Grant Writer

Location: Remote

Duration: 6+ Months

Role: Grant Writer

About Us:

Digital Aid Seattle is a collective of professionals with diverse expertise, dedicated to transforming the nonprofit sector. We partner with nonprofits, leveraging our skills to enhance their efficiency, effectiveness, and accessibility, ultimately increasing their overall impact.

Why Join Us?:

By volunteering with us, you directly enhance the reach and efficacy of NGOs, with our nurturing environment, where everyone is united by common values, working collectively to give back to society.

All our volunteers sign an agreement and are vetted for experience before starting work with us. We believe in values like assuming positive intent, bringing out the best in others, and focusing on problems, not just solutions.

You should be seasoned, capable of leading yourself and others in your discipline, available to dedicate enough time to accomplish tasks, and driven to work independently.

Help us create a bigger impact by joining Digital Aid Seattle!

Responsibilities for Grant Writer

• Drafting funding proposals, narrative grant reports, project budgets, and all writing associated with Open Seattle's grants.
• Developing grant proposals for prospective government, corporate, and foundation funders.
• Ensuring that all grant proposals are accurate, complete, well-researched, written, documented, and include a well-developed budget.
• Becoming an expert in the history, structure, objectives, programs and financial needs of the organization.
• Conducting ongoing prospect (public and private) research and developing innovative and successful funder cultivation strategies.
• Ensuring that program staff are aware of outcomes, milestones and benchmarks, and reports required by funders.
• Maintaining strong relationships with fund providers and partners.
• Attending weekly plenary and bi-weekly team meetings.

Preferred Qualifications

Track record of successful grant writing for nonprofit organizations with 1-3 years of experience.

Demonstrated success and experience in identifying, writing, and receiving grants from government (including local, state, and federal) and private sources.

Key Attributes for Success

• Ability to think critically and to effectively present solutions to complex issues.
• Excellent time management skills which allow you to meet often competing deadlines.
• Outstanding ability to work both independently and as part of a strong team.
• Excellent research, analysis, and reporting skills.
• Experience working with diverse colleagues and clients.
• Experience with Google Suite and other common project management programs is a plus.
• Strong comfort with managing work remotely and collaboratively with a team.
• Friendliness