Senior Grants Associate, Resource Development

Senior Grants Associate, Resource Development

100% Remote within California; Must reside in California

We are seeking a Senior Grants Associate to join the Foundation in its mission of benefitting, supporting, and enhancing the California Community Colleges—the largest and most diverse system of higher education in the nation. The Foundation for California Community Colleges is on a mission to double its impact in the next 10 years. We are a group of relentless optimists and innovators in education, working collaboratively with public and private partners to help improve the student experience and expand pathways to economic and social mobility in communities across California.  

What You’ll Do 

FoundationCCC’s Resource Development Department seeks a senior associate who will be an effective contributor to a highly productive, quality-oriented, collaborative grants team. Working with program teams and other departments, the position researches, writes, and coordinates the development and submission of high-quality grant proposals, matching funder priorities with fundable projects. The senior associate develops and maintains systems for organizing and sharing information, including through Salesforce, Asana, and other digital tools. The position conducts prospect research to identify new funders and assess grant opportunities. The senior associate also assists in the broader work of the Resource Development Department. As needed, the senior associate guides the grants management team’s work on active grants, such as reports, modification requests, and funder stewardship. 

This position is an opportunity for a mission-motivated, successful, and highly organized grant development professional to join a growing Resource Development Department within FoundationCCC’s Advancement Division. The Resource Development Department is responsible for the creation, development, and management of financial opportunities that advance the mission of the Foundation and the California Community Colleges. Resource Development supports the organization’s role as the system’s innovation hub; makes the case for, secures, centralizes, manages, and reports revenue generation for the organization; stewards gifts and grants; and manages the cultivation of our relationships with donors and grantors. In addition, the Resource Development Department administers the Strategic Support for Colleges and Scholars Program, which provides colleges with grants, scholarships, and emergency financial aid. 

• Gather information for, write, edit, compile, and submit very high-quality grant proposals, competitive contract bids, concept papers, and letters of intent that are persuasive, accurate, and carefully consistent with funder priorities, guidelines, deadlines, and other instructions. 
• Coordinate with internal and external program and project partners to identify potential funders and grant opportunities; develop timelines and work for producing grant proposals; plan and articulate outcomes, objectives, deliverables, and budgets; and design, write, and gather supplemental materials for grant application submission. 
• Research, understand, and track current and future grant opportunities, summarizing them and disseminating or promoting them internally, as appropriate.  
• Facilitate and track revisions to scopes of work, budgets, and key dates for grants, and keep key internal and partner stakeholders informed of these. 

Attributes for Success  

• Minimum of five (5) + years of work experience with demonstrated success  
• Minimum of three (3) years of related work and/or volunteer experience in submitting successful philanthropic, corporate, and/or government grant proposals  
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in an education or non-profit environment preferred
•  Knowledge of grant budgeting and project design 
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