Grants/Project Manager

Full-time Description

Are you ready to bring professional talents and Catholic faith together to make a lasting impact on the Church in Northern Colorado? The Archdiocese of Denver is seeking a mission-driven and detail-oriented Grants/Project Manager to join its grants team and help secure vital resources for the Church’s ministries, schools, and parishes. This role involves cultivating grant opportunities from foundations in Colorado and nationwide, collaborating with ministry leaders to develop compelling programs, projects, and proposals, managing donor and partner relationships, delivering grant management, administration, and compliance, tracking project outcomes, and meeting annual revenue goals. The position directly supports the Archbishop’s Mission Support Center—including the Office of Catholic Schools, the seminaries, Annunciation Heights, and other Archdiocesan initiatives—as well as parishes and schools, ensuring the Church has the resources needed to thrive today and for generations to come.

Why Join Us?

• Live Your Faith: Be part of a workplace where Catholic values are celebrated and integrated into daily life.
• Mission-Driven Work: Your contributions will have a lasting impact on our Church and community.
• Collaborative Culture: Join a supportive team committed to fostering human flourishing and proclaiming the Gospel.
  
  

Key Responsibilities

• Grant Seeking: Conducts readiness assessments with assigned ministries and entities to evaluate capacity for grant funding, identifies and qualifies new funding opportunities, including assessing feasibility and executing cultivation strategies, and prepares compelling case statements for each ministry or entity opportunity to support grant applications and increase the likelihood of successful funding.
• Grant Research & Proposal Development: Drafts, edits, and submits proposals for assigned ministries and entities, preparing and gathering all necessary materials to support grant opportunities. Tracks proposal progress, reviews dispositions and lessons learned, and ensures proper follow-through on awards, including contract execution and accounting or bank processes.
• Grant Revenue: Maintains consistent funding levels from existing Grantmakers while cultivating new grant opportunities from additional funders. Contributes to overall Grants team revenue goals and achieves individual revenue targets.
• Grant Management & Administration: Manages all awarded grants from initiation to closeout using the Grants Management Handbook, ensuring compliance with all requirements. Submits high-quality, error-free interim and final reports, maintains accurate records and tracks deadlines for required retention periods, and updates all necessary grant information in Instrumental and Raiser’s Edge.
• Collaboration & Stewardship: Collaborates with ministry and program leaders, accounting, and mission advancement stakeholders to support grant processes. Upholds the Archdiocese’s mission, values, and ethical standards while maintaining confidentiality and demonstrating respect for all individuals. Acts as a good steward of human, financial, and capital resources, communicates effectively, contributes to teamwork, and participates in staff training and programs as required.
  
  

Requirements

What We’re Looking For

• A practicing Catholic eager to carry out the mission of the Archdiocese to rescue all people in Jesus Christ for the glory of the Father.
• Understand and align with the values and mission of the Catholic Church; possess a willingness to work from this faithful perspective
• Bachelor's degree preferably in a related field; Equivalent work experience may be substituted.
• 3 years preferred work experience in grant seeking, writing, revenue, grant management and administration, and project management or related experience in other fields.
• Demonstrates exceptional verbal and written communication, project management, and change management skills, with superior grant management and administration abilities; creative, detail-oriented, and persistent.
• Professional and business-like demeanor.
• Able to interact effectively with ministry, parish, school, and Archdiocesan personnel while recognizing and maintaining strict confidentiality.
  
  

Great Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage options
• Virtual care with MyCatholicDoctor.com
• Alternative Care coverage options for Chiropractic/Acupuncture/Spiritual Care/Massage Therapy/Naturopathy.
• Natural Family Planning up to $500 per year for education, supplies, and materials.
• Maternity Management Program Guidance and educational materials
• Generous Paid Time Off: 22 days starting (accrued) 18 paid holidays (including the full week between Christmas and New Year’s.
• Day of Rest spiritual retreat day
• Retirement Plan: Annual Employer Contribution of 6% of salary to retirement plan plus employee deferrals.
• Parental Leave
• Employer-Paid Life Insurance
• Employer-Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Catholic Biblical School: Free and discount courses.
  
  

Salary Description $60,000-$80,000