What are the responsibilities and job description for the Upstate Foundation Grant Writer position at Upstate Medical University?
Job Summary
The Grant Writer is a critical member of the philanthropy team at the Upstate Foundation. This position will play a direct role in helping to support the Upstate Foundation’s Mission to receive and administer gifts for charitable purposes with a focus on patient care, education, research, and community health and well-being.
Key Responsibilities
Bachelor's Degree in related field and a minimum of 2 years work experience or equivalent combination of education and experience. Individual must have excellent interpersonal skills, proficient in Microsoft Office, efficient, organized, proactive and attentive to details.
Preferred Qualifications
Monday - Friday, Days, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Based on a 37.5 hour work week.
Message To Applicants
Salary Range:$50,000 - $60,000, DOE
Recruitment Office: Human Resources
The Grant Writer is a critical member of the philanthropy team at the Upstate Foundation. This position will play a direct role in helping to support the Upstate Foundation’s Mission to receive and administer gifts for charitable purposes with a focus on patient care, education, research, and community health and well-being.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare well-written grant proposals and other correspondences under supervision of the Director of Grant Management.
- Strive to build long-term relationships with current and prospective grant funders and create meaningful ways to engage with the work of Upstate.
- Proactively research, build, and cultivate pipelines of prospective funders, matching their interests with the mission and strategic vision of Upstate to support our highest priorities.
- Work collaboratively with Upstate Foundation leadership to gather information and materials for proposals, funder updates, and grant reporting.
- Schedule calls and meetings with current and prospective funders. Build and maintain a portfolio of funders for specific assigned projects.
- Create reports as needed. Collaborate with the finance department to ensure funded projects are tracked for financial reconciliation, stewardship and reporting purposes.
- Organize and maintain donor records, files, reports, and data. Update and maintain monthly calendar of proposal deadlines and reporting requirements. Assure timely submission of reports as needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
Bachelor's Degree in related field and a minimum of 2 years work experience or equivalent combination of education and experience. Individual must have excellent interpersonal skills, proficient in Microsoft Office, efficient, organized, proactive and attentive to details.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in healthcare, non-profit setting.
- Grant writing experience with successful results.
- Ability to work both independently and interact/communicate effectively with others.
- Strong time-management skills, highly organized and detail oriented, with a demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and projects and meet deadlines.
- Understanding of the record-keeping and stewardship systems.
- Competent working with numbers, developing and interpreting project budgets.
- Experience with Raiser’s Edge NXT helpful
Monday - Friday, Days, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Based on a 37.5 hour work week.
Message To Applicants
Salary Range:$50,000 - $60,000, DOE
Recruitment Office: Human Resources
Salary : $50,000 - $60,000
