Grant Associate
The Salvation Army
- Las Vegas, NV
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Minimum 2-year college degree in business or related field required or 3-5 years grant writing experience, with demonstrated success for funding programs
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Computer literate in MS Office Suite and Granting software
- Proven ability to research and connect to donors in support of TSA programs
- Ability to understand and convey program goals, vision, & values to align with grant applicability & requirements
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality
- Firm understanding, respect and acceptance of TSA philosophy and mission is required
- Ability to pass a criminal background check
- Assist in the implementations of multi-year grant strategy resulting in increased funding
- Help coordinate Corps Officer(s), staff and volunteers involved in the grant process
- Assisting in providing general oversight to field department coordinators for compliance and maximization of grant funding for new and existing programs as needed
- Research new grants, as assigned, and prepare or review proposals for grants
- Assist in completing or review applications required to obtain corporate gifts
- Create, maintain, and update a listing of grants and foundations for which the Southern Nevada Command programs would be eligible
- Track due dates and renewal dates on all proposals and funding sources.
- Present all proposals to the Director of Business for Command Finance Council consideration
- Create and maintain files containing the basic TSA information applicable for grant requests
- Review outgoing publications to assure personal awareness of all program status
- Be familiar with program needs to best match available grants with new or existing programs
- Oversee and coordinate any outsourced grant writing efforts
- Develop evaluation process to successfully analyze effectiveness of submitted proposals
- Develop and maintain, city, county, state and federal contacts to enhance awareness of governmental grant availability
- Develop and maintain a library of private and public funding sources including proposals for which we received grant money
- Develop, with the advice of the Director of Business and Divisional Development Director, a goal for grant writing income
- Other duties as assigned as they relate to the position of Grant Associate.