Posted on February 5, 2013

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Grant Writer (Part-Time)

The Disability Rights Fund is a grantmaking collaborative aimed at building community capacity to achieve the rights of all persons with disabilities. The Fund makes modest grants (USD $5000-100,000) to Disabled Persons’ Organizations in the Global South, Middle East, and Eastern Europe/former Soviet Union for advancing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) at country-level.

Responsibilities

The Grant Writer is responsible for the development and preparation of foundation, corporate, and government grant proposals; interim and final reports; and other correspondence related to grants for the Disability Rights Fund. In addition, the Grant Writer will work with the Executive Director to research potential funding sources and develop a prospect list. The Grant Writer is a part time position and will be located in Boston, MA.

Under the supervision of the Executive Director, the Grant Writer’s responsibilities include:

• Write and edit letters of intent, concept notes, proposals, reports, and other correspondence for submission to foundation, corporate, and government funders
• Draft and edit online and offline donor focused correspondence
• Research private, corporate, and government funding opportunities
• Research online portals for donor giving
• Work with DRF team to ensure accuracy of information exchanged with donors
• Work with accountant and Executive Director to collect budget information
• Maintain a portfolio of program and promotional materials that are used as attachments to proposals and grants
• Maintain internal deadline calendar for grant proposals and reporting
• Acknowledge and track grants and help manage grants contracts

Skills and qualifications

The ideal candidate should demonstrate:

• Experience in writing successful large, multi-year grants, and in accurately representing accomplishments and program goals to external stakeholders
• Experience with writing bilateral grant proposals
• Ability to write concise, compelling narratives to engage funders
• Skilled with budgeting in Excel and comfortable with numbers
• Strong administrative and organizational skills; the ability to manage time efficiently
• Computer proficiency (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Demonstrated ability to work well with diverse populations
• Familiarity with human rights, and specifically with the disability community and the CRPD, preferred
• Bachelors degree, or equivalent with minimum 5 years of relevant experience; advanced degree desired
• Proven record of successful grant proposals and donor relationships
• Fluency in English

Application Instructions

Please email a cover letter, resume, three references (with contact information and relationship), writing sample (preferably a sample grant proposal) to:

Diana Samarasan, Executive Director
Disability Rights Fund, Inc.
89 South Street, Suite 203
Boston, MA 02111-2670

dsamarasan@disabilityrightsfund.org (please no phone calls)

Fax: (617) 261-1977

Deadline: Applications must be received by 3/1/13