GRANTS MANAGER

GRANTS MANAGER

NATIONAL

Who We Are and What We Believe:

Founded in 1997, Bottom Line is a nationally recognized nonprofit organization with a mission to partner with degree-aspiring students of color from under-resourced communities as they get into college, graduate, and go far in life. We achieve this mission by providing one-on-one guidance during the college application process through college graduation and the successful launch of their careers.

Our vision is to dramatically transform urban communities by producing thousands of new career-ready college graduates.

When you join Bottom Line, you will find a rewarding, fast-paced, results-oriented environment. We build strong relationships with our students and with each other.  We take our work seriously, and we know that a focus on data and metrics is integral to our continued success. Experts in our fields, we are driven by our mission and extremely proud of the work we do.

About The Team:   

The Regional Success Team sits on the wider Network Team. The Network Team exists to: 1) ensure strong network-level programmatic, financial, talent and operations outcomes for Bottom Line’s regions; 2) manage and develop Executive Directors; 3) ensure effective coordination of regional operations and all other national functional teams; and 4) lead Bottom Line’s expansion with our core programs into new regions.    

The role of the Regional Success Team is to create the conditions across the Bottom Line network in which our regional teams and operations can thrive. Regional Success work allows Bottom Line’s regional teams to set and meet ambitious goals that maximize the potential of the BL model and team, our students, our stakeholders, and our communities – and to work towards those goals with curiosity and joy.  

Today, we support three mature regions and one region that will begin serving students in Fall of 2024.  By 2030, we will support a total of 10-12 regions at various stages of development. To ensure that Bottom Line and our students continue to thrive, we are improving our centralized support functions. The new Development Operations team is one of these improvements, critical to ensuring we can match the commitment we make to our students with commitments from funders.  

The Development Operations team is built around the following theory of change: increasing revenue in Bottom Line regions equips us to serve more students well, and increasing revenue in existing regions creates financial sustainability as we quadruple in scale and become active in regions with lower philanthropic capacity, and sustainable growth requires building strong and true champions as donors. The regional development teams sit in community with local stakeholders who have the networks, resources, and passion to ensure that local young people have a path towards a meaningful career, no matter their wealth background, or context. Regional development staff therefore require the time, infrastructure, systems, and resources to engage and activate local stakeholders via 1-1 relationships. They need to spend the majority of their time on relationship-building activities that create meaningful data (ie, donor-facing and donor-adjacent activities) (70%), strategic time honing their practices from the lessons in the data (20%), and minimal time managing/inputting data (10% maximum).  The Development Operations team will make this theory of change reality.   

What You Will Do:   

As part of the newly created Development Operations Team within the Regional Success team, this role offers an exciting opportunity to support Bottom Line’s goals on behalf of the students we serve. Reporting to the Director of Grants and Proposal Management, this position will create capacity for fundraisers to build and sustain revenue-generating relationships. You will manage and execute a grant writing portfolio, contribute to Bottom Line’s communication strategies for different regions, support the creation and improvement of grants-related resources and processes, and partner with other departments to create the grant proposals and reports that help sustain Bottom Line’s impact. 

Writing and Submission (70%)  

• Serve as the lead writer and project manager on assigned grant reports and proposals that support institutional fundraising in Boston, New York, Chicago, Ohio, and new regions to come  
• Understand the BL grants and proposals portfolio to produce writing tailored to resonate with each region and each funder 
• Through a deep understanding of Bottom Line’s program model and theory of change, create high-quality and emotionally resonant grant materials that inspire continued and new investment from foundations, corporations, and other institutional funders  
• Balance creatively inspiring and substantive writing with efficient project management for timely external submission 
• Maintain accurate data and work progress on assigned grants within Bottom Line’s Salesforce CRM 
• Follow and contribute to best practices for the full cycle of grant project planning, writing, and submission 
• Understand and communicate accurate data contextualized in clear and compelling ways 
• Proactively solicit and warmly welcome edits and feedback from regional fundraising colleagues for external-facing products 
• Elevate the voices, power, and strength of Bottom Line students and alumni 

Cross-Team Collaboration (20%) 

• Collaborate with Research, Analysis, and Evaluation colleagues for accurate reports on non-standard grant outcome data, to understand and stay up-to-date with standard outcome data, and understand methodology 
• Collaborate with Finance colleagues to request standard and grant-specific financial information and reports that communicate Bottom Line’s impact and stability, including converting standard budgets into funder templates 
• When appropriate (and with deep respect for their time prioritizing students), collaborate with Program colleagues for local details not evident from data alone 
• Contribute to the strong knowledge management, culture, and best practices of the wider Development Operations Team 

Resource Management (10%)  

• Contribute to the strong knowledge management, culture, and best practices of the wider Development Operations Team 
• Follow best practices regarding grants documentation storage in shared spaces with a sensitivity to redacting potentially sensitive information 
• Contribute to donor/external versions of standard grant attachments   

Work Schedule: 

9:00 am to 5:00 pm with additional hours as needed.  

Expected Travel: 

5% 

Who Should Apply:  

If you meet the qualifications below, you should apply.  

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Work authorization required.
• A minimum of three years in grant writing in nonprofit, government, or philanthropy, overseeing multiple projects ideally at an organization serving students from first-generation and low-income backgrounds 
• Experience with and a passion for finding creative, eye-catching ways to engage readers and distinguish Bottom Line from other nonprofits 
• Experience meeting deadlines successfully and skillfully managing multiple projects with multiple stakeholders simultaneously 
• An understanding of non-profit budgets, with the ability to create compelling narratives from financial data 
• Experience with strategically linking existing programs to funder priorities in a way that maximizes unrestricted revenue 
• The ability to build rapport quickly and authentically via video, email, and chat 
• Demonstrated commitment to Bottom Line’s Mission, Vision, and Core Values 
• Experience with articulating complex, technical program concepts in a clear, accessible manner 
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills   

Preferred:   

• Experience working within a national, multi-site non-profit organization in a role that relied significantly on working across regions and departments to achieve successful outcomes 
• Experience tailoring written voice for different audiences and contexts    

How to Apply/Application Deadline:  

All applications must be submitted via Bottom Line’s Career Page.  

Please share your resume and cover letter.  

The application deadline is May 22, 2024.  

Start Date: 

July 2024

Compensation:  

$57k-$69k, dependent upon location.

Benefits:

Learn about our benefits here.