Grants & Corporate Engagement Coordinator

DEPARTMENT: Development

REPORTS TO: Grants and Corporate Partners and Investments Manager

LOCATION: Ceres HQ / Hybrid

FLSA STATUS: Regular, Full-Time, Non-Exempt

Position Summary

The Grants & Corporate Engagement Coordinator is primarily responsible for providing administrative support to the Manager of Grants & Corporate Partners and Investments in all aspects of grant and corporate fundraising, including maintaining the grants and corporate records in the Salesforce database, processing and acknowledging gifts, researching potential new funders, collecting data for, and preparing grant reports, and drafting grant proposals.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

Administrative (25%)

• Ensures prompt acknowledgment of grants and corporate gifts and assists with funder recognition tasks.
•  Maintains accurate and up-to-date records in SharePoint files and in the Salesforce database, including promptly entering grant and corporate donations.
• Prepares communication with current and prospective funders or sponsors on behalf of the Manager.
• Participates in department and team meetings, including preparing agendas and facilitating the meeting.
• Support occasional special events, including nights and weekends.
• Completes other related tasks as assigned by Manager or Director.

Grants and Corporate Giving (75%)

• Conducts prospect research to identify and recommend potential funders and sponsors.
• Drafts proposals to foundations and corporate partners for review and approval by Manager, persuasively communicating the organization’s mission and programs.
• Submits online grant proposals ahead of due dates adhering to funder’s guidelines and requirements.
• Gathers data and drafts grant reports for review and approval by Manager.
• Pulls reports from the Salesforce database to gather program details for grant tracking and reporting.
• Assists with securing corporate sponsorships for Ceres’ Harvest of the Heart annual event, including related stewardship and recognition tasks.
• Provides support as needed to the Manager in a timely manner.
• Completes other related tasks as assigned by Manager or Director

Qualifications

• One or more years of grant writing and/or relevant experience required.
• Excellent written communication skills: ability to write clear, structured, articulate, and persuasive proposals.
• Ability to work well under pressure, seek and synthesize information, and communicate succinctly.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and timelines, and practice sound judgment.
• Keen attention to detail.
  
• Skilled online researcher and familiarity with grant research databases.
  
• Excellent computer skills and high degree of comfort with computer technology. Must be proficient with Word and Excel and prefer some knowledge of Salesforce or previous database experience.
• Commitment to self-motivated learning and inquiry.
• Commitment to excellence and integrity in your work and relationships.
• Comfortable with a dynamic and innovative work environment.
• Ability and desire to be in a work environment that values working as a team, relationships, and giving and receiving honest feedback.
• Ability to follow instructions and work independently within the structure of the role.
• Passionate about the Ceres Community Project’s mission.
• BA Degree or equivalent experience required.
• Reliable transportation and ability to travel to Ceres’ sites and events in the region.

Physical Demands/ Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a staff member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand or sit at a workstation; use hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard and mouse; talk and hear to communicate with coworkers.
• Light to moderate lifting of up to 20 pounds, bending, stooping and climbing a ladder is occasionally required.
• The work environment is primarily indoors with the majority of time spent sitting at a desk, on the phone or a computer, with moderate noise (office equipment, conversation from adjacent coworkers and commercial kitchen equipment) in the background.
  
• Must be able to sit or stand at a computer terminal for an extended period of time.

COVID-19

Ceres is following the guidance and requirements of the health departments of Sonoma and Marin counties and the state of California. We have protocols in place for prevention of and response to COVID-19 and all new staff will be briefed on these in their onboarding. We need a commitment from all staff that they will abide by these protocols.

Operating Principles

• Heart Centered & Love Guided - We are committed to expressing love, trust, respect and integrity in our lives, work, and organization.
• Everything Matters - Nothing is left out. We work to have every action and choice lead to the greatest positive impact.
• Young People are the Future - Young People are intelligent, responsible, capable, creative, and caring, and must be central participants in shaping our collective future.
• Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive - We commit to championing policies and practices of social equity that build a diverse, inclusive, and healthy workplace and food system.

Ceres Organization

Founded in 2007, Ceres Community Project works to build healthy communities by restoring whole, organic and locally grown food to its place as the foundation of health, empowering youth, and connecting people in heart-centered ways to others and the earth.

Ceres Community Project's main program, Healing Meals for Healthy Communities, provides free and low-cost nourishing organic meals, nutrition education and caring support to people facing serious illness. All of the meals are prepared by teens that learn about growing, cooking and eating healthy whole foods and the connection between diet and health, develop life and work-ready skills, and discover their power to make a difference. The Healing Meals Program improves healthy eating behaviors among clients, teens and adult volunteers and educates the whole community about the link between healthy eating and the health of both people and planet. It also strengthens the social fabric of the community, another factor that is at the root of health. In times of disaster, Ceres is an emergency nutrition provider for our community.

In addition to operating three program sites in Marin and Sonoma counties, Ceres has trained 13 communities nationally to replicate our model. We are also active at the state and national level in advocating for policies that support equitable access to healthy food and health care, including reimbursement for medically tailored meals by insurers. For more information, please visit www.ceresproject.org.

Ceres Community Project is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions at Ceres are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, disability, marital & veteran status or any other status protected by laws or regulations.

Salary : $60,000