Job details
Salary from $19 an hour job type part-time contract number of hires for this role 1
Qualifications
Microsoft office: 1 year (preferred)
Full job description
Grant writer & facilitator
Job description
Position title: grant writer & facilitator
Position department: marketing
Description: responsible to the president & ceo and chief marketing administrator (cma) for researching, preparing, writing, and facilitating grant work appropriate to guidance college’s mission and advancement priorities.
Duties and responsibilities
Implement the whole granting writing process from research to submission of proposals.
Develop grant writing standards applicable to gc; that is, standards distinguishing gc the emerging islamic higher education institution across the us and internationally.
Execute a grant writing collection development policy that implements, evaluates, maintains, and weeds grant writing proposals with the institutional effectiveness administrator.
Promote and enforce the use of strategies in consultation with the president & ceo and chief marketing administrator.
Maintain a close working relationship with the chief financial services administrator.
Research 5 to 10 “authentic to gc” grant sources/opportunities every quarter and present a formatted report as to potentialities for funding a grant to the college.
Write and submit one new proposal every quarter of the fiscal year.
Present updates to cqai and keep members informed about upcoming deadlines and deliverables, thereby keeping the whole institution focused with annual planning cycle priorities.
Respond immediately and readily to interested grantors for updating and looping in all relevant gc personnel in the loop.
Provide regular reports to president & ceo for keeping the trustees knowledgeable and engaged in guidance college’s fund-raising activities.
Respond to institutional email with two business days and promptly for proposal work.
Perform duties and responsibilities as a multi-tasker with the strong ability to work under on-demand timing pressures.
Participate in one professional development opportunity annually and write a report.
Knowledge and abilities
The grant writer & facilitator must have demonstrated:
Grant writing experience and assessment skills for improving gc’s grant work.
Understanding higher education non-profit operations and financials.
Persistence in closing the whole grant writing loop of activities including long term outcomes with the grantor’s financial generosity.
Communication evidencing proficient writing skill, oral conciseness, and empathetic listening skills for both sides of the organizational loop.
Ability to use technology to enhance the overall effectiveness of gc’s advancement priorities.
Research skills for culling pertinent information applicable to different grant proposals.
Ability to project timelines and move the process forward toward realizable deadlines.
Character to pace self-imposed work goals and apply proactive-initiative-taking solutions for challenges to completing the grant writing loop.
Commitment to ensure confidentiality and use advisable discretion.
Level of strong people service skills.
Supervision given and received: determines own methods of performing assigned grant writing work where definite advancement priorities have been set and coordinate final presentation work leading to a submitted proposalAttentiveness direction given for writing proposals in islamic cultural and religious contexts within islamic communities and to entities favorable to higher education.
Accountability and evaluation: reports to president & ceo and cmaParticipates in an annual personnel reviewUses successes and denials of proposals to grow gc’s grant writing work.
Preferred position qualifications: master’s degree in a business-related field and minimally two-three years’ work experience in the whole grant writing process with successful proposals to an organization.
Preferred religious qualifications
Guidance college’s mission firmly states its roots and growth in islamic knowledge as a religious higher education studies collegeA preferred candidate should demonstrate a genuine commitment to the islamic faith and follow the path of (ahlu al-sunnah) denomination, practice personal and moral integrity privately and publicly, be in accord with the mission, vision, strategic initiatives, and educational philosophy of the collegeA member of and active in a local masjid.
Job types: part-time, contract
Pay: from $19.00 per hour
Schedule:
Monday to friday
Experience:
Microsoft office: 1 year (preferred)
Work location:
Fully remote
Work location: remote
