ORGANIZATION DESCRIPTION: Established in 1968, IBA - Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion is a dynamic community development corporation in Boston's South End IBA's mission it to empowers and engages individuals and families to improve their lives through high-quality affordable housing, education, and arts programs.

JOB SUMMARY: The Grant Writer is responsible for supporting the Chief Development Officer by researching, writing, editing and submitting proposals, letters of inquiry, thank you letters, requests to sponsors and other correspondence. Grant Writer will work as a member of a team responsible for increasing, diversifying and sustaining philanthropic support for IBA from foundations, individuals, corporations and government sources. The Grant Writer will organize electronic grant files, submit monthly reports and complete regular database entry. The Grant Writer will conduct funder prospect research on a regular basis. The Grant Writer reports to IBA's Chief Development Officer.

The Grant Writer will conduct funder prospect research on a regular basis. The Grant Writer reports to IBA's Chief Development Officer.

Fundraising & Sustainability

• Takes a strategic approach to aligning IBA's key programs and initiatives to funding opportunities for renewal and acquisition of corporate, foundation and public grants
• Manages all stages of funding proposal for assigned funders and prospects including outreach to grant-makers, letters of inquiry, online applications, formal proposals and grant reports.
• Forecasts annual, quarterly and monthly revenue, as well as donor renewal and acquisition, utilizing Salesforce for constituent relationship management.

Relationship Management

• Serves as relationship manager for assigned portfolio through letters, personal visits, phone calls, and personalized acknowledgements to achieve continued donor engagement.
• Works collaboratively with CDO, agency program, evaluation and finance staff in the development and submission of proposals, reports and grant budgets.
• Cultivates new private and public sector funders by arranging site visits and other engagement opportunities with program/giving officer
• Researches potential corporations, foundations, and government sources of funding.
• Works with Chief Development Officer, Chief Program Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Finance staff on grant prioritization and strategy.

Administrative Support

• Supports the Chief Development Officer with stewardship of funders and other duties related to resource development.
• Organizes and manages electronic files of all fundraising documents (grants, reports, letters, etc.)
• Manages compliance for grants
• Manages grant acknowledgements in collaboration with the department Coordinator.
• Organizes materials for submits proposals.
• Miscellaneous office work including but not limited to photocopying and filing of documents.
• Participate fully in staff and support org's community and fundraising events.
• Other duties as assigned

Database

• Daily enters and updates grant information in Salesforce (funder info, call reports, proposals, funds raised, deadlines, tasks, etc)
• Generates and disseminates fundraising reports from Salesforce including tailored reports for Program Directors and Executive Team.

Skills/Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field i.e. nonprofit management, business, communications etc. preferred
• 2-5 years of experience in grant granting, proposal development, preparation, and writing, including budget preparation and submission to federal and state agencies, foundations, and/or corporations preferred.
• Minimum 2 years experience in grant writing and research including preparation and submission to federal and state agencies, foundations and corporations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; bilingual Spanish-English, preferred.
• Proficiency with MS Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook); Google Drive, internet research skills; Salesforce experience preferred.
• Strong administrative, organizational skills attentive to details; able to manage multiple tasks accurately and meet deadlines.
• Outstanding project management skills, with the ability to drive complex, multi-faceted projects forward to deliver results on time.
• Advance problem-solving and decision-making skills and the ability to multi-task and handle a high-pressure environment with timeline pressures.
• Good moral character, mature judgment and a strong sense of responsibility and dedication.
• Very positive and enthusiastic style capable of motivating others
• Experience working in an urban community with diverse population.
• Able to manage grant compliance.
• Customer service-oriented; Able to work a flexible schedule
• CORI Requirement

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

$69,000 annualized salary. Benefits include health dental and vision insurance; Flexible Spending Account (FSA); a generous HRA plan provided by IBA ($9,100 or $18,200 based on single or family coverage) for out-of-pocket medical expenses. 403b plan with annual employer contribution; generous amount of paid time off.