• Passion. For the Foundations mission, nature, environmental stewardship, and people.
• The Experience. 3+ years of pre-award/post-award grant administration or related experience.
• The Knowledge. Administration knowledge including government, corporate, private, and individual sources.
• The Skills. Exceptional attention to detail, demonstrates initiative and highly collaborative.
• The Ability to exercise independent judgement to plan and prioritize diverse workload and manage and track multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously. Ability to learn and use Grant manager system (Submittable).

You Will:

• Manage funding requests through the grant lifecycle from application to execution of grant contracts and ensure internal and external contract obligations are met.
• Review grant proposals. Set principles, build a detailed review rubric, create scoring definitions, facilitate internal and external meetings, build timelines for internal and external review, formulate review team, oversee final judging, confirm selected projects, and reporting process.
• Communicate during the life cycle of grant. Craft language for outreach, including the actual grant application, external communication for sourcing deadlines, notifying successful and unsuccessful applicants, and share reporting (both internal and external partner specific grant reporting websites)
• Utilize Submittable, our Grants Management System. Use this system to conduct portfolio workflow tasks such as crafting grant agreements, reviewing budgets and reports.
• Be innovative and scale. Provide input where you think a grant process or standard project sourcing process should be implemented. Present opportunities where a grant process may help our Programs or Ventures grow.

Love Where You Work:

• We're in this together. A culture focused on a genuine interest in the wellbeing of others, collaboration, and the intrinsic shared purpose to do what's right. We pride ourselves on the culture we've built. We love it, and we know you will too.
• We care about your health. We offer competitive healthcare (health, dental, vision) coverage for you and your loved ones matched with a wellness incentives program.
• We invest in your future. Company paid short-term and long-term disability, paid parental leave, life insurance and 401k with company match are available.
• We know the little things matter. Team members receive a monthly parking stipend, a fully stocked kitchen, and access to a plethora of benefits at Arbor Day Farm.
• We care about your growth. We allocate 40+ hours annually for our team members to focus on learning and development.
• We want you to unplug when needed. We believe in taking your time off without guilt, including the week between Christmas and New Years that we close our Lincoln Campus to recharge.
• We'll round out the experience. We put our culture first, and we host events and experiences throughout the year to show that we care about you (and your family).