Description

Who We Are:

Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology (Franklin Cummings Tech) is a private, non-profit, two-year technical college located in Boston. Founded in 1908, the college proudly continues a long tradition of educating students for high-demand technical careers in a variety of industries, including automotive, advanced manufacturing, computer technology, engineering, and construction management. With a mission to deliver transformative technical and trade education that leads to economic advancement, our unique mixture of 1, 2, and 4-year programs are delivered both in-person and on-line to appeal to student’s demand for flexible program delivery.

Our graduation and job placement rates are among the best in the nation among two-year colleges. Because of our impact and outcomes, Franklin Cummings Tech recently received the largest gift in its history: $12.5 million from the Cummings Foundation to continue to advance its leading-edge work in creating technical career pathways for students typically underrepresented in post-secondary education. 

In FY22, Franklin Cummings Tech was the academic home to almost 900 learners. Half of those learners were students enrolled in traditional credit-bearing programs. The balance enrolled in a combination of continuing education and contract education programs. In the coming years, the College seeks to boost the number of students in credit-bearing courses, while also expanding continuing education and contract education so that we are educating more than 1,000 learners a year by FY25. 

All employees of Franklin Cummings Tech are expected to be passionate advocates for students and actively lead and contribute to institution-wide efforts to further improve graduation, retention rates, and career placement of our student body. Furthermore, all staff and faculty across the institution collaborate to support student recruitment, retention, and success.

Position Summary:

The Grant Writer has the primary responsibility of raising funds for Franklin Cummings Tech priorities from corporations and foundations. They lead this effort by directly engaging with and communicating with grant writing consultants, supporting fundraising activities while working in close alignment with the Chief Campaign Officer. In 2021, the college restructured the fundraising team in order fully support the President and Board in reaching the college’s $60M ($47M

has been committed to date) goal for its current comprehensive campaign – Future Forward. The Grant Writer is part of a small fundraising team consisting of a Chief Campaign Officer, Director of Development Operations, Senior Individual Giving Officer and Events and Communications Coordinator. The position reports directly to the CCO.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

· Researches, identifies, and cultivates foundation/corporate/federal/state prospects

for projects aligned with College’s strategic priorities and fundraising campaign;

collaborates with senior leadership, faculty, and other key staff/consultants to

identify, articulate, and devise related grant proposals and budgets.

· Works with CCO to schedule meetings (virtual and in-person)

between corporate and foundation leaders, senior leadership at the College;

President’s Office to establish and solidify effective working relationships with foundation program officers, government agencies and corporate philanthropy contacts.

· Works closely with the CFO and CCO to ensure adherence to College policies in

grant seeking and manages approval processes for all institutional grant proposal

submissions; prepares and submits institutional grant proposals and concept papers

to secure funding commitment ranging from four to seven figures; serves on

program teams for major grant proposal planning, as appropriate; and ensures timely

stewardship for corporate and foundation donors, including for endowed funds

established by institutional donors.

· Provides recommendations, reports, and data to CCO to help ensure accuracy and

revenue goal setting in foundation and corporate support budget planning. Track

revenue progress on a quarterly basis. Maintain annual grant calendar.

· Develop and submit federal grant proposals in collaboration with other revenue

generating programs and departments for institutional purposes, as appropriate.

Facilitate communication and planning with program leaders and President’s Office to best develop proposals and assure proactive communication and systems in place upon funding to best steward the grant funding.

· Work alongside staff/faculty to oversee proposal development, editing individual

proposals; and making language and content readily available to the college for use

with other fundraising initiatives.

· Works with Director of Development Operations to ensure the accurate maintenance of grant records in DonorPerfect.

Qualifications:

· At least 4 years of corporate, government and foundation relations/grant writing

experience required, preferably in a higher education setting.

· Demonstrated success in securing grants and gifts up to seven figures.

· Excellent oral and written communication skills.

· Computer literacy/research skills, working knowledge of Donor Perfect or similar CRM.

· Proactive and flexible with excellent interpersonal skills.

· Ability to work independently and with good judgment, highly effective project management abilities, must be comfortable with quickly shifting deadlines and priorities.