Grants & Development Manager

The Road Home Dane County seeks a Grants & Development Manager to lead and grow key resource development activities that support life-changing programs serving families and kids experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity in the greater Madison, WI community.

The Road Home is fortunate to count numerous businesses, foundations, congregations, and groups of other kinds as supporters of our work. As a key part of a four-person Development & Communications team, the Grants & Development Manager will be responsible for cultivating and stewarding involvement from this wide portfolio of supporter entities — fostering diverse, reliable streams of resources and empowering supporters of all types and levels to have a real impact toward ending family homelessness in our community.

The role will be attractive to the nonprofit professional who seeks variety in their work and, ideally, a blend between grants program management and fundraising from corporate and other institutional entities.

A passion for helping others and the issues surrounding homelessness, affordable housing, and racial and economic justice are essential for this position. With The Road Home, you’ll find a team that will match and foster growth in those passions.

Grants program management (50%)

The Grants & Development Manager will lead The Road Home’s grants program (annually totaling $250,000–400,000) in collaboration with the Development Director, Executive Director, and Programs leadership. This role will focus primarily on private grant funders while also supporting The Road Home’s work with government and United Way funding sources.

Corporate and community engagement (25%)

In partnership with the Development Director, this role will execute a broad engagement program for various donor/supporter entities, including as financial donors, in-kind donors, and volunteers. The list of these entities overlaps with the grants portfolio (above).

Development & Communications events and campaigns (25%)

This position will closely collaborate with the rest of the four-person Development & Communications team (Development Director, Communications Manager, Business Manager) – either in a support role or as project leader – for a few major projects in the year that do not fit cleanly in the grants management or organization donor areas.

Team participation, support, and leadership

While this position does not manage another staff member, a successful employee in this role should grow to serve as a leader in the department and wider agency, including in supporting the development of principles including philanthropy, ethical fundraising, anti-racism, and a culture of belonging among all stakeholders.

• Three or more years of grant writing/management experience required
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills required
• Interest and ability in working both independently and as a part of team required
• Five or more years of nonprofit fundraising or similar experience strongly preferred
• Experience in multi-year relationship-based work with corporate entities strongly preferred