Development and Grants Manager Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism

Development and Grants Manager

Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism

The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is seeking a Development and Grants Manager to advance both individual and institutional giving at the Graduate School of Journalism through the management of administrative processes and stewardship of important funding relationships with individual and institutional donors to the School.  

The Development and Grants Manager stewards important funding relationships with individual and institutional donors to Columbia Journalism School, works with department fundraisers and faculty to prepare applications for gifts and grants, and project manages many aspects of the department’s work with the central office of Annual Fund Programs.

The incumbent will manage a gifts and grants portfolio, with responsibilities that include, but are not limited to, advising and collaborating with faculty, the school’s finance department, central administrative offices, and frontline development staff to prepare grant proposal narratives, budgets, and ancillary materials; project managing, seeking internal approvals for these proposals and filing grant requests; maintaining good relationships with foundation grants officers, as well as with individual donors and their philanthropic advisors; working closely with the Annual Fund manager to project manage the direct mail/marketing operations for the Journalism School’s Annual Fund; and ensuring the smooth transmittal of gifts to our partners in central administration.

A bachelor's degree and/or its equivalent is required. The candidate should also have a minimum of 3 years’ related experience.

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