

Program Overview: CAMBAs Office of Development & Communicationsis responsible for informing funders stakeholders and community members about CAMBA work in order to further the organizations development and growth. TheDevelopment Unitis responsible for developing and achieving CAMBAs government philanthropic and individual fundraising goals.

Position: Senior Grant Writer

Reports To: Senior Director Institutional Giving

Location: 1720 Church Ave Brooklyn NY

What The Senior Grant Writer Does:

• Manage a portfolio of public and private grants including writing preparation and submission of all grant proposals letters of intent reports and other written materials
• Identify and research government and private sources of funding within the portfolio and as requested for other programs by the Senior Director of Institutional or SVP
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of government contracting requirements and budgeting
• Write edit and proofread proposals to obtain funds for on-going or new programs and for special projects. Work with program and fiscal staff to finalize submission. Follow up on submissions.
• Conduct research to support proposal development and other projects as assigned
• Responsible for ensuring timely financial reporting of all private grants in coordination with program and fiscal staff.
• Conduct semi-annual review of programmatic content of agency website
• Interact and communicate with senior management program level staff the DARE team (Data Analysis Research & Evaluation) and government/ foundation representatives during the proposal design development and implementation phases to ensure agreement with goals and objectives scope feasibility and program funding needs.

Minimum Education/Experience Required:

• Bachelors Degree

Other Requirements:

• Three (3) years of demonstrated success as a grant writer in a mid-sized (500 employees) organization.
• Excellent written & verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills
• Able to synthesize data and information into one compelling voice and story
• Strong project management skills
• Enjoys working independently and as part of a team
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite (Word Excel Outlook)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiar with public (NYC NYS and federal) and private grants and contracts
• Skilled at working across multiple teams and with staff of varying levels of seniority including executives to produce timely and high-quality deliverables

Compensation: $75000 - $90000 annually
When salary ranges are listed the range would represent the low and high end for the applicable position & program. The salary offered would be based on various factors unique to each program and includes but is not limited to experience education budget and/or program size internal equity skills and other factors that may be required for the position and organization.

Status: -Full-time (35 hours per week)
Benefits: CAMBA offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance dental insurance 403(b) retirement plan with employer match paid time off (vacation personal and sick time) and paid holidays.

CAMBA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace. People of color people with disabilities and lesbian gay bisexual and transgender people are encouraged to apply. We consider all applicants without regard to race color religion creed gender gender identity gender expression national origin age disability socio-economic status marital or veteran status pregnancy status or sexual orientation.