What are the responsibilities and job description for the Capital Region BOCES is hiring: Grant Writer (NY HELPS) in City of Albany position at Capital Region BOCES?
Content Summary : Grant Writer (NY HELPS) at City of Albany, for Capital Region BOCES
For more than a decade, the Capital Region BOCES Engagement & Development Services has worked with school districts, BOCES, municipal and non-profit clients throughout New York State, winning more than $100 million in grants. Our team of grants professionals work together to ensure all clients get the strongest funder research, application writing and grants strategic advice for every funding need, whether it be a project that benefits one classroom or an entire city. Our five guiding commitments of Service, Value, Excellence, Improvement and Leadership support our organization’s mission and purpose.
What you will do :
Each grant writer directly manages clients, either solo or with another writer, and is responsible for finding and writing grant applications that meet those clients’ priority needs.
You’ll do this by :
- Meeting with your clients to determine their priority areas for funding (typically for the coming year).
- Conducting research to find funders that may pay for the client’s priority needs. We have our own database that we use primarily for this work and also subscribe to other databases.
- Creating a strategy for pursuing grant opportunities that are best fit and most likely to receive awards from funders.
- Writing applications for a variety of funders, from small local or regional funders to state and federal funders. This includes writing narratives and budgets, completing forms and packaging and submitting the complete application.
Why this is a great job :
You will make a difference! Our grants have funded such priorities as creating new prekindergarten classes for the neediest three- and four-year-olds, purchasing breathing apparatus to keep firefighters safe and providing computer coding training for adults who need to find employment. While it is exciting to win money (even if we don’t get to keep any of it!), it is thrilling to help our clients meet their biggest needs and to know our work is doing good in the community.
The Grants Team is also a strong unit of professionals who work together daily to juggle multiple grant deadlines and to constantly raise the level of our work. When asked in an anonymous survey, team members consistently rate the team culture positively, naming the Grants Service as a great place to work with supportive managers and a focus on excellence. To quote one employee, “My team is awesome!”
Extensive training is provided for all staff, including a mentor and grants basics training for all new writers. For more experienced writers, a career ladder allows for advancement into assistant manager, manager and administrator roles.
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Where you can apply :
Vacancy #2025-138A3 (NY HELPS)
Location : Engagement & Development Services @ 900 Watervliet-Shaker Road
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