NYLAG seeks an experienced grant writer to join our development team. The Grant Writer will report to the Director of Development and will work closely with the Associate Director of Foundation & Government Relations will work closely with members of the development team, legal staff, and financial counselors to craft, coordinate, submit compelling letters of interest, proposals, reports, and renewals in support of the advancement of NYLAG’s mission.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the development team, legal staff, and financial counselors to draft and submit compelling and succinct letters of inquiries, proposals, reports, and renewals
- Perform prospect research on government, foundations, and corporate funders; identify potential fits between grantor funding priorities organization goals
- Craft compelling case statements and other materials in support of both institutional and philanthropic fundraising efforts
- Engage with legal and financial counseling staff and data team to maintain knowledge of the organization’s programs and to collect data and information to bolster the quality of proposals, reports, and renewals
- Monitor grant expectations, needs, deliverables and programmatic updates, and maintain regular communication with internal and external stakeholders
- Maintain grant calendars; coordinate with programmatic staff, data team, finance department, and other key staff to prepare grant proposals, reports, and renewals for timely submission; develop protocols to streamline processes
- Collaborate with the development team and staff to regularly steward with current potential funders, including preparing updates, communicating successes, and coordinating site visits
- Maintain updated grant records and files, including maintaining grant records in the donor database
- Manage grants calendars; develop protocols to ensure timely submission of grant proposals and reports. and develop protocols for timely submission of proposals and reports
- Engage with staff across NYLAG’s legal and financial counseling units to understand the work of the organization, gather information and success stories to strengthen proposals
- Maintain updated grant files and records
Data Collection & Analysis
- Collaborate with program staff to develop protocols for data collection, data validation; establish strategies for timely reporting; and assist program staff to manage data streams and files
- Monitor data integrity and ensure case handlers are entering accurate data into the system; communicate progress towards deliverables; trouble shoot issues with data
- Utilize NYLAG’s case management system to export data into Excel for external and internal reports
- Compile statistical data and provide analysis related to grants deliverables and overall unit performance; create dashboards and visualizations to exemplify findings
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree
- At least 5-7 years of experience grant-writing at a nonprofit
- Excellent writing and editing skills; the ability to translate complex information to tell a clear and compelling story
- Demonstrated ability to craft compelling letters of interest, proposals, reports, and renewals
- Demonstrated success in 5-, 6-, and 7-figure grants from both government and foundation funders
- Demonstrated ability to utilize various prospecting tools to identify and secure new funding sources
- Passion for NYLAG’s mission and ability to translate that passion in writing
- Ability to engage with staff to develop a deep understanding of programmatic areas
- Strong project management skills; ability multitask several projects simultaneously
- Ability to coordinate with multiple stakeholders to manage and meet proposal and submission deadlines
NYLAG’s Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
NYLAG is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. People of color, women, people with disabilities, immigrants, veterans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people, and those with lived experiences in the communities we serve are strongly encouraged to apply.
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