Role: Grant Specialist (full-time)
Location: Boston, MA; Portsmouth, NH; Remote for highly qualified candidate
Reports to: Director of Partnerships
Compensation: $60,000 + benefits + competitive time off
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of experience in nonprofit grant writing
- A self-starter who is passionate about the work and content in a fast-paced environment
- Organization/time-management skills; attention to detail; ability to meet deadlines
- High integrity needed to handle confidential information
- Proficiency/certifications in MS Office (MS Excel and MS PowerPoint, in particular)
- Knowledge of AI applications in grant management, preferred
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Solution mindset rooted in clear plans of action
Responsibilities
- Be an engaged ambassador of Empowered Network's mission
- First draft ownership on the majority of outbound proposals
- Expand upon and oversee management for the existing grant submission calendar leveraging GrantStation's database and Salesforce.com
- Curate local donor support in locations that aren't currently self-sustaining
- Create and coordinate a quarterly donor newsletter
- Manage gratitude correspondence
- Innovate on individual donor engagement
- Support donor events
- Maintain accurate documentation for all development activities
- Create and execute against follow-up schedules for every major donor
- Assist with social platform messaging and posts
- Special projects; create draft templates, PowerPoints, etc. for donor meetings
Career Path: As locations are added, it is expected that the development team will expand. If you are an above-average contributor, this position has tremendous forward mobility.
About Empowered Network
Empowered Network's innovative program collaborates with trafficking survivors to achieve financial and personal self-sufficiency through advocacy, financing education, uncovering viable career paths, and removing housing barriers. EN's collaborative, impact-focused approach provides beyond the crisis support to enable long-term, sustainable outcomes that end exploitation cycles for the individual, their family, and their community.