Grant and Development Coordinator
Job Summary
Job Description
The Grant and Development Coordinator is responsible for securing grant funding and coordinating development efforts. This involves researching funding opportunities, preparing proposals, maintaining relationships with funders, and preparing budgets. The role also includes donor management, event planning, answering inquiries, and supporting fundraising initiatives. The candidate will also assist in maintaining relationships with donors. The position requires strong project management skills, communication skills, and the ability to work independently and as part of a team. The position requires a strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief.
Must have:
- Christian faith and commitment to World Relief's mission.
- Excellent communication skills for diverse communities.
- Project management and proposal writing experience.
- Ability to manage tasks and meet deadlines.
- Self-motivated and proactive work approach.
Good to have:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- Experience in non-profit fundraising.
- Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Perks:
- Competitive benefits package.
- Employee discount program.
- Healthy Workforce Designation.
3 skills required
Job Details
Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten? Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?
If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.
At this pivotal moment in time, we are rapidly expanding and growing our team to meet the increasing needs of our world. We are looking for people who want to use their gifts and talents to make a real and tangible difference in our world and the lives of the suffering.
If you’re looking for a purpose-driven career in which you can grow your talents, while also standing up for the rights of the vulnerable, we want you to join us today.
ORGANIZATION SUMMARY
World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war-torn Europe. Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with local churches and communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish.
Today, organizational programming focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, community strengthening and resilience, and refugee & immigrant services and advocacy.
This position is reliant upon funding and may be subject to modification or termination based on resource availability.
POSITION SUMMARY:
World Relief is a unique and invigorating place to work. We are looking for talented, ambitious and collaborative people to come alongside our mission, vision and values as we partner with churches to empower the most vulnerable in the world. We hope these resources provide more insight into your hiring journey with us. World Relief Texas and World Relief Wisconsin are Christian non-profit organizations that provide support to refugees, asylees, and other immigrants in Texas and Wisconsin. We envision every refugee and immigrant welcomed by community, rooted in community, and empowered for community. The Grant and Development Coordinator is responsible for pursuing and securing grant funding in support of the office goals and coordinating the development efforts of the World Relief offices.
ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Research grant funding opportunities for local programming.
- Prepare LOIs, proposals and budgets to submit for funding requests, in collaboration with program managers and directors.
- Maintain relationships with current funders, providing reports and updates regarding the programs they fund.
- Preparing budgets in collaboration with the Regional Finance Director.
- Collaborate with World Relief Home Office staff on grant opportunities for the network.
- Remain updated on current program details and outcomes, department needs and organizational direction.
- Plan, prepare, and facilitate site visits for funders.
- Edit and submit grant reports to funders, in collaboration with managers.
- Maintain notes on foundations and grant opportunities; organize proposals in WR database.
- Maintain relationships with foundations and actively research opportunities to develop new relationships.
- Ensure CRM has accurate and up-to-date donor information.
- Own donor and gift acknowledgement, including thank-you emails, phone calls, gifts, etc.
- Assist with planning of development and community engagement events.
- Answer and field development phone calls and email inquiries.
- Join Director of Development in planning fundraising initiatives and strategic goals.
- Help qualify new donors and churches for potential fundraising opportunities.
- Assist in maintaining relationships with current donors and churches already involved with World Relief.
- Other essential development functions for World Relief Texas.
ESSENTIAL GRANT FUNCTIONS
ESSENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FUNCTIONS
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
- Mature and personal Christian faith
- Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
- Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
- Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity and National Evangelicals For the Health of The Nation document
- Outstanding listening, oral and written communication skills with a demonstrated ability to relate to and communicate with diverse communities.
- Project management, from facilitating big-picture strategic conversations about positioning and prospects to completion and on-time submission of full proposal and report packages (narratives, budgets and attachments).
- Ability to manage and prioritize competing tasks to meet multiple, simultaneous deadlines.
- Extremely self-motivated with a proactive approach to work.
- Maintain equal level of professional decorum, confidentially, and respect with people in interacting with participants, staff, high net worth individuals and foundation executives.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
- At least three years of experience researching and writing private grants and successful managing grant reporting timelines.
- At least two years of experience in non-profit fundraising and/or administrative work.
- Excellent writing skills, ability to synthesize data and narrative in compelling, concise writing.
- Ability to work effectively both as a team member and independently.
- Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Flexibility and ability to prioritize and work on multiple projects.
$22 - $26 an hour
World Relief offers a competitive benefits package and employee discount program for full-time and part-time employees.
World Relief is honored to be recognized with the Gold-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding the core components of our well-being program including leadership and culture, program foundations and execution, and whole person health.
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Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.
For World Relief staff, strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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