Foundation Relations Officer

The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions is seeking a Foundation Relations Officer.

The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence solutions was launched on April 1, 2022, merging the Center for Gun Violence Prevention and Policy at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence, an independent 501c3 organization. This innovative new center combines the expertise of highly respected gun violence researchers with the skills of deeply experienced advocates to advancing policies to reduce gun violence.

The vision of the Center for Gun Violence Solutions is a just and healthy country free from all gun violence. The mission of the Center for Gun Violence Solutions is to,

• Develop, advocate for, and defend evidence-informed solutions to reduce gun violence in all forms.
• Conduct and translate rigorous policy-driven research; and engage in educational opportunities that support gun violence solutions.

The Foundations Relations Office is responsible for managing, soliciting, documenting and stewarding the Center’s portfolio of foundation and corporate funders in conjunction with the Center’s Director of Development. The Foundation Relations Officer is also responsible for individually managing a portfolio of donors, which includes a subset of the Center’s foundation sponsors, family foundations, and individual donors.

This role also serves as the development team’s liaison with the Center’s Grants and Contracts Manager and supports the Center’s Director of Operations to coordinate to fulfill all financial requirements related to all of the Center’s subawards and primary awards, which includes external, internal and government funders.

This position will operate as a member of the school’s development and alumni relations (DAR) team and will work closely with School DAR colleagues to promote a culture of collaboration, creative innovation and rewarding outcomes between the Center and the School.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Fundraising 63%

• Maintain foundation and corporate program development systems and procedures including maintaining the calendar of foundation deadlines (i.e., due dates for grant applications, reports, letters of inquiry, etc.).
• Attend training for all JHU and JHSPH development systems and stay abreast of enhancements to these systems.
• Maintain detailed and up to date knowledge of the Center’s programs to communicate priorities to current and prospective foundation and corporate funders and donors.
• Coordinate with Center Co-Directors, faculty and program team colleagues to develop accurate content for external foundation and corporate, internal JHU, and government grant proposals and applications.
• Manage the renewal of all current foundation grants, including writing grant proposals, and fulfilling all the JHURA grant applications procedures.
• Record and track all of the Center’s foundation activity and progress in the development database JHAS.
• Support the Center’s part-time faculty’s role as grant PI’s in producing grant applications and grant reports as needed.
• Collaborate with the Director of Development, the Bloomberg School’s Director of Foundation and Corporate Relations, and the Central Foundation Relations and Corporate Relations teams to discuss prospect strategy, solicitations, and various communications with Center-focused foundations, corporations, and other supporters.
• Research and vet possible new foundation and corporate funders to create prospect pipeline and create a cultivation strategy with the Center’s Director of Development.
• Manage and solicit a portfolio of foundations, family foundations and select major donor prospects of approximately 40 - 45 funders.
• Assist the Director of Development and the Center’s Co-Directors with developing/delivering presentations to foundation prospects and funders.
• Attend mandatory Bloomberg School development and Office of External Affairs meetings and trainings.

Finance & Grants Compliance Management 10%

• Coordinate the creation of grant application budgets in conjunction with the Center’s Co-Directors, the Director of Operations, the Director of Development, and the Center’s Grants and Contracts Manager.
• Provide Co-Directors, Director of Operations, and program colleagues with summaries of all upcoming grant deliverables to ensure timely compliance with grant agreements.
• Liaise with JHURA, the Center’s, and the HPM Department’s finance teams, and Sponsored Projects Shared Services Center to provide all grant financial information and track as needed, in addition to confirming and tracking grant payments and coordinating the grant modif