Urban Arts Partnership seeks an experienced Grant Manager to join its Development team. Urban Arts is a leading arts education organization reaching 12,000 students in over 100 underserved public schools in New York and Los Angeles. The Grant Manager reports to The Director of Development.
Visit us at www.urbanarts.org.
Responsibilities:
·Work closely with senior leadership and key staff to implement organizational fundraising strategy.
·Conduct research to discover potential new sources of support and analyze RFPs / grant announcements.
·Research and draft proposals/grant applications for submission to corporate and private foundations.
·Complete grant applications requesting support from City, State and Federal government agencies.
·Produce proposals, reports, acknowledgments for foundations, corporations, government agencies, and individual donors.
·Manage a grant calendar to ensure the timely submission of reports and complying with all external deadlines.
·Maintain and expand current base of foundation and corporate grant support.
Qualifications:
·4+ years of grant writing and grant management experience.
·Demonstrated success procuring grants from foundations, corporations and government sources.
·Strong research, writing and editing skills.
·Ability to translate vision, strategies, and action plans into fundable proposals.
·Experience with producing large, complex government proposals.
·Flexibility and ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and have knowledge/interest in arts education.
·Database management skills and professional knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
·Strong organizational skills, keen attention to detail, and ability to manage many distinct areas of work at once.
·Ability to participate as a team player in coordinating grant proposal data.
The compensation and benefits package will be competitive and commensurate with the selected candidate's background and experience.
Urban Arts Partnership is an at-will and equal opportunity employer. Applicants and employees shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender (including pregnancy and gender expression) identity, color, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law or ordinance. Reasonable accommodation will be made so that qualified disabled applicants may participate in the application process. Please advise in writing of special needs at the time of application.
