Grants Manager

For more than 55 years, Family Health Centers of San Diego's (FHCSD) mission has been to provide caring, affordable, high-quality health care and supportive services to everyone, with a special commitment to uninsured, low-income and medically underserved persons.

FHCSD is one of the top 10 largest federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) in the country. We operate more than 90 sites across San Diego County, including 29 primary care clinics, 23 behavioral health facilities, 10 physical rehabilitation clinics, nine dental clinics, five vision clinics, four outpatient substance use treatment programs, three mobile medical units, two mobile counseling centers, two urgent care centers, and a pharmacy.

Our staff provides care to over 227,000 patients each year, of whom 91% are low-income and 29% are uninsured. FHCSD provides care to all. Services include, but are not limited to adult care, chronic disease management, pediatrics, comprehensive women's care including obstetrics, dental, vision, case management, physical rehabilitation, speech therapy for children, vaccinations, infectious diseases, behavioral health, substance use counseling and a host of specialty services including cardiology, podiatry, endocrinology, dermatology, among others.

FHCSD also offers supportive services to those who are unsheltered and in need of intensive case management.

The breadth of our clinic locations, services and programs has grown over the last five decades, making us the largest community clinic provider of health care to the uninsured in the county and one of the top 10 largest community clinic organizations in the nation. We are also the largest health care safety-net provider, largest school-based health care provider and the largest mental health provider in the San Diego region.

Family Health Centers of San Diego is looking for a Grants Manager to work under the supervision of the Director, Grants and Proposals and in coordination with department mentors and program staff, responsible for the identification of funding opportunities that track to organizational priorities and strategic plans, and the development, writing and submission of major, complex grant proposals with large budgets ($1m+).

Efforts will be primarily focused on, but not limited to, significant programmatic and research funding opportunities from federal, state, local, and private sources.

Responsibilities:

* Assist in development and coordinate the completion of complex funder-compliant programmatic budgets, and lead the same for less complex budgets, in conjunction with program and accounting staff.

* Create compelling, persuasive, well-structured grant narratives through the use of effective storytelling, relevant data, and superior prose-while effectively tying FHCSD's needs to funder priorities.

* Lead and coordinate the researching, development, writing, packaging and submission of major, complex grant proposals.

* Maintain and contribute to data organization systems, including departmental databases. Update and contribute to shared team resources.

* Undertake internal and external research to identify funding sources as well as gather basic and complex statistical, analytical and anecdotal data. Facilitate and lead discussions with the program and grant writing team in determining appropriate data to best make the case being presented to the funder.

* Assist program staff in designing programmatic and/or research activities so that objectives and goals align with funder interests and past funding patterns and practices.

* Identify and develop strategic relationships for grant partnerships, primarily those with established partners and/or small numbers of partners. Participate in collaborative efforts with universities, agencies, projects, and entities as a representative of FHCSD in the context of proposal development activities.

* Provide thoughtful and consistent peer review, critiquing final drafts for formatting, grammar, flow, comprehensive response to questions, and applicability to review criteria.

* Perform other duties, as assigned, sometimes requiring flexibility in work hours.

Requirements:

* BA or BS degree and a minimum of…