Great Green Job of the Week: Grant Coordinator, Green Edge Collaborative

Green Edge NYC seeks a motivated individual to provide grant writing, grants management, and related tasks to support Green Edge NYC’s development campaigns on a part-time volunteer basis. The commitment will vary in range from 10-20 hours each week depending upon scheduled events. This job has the potential to develop into a paid staff position.

The Grants Coordinator is a part-time volunteer position which will be responsible for grants management, which includes identifying, managing and submitting Letters of Interest (LOIs), grant proposals and reports, and managing funder relations. The Grants Coordinator will work collaboratively with the Founder, Director, Development Advisory Board and Steering Committee to coordinate cultivation and solicitation efforts with foundations and corporate donors. The Grants Coordinator will research and develop a list of prospective foundation and funders using The Foundation Center’s database.

Responsibilities are as follows:

• Develop, write, and edit grant proposals and reports.
• Identify funding opportunities for Green Edge NYC and its programs.
• Prepare internal reports for staff, board, and Development Advisory Board
• Coordinate correspondence with funders, and handle routine clarifying calls regarding submission dates, guidelines.
• Research new foundation and government funding opportunities as well as potential sponsorship opportunities.
• Coordinate contacts and maintain foundation database with responsibility for tracking deadlines, communications, awards, contact information, follow-up tasks and reporting requirements.
• Track grant proposals to funders providing status of proposals in development, proposals submitted to funders and proposals that have been issued or canceled.
• Work with Coordinator, Operations to compile written grant reports with financial reports and other required documentation.
• Communicate regularly with staff about funded projects, and participate in program discussion to develop ideas and strategies for developing new prospects and programs or activities.
  Draft fundraising-related text for contribution to newsletters, websites, board reports, promotional materials, annual reports or other publications as needed.
  Perform additional fundraising support tasks as identified by staff.

Qualifications:

• Available in a volunteer capacity to contribute to the management of a rapidly
• growing nonprofit organization.
• College Graduate and 2 years solid fundraising/grant writing experience.
• Highly organized.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and organizational skills, as well as
• strong computer skills including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Photoshop.
• Available to attend staff meetings (possibly evenings & weekends)
• Capability to work “at home” and meet in Manhattan and Brooklyn
• Friendly and willing to learn and grow in a team-oriented setting
• Your creativity and independence are welcome and encouraged

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