Grants Specialist

Grants Specialist Job Opportunity at RAVEN – Remote, Part-Time Position (20 Hours Per Week) The RAVEN Trust (RAVEN) is inviting applications for a Grants Specialist to join its national team. This is a part-time, remote opportunity for an experienced grants professional with strong research, writing, fundraising, and project management skills. The successful candidate will support the management and development of RAVEN's grants portfolio, helping the organization identify funding opportunities, develop compelling proposals, maintain funder relationships, and ensure timely submission of grant applications and reports.

The position offers an annual salary equivalent of $74,276.07 to $82,006.78 for full-time employment, prorated to $42,438.33 to $46,825.43 for the 20-hour working week.

RAVEN is committed to supporting Indigenous Nations in advancing their rights, title, and responsibilities to their traditional lands and waters. The organization takes a relationship-centred approach to philanthropy, recognising that fundraising should go beyond generating revenue. Its approach emphasises trust, reciprocity, accountability, resource redistribution, Indigenous sovereignty, and self-determination. The Grants Specialist will be expected to contribute to fundraising practices that reflect these values and strengthen relationships with donors, partners, Indigenous communities, and other stakeholders.

• Job Title:
  
  Grants Specialist
• Organization: RAVEN
• Employment Type:
  
  Part-time
• Working Hours:
  
  20 hours per week
• Work Arrangement:
  Fully remote
• Annual Salary: $74,276.07–$82,006.78 (full-time equivalent)
• Salary for 20 Hours/Week: $42,438.33–$46,825.43
• Department:
  Philanthropy
• Reports To:
  
  Manager, Philanthropy & Community Giving
• Anticipated
  
  Start Date:
  
  January 2027
• Final date to receive applications:
  November 30, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. BC time

• Grant research and identification:
  Identify, research, and assess prospective grantmakers and funding opportunities that align with RAVEN's mission, priorities, and organisational values.
• Proposal development:
  Prepare compelling grant proposals, letters of inquiry, funding applications, and other materials that communicate RAVEN's work, impact, and funding needs.
• Grant portfolio management:
  Coordinate the grants portfolio, ensuring that opportunities are properly assessed, pursued, tracked, and managed.
• Reporting and stewardship:
  Prepare grant reports and related documentation while supporting positive, accountable relationships with funders.
• Deadline management:
  Maintain the grants calendar and monitor Final date to receive applicationss, reporting schedules, funding requirements, and other important milestones.
• Internal collaboration:
  Work closely with the Philanthropy Department, RAVEN Grants Volunteers, and colleagues across the organisation to gather information and develop effective funding strategies.
• Database management:
  Ensure that grant activities, funder communications, and relationship information are accurately documented in Salesforce and other relevant organisational systems.
• Relationship development:
  Support the cultivation of institutional funders and contribute to fundraising approaches based on trust, mutual respect, reciprocity, and shared purpose.
• Organisational accountability:
  Follow established grant procedures and ensure that all grant-related outputs are completed accurately and on schedule.

• Salary:
  Full-time equivalent annual salary: $74,276.07–$82,006.78.
• Salary for the 20-hour working week: $42,438.33–$46,825.43 annually.
• Two weeks of paid vacation to start, prorated according to working hours.
• Five paid sick days.
• 91 paid health and wellness hours, prorated.
• Three community leave days.
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