Grants Manager

ROLE: GRANTS MANAGER

LOCATION:

AUSTIN, DALLAS, OR HOUSTON, TX Final date to receive applications: APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL FILLED

The Grants Manager leads Workers Defense efforts in maintaining and growing foundation partnerships to support our work for worker and immigrant rights in Texas.

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• You are passionate about protecting and strengthening worker & immigrant rights in Texas!
• You have experience building relationships with grasstops funders.
• You are enthusiastic about raising money from institutional and organizational funders.
• You have excellent skills in:
  • Written and oral communication,
  • Relationship-building, and
  • Organization.
• You embrace the challenge of translating grassroots organizing into compelling grant proposals that demonstrate to funders why funding our work is critical and necessary.
• You are a strong project manager who is comfortable creating and following systems to organize large amounts of information, assign tasks to others, and achieve timely results.
• You are committed to Workers Defense’s identity as a membership-led organization.
• You are skilled at motivating and inspiring others to take action!

• Develop and implement a grant-focused fundraising strategy for both Workers Defense Project and its affiliated 501(c)4 organization, Workers Defense Action Fund, and WDAF’s affiliated political organizations.
• Lead all grants from start to finish, working with the Executive Director, Development Director and Grant Writer to:
  • Research foundations, unions, government funding opportunities, and other prospects.
  • Oversee the writing and timely submission of Letters of Intent and/or Grant Proposals for funding.
  • Manage grant compliance by keeping track of grant deliverables, monitoring progress on deliverables, and communicating evaluation requirements to program staff.
  • Maintain grants management systems and grant information in organization drive and database.
  • Effectively communicate with program officers about our work via emails and calls.
  • Work with the Operations team to develop budgets for grants.
  • Lead coordination with the Executive Director, Senior Leadership, members, and external allies to develop strategic grant proposals for potential funders, including occasional collaborative proposals that require partnering with external organizations.
• Supervise the work of the Grant Writer to ensure successful completion of grants and other work.
• Grow funder bases in Dallas, Houston, and Austin.
• Support the planning and execution of the organization's large fundraiser (every five years) and other fundraising events and efforts.
• Represent the organization to partner institutions and to the public.
• Complete administrative functions including evaluations, plans, timesheets, etc.
• Support cross-programmatic campaigns, actions, events and meetings.
• Any other activities that are necessary to carry out the work of Workers Defense.

• Two to five years in fundraising experience
• Two to five years in management experience
• Ability to maintain attention to detail while managing multiple responsibilities
• Proven ability to work collaboratively, support and develop staff, interns, and volunteers and contribute to the success of a team
• Commitment to Workers Defense identity as a member-led organization, and commitment to advancing immigrant and economic justice
• Strong written and oral communication skills and ability to communicate with a diverse audience
• Availability to work irregular hours including evenings and weekends
• Ability to work well with diverse groups of people (including faith, labor, immigrant, and Latine and Black communities)
• Ability to work independently
• Experience with CiviCRM databases, Hustle, Signal a plus
• Proficiency in computer skills and knowledge of standard office technology
• Ability to do in-person work; going to the office, leading on in-person meetings with funders, conducting presentations or trainings at the office or other locations
• Ability and…