Posted on August 8, 2012

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Grants Specialist

Reporting to the Director of Marketing and Development, this position will play a key role in all aspects of fundraising and marketing.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work collaboratively with Executive Team members and program managers to identify and research government, public, and private funding opportunities to support existing and future programs/projects.
  
• Assemble and write grant proposals, including collecting and compiling information from staff and publically available data sources
  
• Cultivate relationships with funders and stakeholders through a range of internal and external communications
  
• Publish quarterly newsletters, including writing articles and assisting with copy editing, layout, and design
  
• Develop and implement social media communications strategies; monitor social, print, and online media for news and information regarding National Able Network
  
• Prepare and distribute press releases, media alerts, informational reports for funders, and other communications; coordinate media opportunities, press conferences, site visits, etc.
  
• Write research papers, position papers, and white papers.
  
• Assist with the design and development of internal and external marketing materials. Coordinate with contractors/vendors as needed in the production of collateral marketing materials.
  
• Assist with fundraising activities, events, and campaigns as needed
  
• Perform other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in journalism, communications, marketing, English, or related.
  
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in grant writing, marketing, journalism, or similar. Prior successful experience in grant writing strongly preferred.
  
• Familiarity with foundation/corporate solicitations, government funding, workforce/employment programs, non-profit setting, or other issues related to services provided by National Able is beneficial.
  
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills.
  
• Strong organization, research, analysis, and interviewing skills.
  
• Extremely high attention to detail, consistent reliable follow through, and ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment.
  
• High energy, creative self-starter who will take initiative and work independently to achieve results, but can also collaborate and contribute positively to team efforts.
  
• Strong service-orientation and interpersonal abilities to work effectively with diverse populations of funders, community partners, government agencies, Nation Able staff, and clients. Bilingual skills (Spanish) desirable.
  
• Strong PC skills and proficiency with MS Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint) required. Familiarity with Publisher, SharePoint, Visio, Adobe Photoshop and Dreamweaver desirable.
  
• Ability to travel to local Chicago area locations and work occasional weekends and evenings when necessary.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be able to travel within the Chicagoland area when necessary.
• Must be able to utilize PC and other standard office equipment.
• Must be able to understand and respond to communications.

Application Instructions

Please send resume, cover letter, and writing sample to careers@nationalable.org with the subject line “Grants Specialist.” Appropriate examples of writing samples might be LOI or grant-related documents, white papers or other research, marketing copy or collateral, project proposals, newsletter articles, or similar.