Description:

Great opportunity to prove your abilities as a fundraiser. Majority of the time you can work from home!

• Responsible for conducting the full range of activities required to prepare, submit, and manage grant proposals to foundation and corporate sources.
• Perform prospect research on foundations and corporations to evaluate prospects for corporate and foundation grants.
• Work with finance to gather information necessary to report to corporate/foundation funders on current grant programs.
• Comply with all grant reporting as required by foundation/corporate donors.
• Provide stewardship to current donors, including work with Account Manager to provide regular written updates (newsletters etc) to corporate and foundation donors.
• Understanding of institutional history and programs.
• Maintain current records in database and in paper files, including grant tracking and reporting.
• Track statistics relevant to development and provide department with written materials necessary for donor stewardship (visitor number and diversity, educational program attendance, etc).
• Assist with other fundraising projects as requested.

Qualifications:

• Strong written communication skills; ability to write clear, structured, articulate, and persuasive proposals.
• Strong editing skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Knowledge of fundraising information sources.
• Knowledge of basic fundraising techniques and strategies.
• Knowledge and familiarity with research techniques for fundraising prospect research.
• Strong contributor in team environments.
• Experience working in deadline-driven environments.
• Able to work well in a team environment, handle multiple assignments and meet deadlines.
• Able to monitor and meet income goals.

Hours:

10-15

Length/Availability:

12 weeks

Start Date:

04/01/12

End Date:

03/15/12, 06/22/12

Deadline:

03/15/12

Tags:

grants    grant  writing    fund  raising    non  profit    detail    fundraising 

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