Title: Grant Writer

Organization: Lowell Community Health Center

Job Type: Full-time

Brief Summary of Position:

Working closely with the Chief Development Officer, the full-time Grant Writer will take on a primary role in developing diverse funding sources for Lowell Community Health Center’s existing services and proposed expansions. S/He will assist in identifying local, state, national, and international funding opportunities; soliciting leadership and program staff input; developing budget requests; writing and editing competitive grant proposals; utilizing community and program data; tracking proposal and reporting deadlines; coordinating with other team member efforts; and supporting a variety of activities related to Federally Qualified Health Center status and resource development. Other writing projects could include copy for op-eds, e-newsletters, and speeches.

Responsibilities:  

• Grant writing and resource development, primarily pursuing Government, Foundation and international grant opportunities.
• Other writing duties to include content for press releases, patient education materials, journal articles, newsletters, and website updates.
• Grant project management (i.e., identifying, assessing feasibility, developing budget, drafting narrative, compiling attachments, and managing deadlines).
• Continuous research and investigation to learn about the needs and opportunities of Lowell CHC.
• At times, assist with program design and conceptualization.
• Ongoing funding opportunity research, both for sustaining funds for existing services and for growth funding for priority expansion areas.
• Summarize potential opportunities and what each would require in order tosolicit input and direction on whether to apply.
• Maintain integrity to the mission, culture, and priorities of Lowell CHC.
• Develop relationships and interact with diverse leadership, program, and clinical staff to plan grant proposal strategy and components.
• Identify and utilize data to build a case and articulate our objectives and impact.
• Work with Lowell CHC’s Information Services and Quality Departments to strategize around data collection and utilization.
• Assist with application components for Federally Qualified Health Center status renewals and reporting.
• Collaborate with community partners in joint applications and subcontracts.
• Assist with drafting and/or soliciting letters of support from our project partners and community supporters.
• Assist with written correspondence to local elected officials to advocate on health care and community development issues.
• Update tracking spreadsheet for all submitted, pending, committed, and declined grant proposals.
• Maintain calendar of grant deadlines, reporting schedules, and acknowledgements.
• Ensure that Lowell CHC’s subscriptions to various state and federal portals and campaigns are kept up to date (i.e., EHB; SAM; grants.gov; GuideStar; SEFA; CFC)
• Update Giving Common info, at least twice per year.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree strongly preferred or equivalent combination of experience, education and training which provides desired knowledge, skills and abilities.
• 5+ years of professional grant writing or grant management experience in a health care or nonprofit organization.
• Embrace and be able to communicate Lowell CHC’s mission, vision, strategic goals, purpose and values.
• Passion for community development.
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines, even those that are unpredicted and/or last minute.
• Experience working with partners on collaborative grant proposals.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong research skills, both to target funding prospects and to improve the content in grant submissions.
• Successful grant-writing experience, including familiarity with federal government grant requirements.
• Confidence researching and utilizing regional statistics and data to demonstrate community need for services, as well as to measure program outcomes and impact.
• Comfort managing clinical and programmatic performance measure data.
• Comfort working with and updating budgets.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs, Google, and Adobe Acrobat Pro.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Creative problem-solving capabilities.
• Positive and engaging interpersonal skills.
• Ability to plan for and manage multiple deadlines and varying levels of work.
• Self-starter who can work independently, while maintaining a strong role as a Team Player.

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