Grant Writer Jobs

Mission Statement:
Uplift's mission is to create and sustain public schools of excellence that empower each student to reach their highest potential in college and the global marketplace and that inspire in students a life-long love of learning, achievement, and service in order to positively change their world.

Equity Vision Statement:
Uplift Education proactively engages scholars, families, and staff members to thrive as their authentic selves and partner in the journey required to identify, address, and correct existing and potential inequities.

Primary Purpose:
Uplift Education, a public charter school system in Dallas, is seeking a Grant Writer to join its development team. This position will be responsible for securing critical funding to meet current and future needs of our schools. The Grant Writer writes local, regional, national, and statewide grants to governmental organizations and private foundations, maintains relationships with external grant writers and program officers of funding bodies. The Grant Writer compiles financial and non-financial data for the preparation of internal reports, compliance reports, and grant billings.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Performs various general grant administration functions such as budget amendments, plan change, program evaluation, etc.
• Develop and nurture relationships with high potential grant funding sources.
• Keep in contact with grant-making organizations during their review of a submitted grant application to be able to supply additional supportive material.
• Through interviews and other means, gather information that will easily allow him/her to grasp the concept of a project or program for which funding is sought as defined by the person responsible for carrying it out.
• Prepare written and statistical reports for various audiences.
• Develop individual grant proposals in accordance with each grant-making organization’s preferences and follow exactly each grant-making organization’s guidelines.
• Ensure compliance with federal and state law, State Board of Education rules, and board policy.
• Acquire and maintain sound knowledge and understanding of the organization and use that knowledge and understanding to better comprehend all projects and programs for which grants will be sought and to recommend the seeking of grants.
• Ongoing monitoring of grant budgets and expenditures to ensure targets are met
• Compile, write, and edit all grant applications exhibiting strong expository writing skills and a high-level command of grammar and spelling. Prioritize tasks and meet all deadlines for preparation and submission of grant applications and grant-related reports.
• Coordinate with the Finance to create expenditure and income budgets and develop other enclosures to accompany grant submissions.
• Research grant-making organizations and analyze them to identify likely funding sources for specific projects and programs.
• Review the budget of a project or program for which funding is sought and make recommendations to better present it to grant-making organizations.
• Maintain grant administration policies and procedures in accordance with state, local, and federal regulations.
• Communicates relevant grant information with organization departments and all appropriate internal users.
• Monitor private foundation, federal and state grant opportunities; aggressively pursue grants for expansion and growth as well as curriculum and enrichment grants. Coordinate with the chief academic officer and school directors as appropriate to ensure that key stakeholders are represented in the proposal development process. Serve as lead author on these proposals.
• Manage the process of supplying progress reports when required by a grant-making organization that has funded a project or program.
• Works with appropriate departments and schools to gather data for reports and ensure proper records are maintained.
• Ongoing monitoring of grant program goals and monthly performance.
• Develops and maintains grant application calendar for all grant requests. Maintains master files on submitted and awarded grants through a database to track and report all grant activities awarded to Uplift.
• Other duties may be assigned
• Manages external grant writers as hired for federal and state grant competitions.

Education, Experience, and/or Certification(s)
Bachelor's degree (B. A. / B.S.) from four-year college or university required. Applicants should have 3-5 years of grant writing experience (state & federal) with a clear track record of success. Proven track record in writing and winning local and state government grants, federal funding requests, capacity building proposals and funding requests to private and family foundations (ranging from $25000 to $20M). Former teachers or education policy professionals are especially encouraged to apply.

Required Skills/Abilities:
Language Skills
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to read, analyze and apply common sense to understand and to carry out instructions in written or oral form. Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of personnel, students, and parents.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations .
Reasoning Ability
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
Computer Skills
To perform this job successfully, an individual should be competent in Microsoft Office applications and ability to learn and use computer software as necessary. Ability to use basic office equipment.
Safety Duties & Responsibilities
Every employee of the school has an obligation to know our safety rules and procedures; to teach what they know to others; to recognize unsafe actions and situations; to warn others of unsafe situations; to react to emergency situations and to report hazardous or unsafe practices to those in a position to correct them.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Employees must be able to maintain emotional control under stress. Occasional prolonged and irregular hours will be necessary.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and use stairs. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level is low to high and may have frequent interruptions. There may be activity from other employees and students of a distracting nature. This position will also have flexibility to work from home.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS
Satisfactory criminal records check, pre-hire and annually thereafter, if applicable. Must be eligible to work in the United States and provide work authorization.

MODIFICATION OF DUTIES & ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Uplift Education retains the right to change and/or modify the duties and essential functions of this position at any time. This job description is not intended to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee.

Starting Salary: $60,000

Application Procedure:
Apply online
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Uplift Education is an equal employment opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state or local law.