Posted on December 23, 2012

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Grant Writer

About The Posse Foundation:

The Posse Foundation is a nationally recognized youth leadership development and college access program that identifies, recruits, and trains diverse teams—Posses—of public high school students and sends them to top colleges and universities. To date, a total of 4,237 Posse Scholars have been accepted into top-tier institutions of higher education throughout the country. These young people have received $486 million in full-tuition leadership scholarships from Posse’s college and university partners and have been agents of positive change on their campuses.

Posse’s unique and carefully structured, three-month selection process identifies candidates using criteria beyond academic achievement, including leadership talent, desire to succeed and ability to work constructively with people from diverse backgrounds. Posse’s high school through college programming makes it one of the most comprehensive programs of its kind in the nation. In 2007, the Posse Foundation was identified by President Obama as one of 10 national non-profit organizations to receive a portion of his Nobel Peace Prize grant. The foundation is poised to double in size over the next ten years and dramatically increase its national impact.

Posse’s current university partners include Agnes Scott, Babson, Bard, Boston University, Brandeis, Bryn Mawr, Bucknell, Carleton, Centre, Colby, The College of Wooster, Connecticut College, Cornell, Denison, DePauw, Dickinson, Franklin & Marshall, Grinnell, Hamilton, Hobart and William Smith, Kalamazoo, Lafayette, Lawrence, Middlebury, Mount Holyoke, Northwestern, Oberlin, Pepperdine, Pomona, Sewanee, Syracuse, Texas A&M, Trinity, Tulane, Union, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, University of Texas, Austin, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Vanderbilt, Vassar and Wheaton.

Posse’s 2012 budget of $14.8 million supports programs in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York City and Washington, D.C. Posse has a staff of 125 nationally. There is a national board of directors, as well as advisory boards in each city.

The Posse Foundation is currently looking for a Grants Writer.

Job Description:

The grants writer is responsible for writing proposals for unrestricted operating revenue as well as restricted projects. The grants writer is also responsible for tracking and submitting timely reports for all existing grants, preparing budgets for grant applications and grant reports, conducting prospect research, drafting acknowledgements/thank you letters and other donor correspondence. The grant writer reports to the Associate Director of Development in the national office.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Write and submit foundation and corporate proposals, reports and letters.
• Track all deadlines for proposals and reports.
• Work with Associate Director and VP of Development to identify and research prospects.
• Maintain communication, as directed, with organizational donors (specifically foundation and corporate donors) as well as with prospective donors.
• Create templates for national grant proposals and reports for use by various Posse sites.
• Collect and manage information relevant to grants
• Provide written materials necessary for donor stewardship.
• Maintain donor files, including electronic files through Raiser’s Edge Database.
• Organize and implement annual donor mailings.
• Assist with Posse-wide fundraising events and other duties as assigned.

We are looking for someone who is collaborative, innovative, hard working and thrives in a fast paced environment. The successful candidate will have these qualities/qualifications:

• Bachelors degree
• Three plus years of work experience in development Strong written communication skills, ability to write clear, structured, and persuasive proposals
• A solid understanding of budgets as they related to proposals and grants
• Strong editing skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to meet deadlines and multi-task
• Knowledge of fundraising information source
• Willingness to take initiative
• Motivated and able to work independently as well as with a team
• Able to establish and maintain cooperative professional relationships
• Excellent office and computer skills. Proficient in Word, Excel and experience working with a fundraising database; Raiser’s Edge experience is preferred
• Demonstrated belief in Posse’s mission and values

Application Instructions

How to Apply:

Please send your resume and cover letter to jenniferk@possefoundation.org

Or to

Jennifer Kaizer,
The Posse Foundation,
14 Wall Street, Suite 8A-60, New York, NY 10005
or fax to Jennifer Kaizer (212) 405-1697
No Phone Calls Please

Deadline for submission of materials is January 11, 2013.

The Posse Foundation is an equal opportunity employer. For more information about The Posse Foundation please visit www.possefoundation.org.