Grants Manager; RLI

Rockwood supports leaders to transform themselves, their communities, and the world towards equity, liberation, and sustainability for all. We do this by providing powerful and effective training to individual leaders and cohorts, thereby strengthening the organizations and movements that they represent.

Rockwood does not do business as usual. Our commitment to values influences every aspect of our organization—what we do and how we do it. Rockwood’s core values include:

• Trust and integrity
• Love, laughter, and holding each other in community
• Transformation
• Healing, sustainability, and self-care
• Equity

With a vision of Open Access to bring transformative leadership development to new and broader audiences, Rockwood is seeking a development writer to manage grants and help generate new opportunities. You’ll implement grant writing and administration, and coordinate relationships with current and new funders to advance Rockwood’s vision.

This is an opportunity to join a non-traditional development team. Given our revenue is approximately 50% earned (fee-for-service trainings and contracts) and 50% contributed (grants and donations), the Resource team conducts business development contracting alongside the philanthropy work of grant writing and administration. Our team focuses on relationships and high standards of excellence. We take the time to build relationships internally and externally.

We also move at a fast pace and place a high value on timely responsiveness and thorough tracking of details and deadlines.

Our ideal candidate loves to write, has direct experience in fundraising, and is an excellent administrator.

Grant Writing, Administration, and Management

• Drive the production, planning, writing, and delivery of Rockwood concept papers, proposals, and reports in partnership with Resource, Program, and Finance teams.
• Become knowledgeable to represent Rockwood through written and verbal communications.
• Write compelling impact and case statements.
• Oversee grant renewal schedules and processes to continue and expand funding from current foundations.
• Primary liaison with program team to gather impact and evaluation data for proposals and reports.
• Primary liaison with finance team for foundation income forecasting and budgets for proposals and reports.
• Manage proposal and reporting calendars.
• Maintain administrative and filing systems for grants and donations, produce acknowledgement letters.
• Write and direct campaigns for individual donor appeals.
• Participate in other Resource team functions as needed, in a changing and flexible team environment.

Relationship Management

• Establish and maintain relationships with funders and donors, tracking all engagement in Salesforce.
• Ensure receipt, acknowledgement, reporting, and stewardship of communications.
• Prepare briefings for meetings, and track notes and next steps.

Opportunity Prospecting

• Stay current on trends in fundraising, philanthropy, and foundations related to leadership development and other potential opportunities for Rockwood.
• Research fundraising prospects, and partner with the team to build and maintain a pipeline of prospects.
• Analyze leads and contact data, track all engagement information in Salesforce, and prepare reports.

• A self-aware and self-reflective fundraiser—you have a passion for resource development and are comfortable with your own relationship to money.
• A self-motivated professional who produces excellent results, while managing multiple projects on deadline.
• A persuasive and skilled writer who finds joy in producing impeccable documents.
• An adaptable partner—you are a thorough, responsive, and reliable member of the team.
• An excellent administrator—you love databases,…