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Grants Manager

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  • Descripción

    Tipo de contrato:
    A Tiempo Completo
    Fecha de inicio:
    1 de septiembre de 2025
    Fecha límite de postulación:
    25 de agosto de 2025
    Educación:
    Licenciatura
    Nivel de Experiencia:
    Nivel intermedio
    Salario:
    USD $60.000 - $65.000 / año
    Área de Impacto:
    Personas sin Hogar

    Descripción

    Job Title: Grants Manager

    Reports To: Chief Development Officer

    Location: Boston, MA 02115

    Status: Full-time

    Annual Salary: $60,000 - $65,000

    Organization

    Heading Home is Boston’s leading provider of housing and support services for infants to the elderly – a champion of innovative solutions that move people through and out of homelessness.

    Heading Home provides emergency shelter, transitional housing, permanent housing, and supportive services to 2,000 homeless and formerly homeless families and individuals in Greater Boston, annually. The supportive services alongside housing helps clients create futures without homelessness. On any given night, Heading Home clients include 530+ households living stably with support in Greater Boston neighborhoods.

    Overview

    The Grants Manager is an experienced fundraising professional focused on corporate and foundation prospects and funders with strong writing and research skills. This individual will work in collaboration with Heading Home’s development and program teams to develop an understanding of our programs, its impact, and the successes of our clients. The individual in this role will research opportunities and will use NXT to manage a pipeline of corporate and foundation funders and prospects based on organizational funding priorities. The Grants Manager will collaborate with the Chief Development Officer and Director of Major Gifts to own and cultivate the relationships necessary to secure funding and achieve our goals. This is an exciting opportunity to take a leading role in grants management and external relationship-building, in partnership with a collaborative Development team.

    Key Responsibilities

    Grant Strategy and Development:

    • Research and identify new grant opportunities aligned with the organization's mission and programs.
    • Develop and maintain an annual grants calendar with deadlines for proposals, reports, and renewals.
    • Collaborate with program staff to gather information needed for proposals and reports.
    • Write compelling, customized grant proposals and LOIs (letters of inquiry) to prospective funders.

    Grant Management and Compliance:

    • Track the status of submitted proposals and manage post-award processes.
    • Ensure all grant requirements are met, including timely reporting, documentation, and outcome tracking.
    • Maintain accurate records in the grants database or CRM, including deadlines, deliverables, and correspondence.
    • Monitor grant expenditures and assist with budget development and reconciliation in collaboration with finance staff.

    Funder Stewardship and Communication:

    • Build and maintain strong relationships with current and prospective funders.
    • Coordinate site visits, funder meetings, and other stewardship activities.
    • Prepare progress reports, success stories, and other materials for funder communication.

    Internal Collaboration and Support:

    • Work cross-functionally with development, finance, and program teams to align funding with program needs.
    • Support fundraising events, campaigns, or donor communications as needed.

    Requirements:

    Heading Home is seeking a development professional who has the experience, ambition, and mission alignment needed to drive the corporate and foundation grants strategy for the Development team, including the following:

    • Commitment to Heading Home’s mission
    • Minimum 3–5 years of grant writing, preferably in a human services or homelessness-related nonprofit
    • Proven success in securing funding from foundations and corporations
    • Excellent writing, editing, and analytical skills.
    • Highly organized and able to manage multiple deadlines and priorities.
    • Proficient in Microsoft Office and grant tracking databases (e.g., Raiser’s Edge NXT, Salesforce, Foundant, GrantHub).
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
    • Strong organization and time management skills
    • Must be able to exercise sound judgment and confidentiality
    • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
    • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, take initiative, and be a self-starter

    EEO Statement:

    Heading Home, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic data, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion or other legally protected status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.

    Work Environment:

    Cubicle space within large office building; prolonged sitting at a desk and working on a computer. May require equal amounts of sitting and standing at times. Office is open to the public and visitors only by appointment. Position requires a minimum of four days onsite after training period. Office is climate controlled with heat and air conditioning.

    Job Title: Grants Manager

    Reports To: Chief Development Officer

    Location: Boston, MA 02115

    Status: Full-time

    Annual Salary: $60,000 - $65,000

    Organization

    Heading Home is Boston’s leading provider of housing and support services for infants to the elderly – a champion of innovative solutions that move people through and out of homelessness.

    Heading Home provides emergency shelter, transitional housing, permanent housing, and supportive services to 2,000 homeless and formerly homeless families and individuals in Greater Boston, annually. The supportive services alongside housing helps clients create futures without homelessness. On any given night, Heading Home clients include 530+ households living stably with support in Greater Boston neighborhoods.

    Overview

    The Grants Manager is an experienced fundraising professional focused on corporate and foundation prospects and funders with strong writing and research skills. This individual will…

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    Presencial
    Boston, MA, USA

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