Government Grants Coordinator
- Employer
- Mary's Center for Maternal & Child Care
- Location
- District of Columbia, United States
- Salary
- Salary Commensurate with experience
- Closing date
- Feb 24, 2021
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- Position Type
- Fundraising, Corporate and Foundation Relations, Grant Seeking, Prospect Research, Special Events, Programs, Grant Administration, Grant Making, Government Relations and Advocacy, Program Administration and Management, Administrative, Public Relations and Communications
- Fields
- Advocacy, Community Development, Community Foundations, Health, Philanthropic Advisors, Social Services
- Employment Type
- Full Time
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Mary's Center is committed to promoting diversity,
equity and inclusion (DEI) within our organization and the
communities we serve. We embrace diversity of experiences,
ideas, and individuals, and seek to bring diverse candidates
to the table. Application Requirements
All
applicants must submit cover letter with salary requirements and
two writing samples. Position Summary
The
Government Grants Coordinator is responsible for identifying,
securing and managing financial resources for Mary's Center from
government agencies, including federal, state, and local government
sources, with a primary focus on Maryland government grant making
entities. Primary responsibilities include researching, identifying
and writing grant applications for government funding opportunities
and, in collaboration with the program team, managing the
post-award process for grants awarded to Mary’s Center. This
position will assist with departmental duties as necessary to
ensure success at meeting Mary’s Center’s funding goals.
Reportability
This position will report directly to the Assistant Director of
Foundation Relations. Essential Duties and
Responsibilities To
perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to
perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Pre-Award Activities
- Conduct research to identify potential federal, state and local funders and funding/contract opportunities; keep current with announcements of new funding opportunities. The primary focus for this position is Maryland and Federal government grant making entities.
- Research data, studies and statistics to support applications for funding; research and maintain up-to-date records on topics related to Mary’s Center’s services and population.
- Collaborate with Communications Department to build relationship within the Prince George’s County and Montgomery County governments and apply for untapped sources of county government funding.
- Write and submit high-quality government grant proposals and contract applications.
- Coordinate proposal review process between various departments and staff.
- As necessary, create new boilerplate language for use in proposals.
- Oversee all aspects of reporting for public and private grant awards. Work with Program and Outcomes staff to ensure that reports are complete and are written and submitted on time.
- Work with Finance staff to continuously reconcile development department records of awards and cash flow from government grants.
- Develop and maintain relationships with project officers and program managers at funder agencies to facilitate quality and timely reporting and continued funding.
- Manage calendar and process of renewal applications for existing and multi-year government grants.
- Provide assistance with HRSA grants management.
- Participate in “meet and greet” opportunities for key stakeholders at the Mary’s Center locations in Maryland
- Identify data necessary for messaging and work with the Outcomes team to provide reports in a timeframe that ensures up-to-date information about the county, Mary’s Center and demographics as necessary
- Represent Mary’s Center at community meetings and events
- Work with Mary’s Center program divisions – medical, social services and dental – to develop understanding of the community needs being served and areas to target for funding.
- Work collaboratively with the Finance Department to review budgets and set up new funding sources.
- Work collaboratively with Assistant Director of Foundation Relations to maintain departmental systems, including: bimonthly Grants Review Committee meetings; reporting calendar with due dates and deliverables; database of funder information; and library of boilerplate language, grant applications, reports by Program Managers, and correspondence with funders.
- Manage all aspects of support for bi-monthly Grants Revise Committee meetings (run Raiser’s Edge reports to prepare agendas, circulate materials to committee members, take minutes during meetings)
- Coordinate grants management efforts between Grants, Programs and Finance Departments. Improve process for tracking the spenddown and implementation of grants. Ensure requests for extension and budget amendments are submitted to funders in a timely manner.
- Must have Bachelor’s degree or equivalent background with a minimum of five years of professional grant writing and award administration experience.
- Must have experience writing and managing government grants.
- Must have experience building and maintaining relationships with local and state government officials.
- Experience working for a large organization with many moving parts a plus.
- Familiarity with health care topics and HRSA/Community Health Center system a plus.
- Technical: Able to fully and effectively respond to the technical prompts, priorities, narrative outline, questions, attachments, budget requirements and forms as well as associated addendum required by the Request for Proposal and Reporting Guidelines/Requirements.
- Creative: Able to craft compelling case statements and articulate need for funding.
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