Grants and Communications Manager

Organization Overview

At Family & Child Empowerment Services (FACES), we envision a future where all families have what they need to live, grow, and thrive in San Francisco. We provide families with high-quality early childhood education; after-school and summer enrichment; job support, training, and placement; and comprehensive family support services and referrals. Our mission is to offer programs and services in which every child can reach their unique potential within a safe and joyful learning environment, and every family can access a network of support that promotes well-being, opportunity, and community.

Position Summary

The Development & Communications Manager plays a central role in advancing FACES’ fundraising and external communications efforts, including grant writing and reporting, donor communications, campaigns, and organizational storytelling. The ideal candidate is a strong writer and project manager who works closely with the Senior Director, Development and Communications, program leaders, and external partners to deliver clear, compelling, and mission-aligned communications.

What You’ll Do

Development & Grants (60%)

• Manage a portfolio of foundation and corporate grants, including: researching prospects, writing proposals and LOIs, and preparing reports and stewardship materials

• Maintain an annual grants calendar and ensure all deadlines are met

• Collaborate with program, finance, and evaluation staff to gather data and narratives

• Support individual giving efforts, including: annual fund and end-of-year campaigns, Giving Tuesday and matching gift campaigns, and donor acknowledgments and stewardship communications

• Assist with donor tracking and reporting in the CRM (e.g., Salesforce, Classy)

Communications & Storytelling (30%)

• Create donor and community-facing communications, including: social media posts, annual report and impact materials, and program one-pagers and other community education materials

• Partner with program staff to elevate family and educator stories

• Support website content updates related to fundraising and impact

• Ensure messaging is equity-centered, strengths-based, and accessible

Collaboration & Operations (10%)

• Coordinate with leadership and program teams to align messaging and fundraising priorities

• Support board fundraising and communications efforts as needed

• Manage external vendors (designers, printers, photographers) as applicable

• Contribute to departmental planning, metrics, and process improvement

Qualifications

You have a solid mix of the following experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities: 

• 5 years of grant writing and/or public funding management experience, especially with historically marginalized families and communities; local Bay Area experience is a plus!

• Strong written, analytical, and verbal communication skills.

• Track record of working effectively with program leaders to coordinate and successfully deliver grant projects. 

• Strong knowledge base around program budgeting and operations data management.

• Demonstrated project management skills. Ability to take initiative, establish priorities, work independently, and make progress on a variety of projects simultaneously.

• Familiarity with CRMs, collaboration, research and project management tools required.

• A deep commitment to aligning all fundraising practices to our values, especially around equity, inclusion, and belonging for all our stakeholders.

• Strong passion for and a desire to humbly reflect and grow in pursuit of our mission.

• A sense of humor! We believe that joy and justice go hand in hand!

What We Offer

• Competitive salary between $85,000-$95,000 based on experience

• Three weeks of vacation, personal and floating holidays, ten sick days, ten paid holidays (including one-week winter closure between Christmas and New Year’s) and a day off for your birthday!

• A retirement plan with employer match up to 7% of your salary

• A chance to positively impact the lives of young children and their families.

• A fun, dynamic, and collaborative working environment.

• Opportunity to join a movement to achieve educational, economic, and racial justice!

FACES is a welcoming workplace for all. We embrace diversity in every form — race and culture, gender identity, sexuality, country of origin, religion, and/or ability. Candidates with diverse backgrounds and lived experiences are strongly encouraged to apply.  

FACES is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.