Grant Writer Job at Jewish Vocational Service (JVS), San Francisco, CA

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  • Jewish Vocational Service (JVS)
  • San Francisco, CA

Job Description

Why Join JVS?   

JVS is a nonprofit working to close opportunity gaps in employment by supporting jobseekers with the skills and confidence to secure quality careers with family-sustaining wages. Grounded in core values of racial equity and focused on helping our program participants achieve economic mobility, we believe everyone deserves access to training and the chance for a good job. JVS develops training programs in close partnership with employers in high growth sectors, offering high quality jobs.  

Building on decades of experience and success, JVS is a data-driven organization that takes a whole systems approach to addressing employment and economic equity. Through our direct service programs, employer engagement and policy change, JVS is working toward a future where everyone has access to quality education and training programs that lead to high quality employment and economic mobility. 

The Role:

The Grant Writer is a key member of the Grants team, working collaboratively across the organization while also managing a personal portfolio of intuitional funders (Foundation, Corporate, Government). The Grants team works together to raise over $12M annually, balancing renewals with continuous prospecting and pipeline growth. This role is ideal for a grants professional who thrives in a highly collaborative and dynamic environment. 

Scope:   

Grant Writing 

  • Writing: Write LOIs, applications, and reports (in addition to other materials as requested by funders) to foundations, corporations, and public funders for general support and program support requests; 
  • Collaboration: Manage proposal development, including assessing funding opportunities, data collection, writing, and budget development in collaboration with multiple other JVS teams (Program, Strategy, Finance, Development, Evaluation and Impact, Business Development, Executive Team, HR); 
  • Project Management: Manage timelines for a portfolio of foundations, corporations, and public funders; 
  • Document Management: Manage attachments, document submission to funders, and internal document tracking (using SharePoint and Salesforce)  

Research/Prospecting 

  • Research: Research and organize external reports, studies, and media coverage relevant to JVS’s programs for use in grant reports and applications; 
  • ​​​​​​​Prospecting: Proactively maintain prospect research in alignment with JVS strategic and programmatic priorities.  

​​​​​​​Other 

  • Support JVS’s strategy to diversify our grant-making portfolio across government, foundations, corporations, and other funding sources; 
  • Attend departmental meetings and act as an ambassador of the Grants Team to other JVS teams and departments. 

Minimum Qualifications:  

  • Excellent organizational skills with attention to detail, accuracy, and ability to meet deadlines and objectives; 
  • Excellent communication skills, written and verbal; especially strong persuasive writing skills;  
  • Demonstrated ability to take initiative; 
  • Work collaboratively as part of a team and across the organization to manage projects in a high functioning, fast-paced environment; 
  • Basic research, analytical, data management skills; 
  • Computer proficiency (MS Office Suite, Salesforce, Slack, and/or other related platforms) 
  • Ability to interact professionally with a diverse population of colleagues and external stakeholders. 
  • Ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment, with strong collaboration and interpersonal skills

Preferred Qualifications 

  • At least 3-5 years of relevant experience 
  • Inquisitive knowledge-seeker open to navigating new systems and processes; with suggestions for improvements; 
  • Prior experience in managing time-sensitive deliverables;
  • Experience with public funding 

JVS Organizational Norms 

JVS is a highly collaborative organization where multiple departments work in strong collaboration with one another. We achieve our impact by: 

  • Acting with cultural humility 
  • Having a sense of ownership 
  • Learning and growing 
  • Using “data with heart” 
  • Being clear to be kind 

What We Offer 

  • Annual Salary: $80,000-$90,000 
  • Equitable pay   
  • 100% covered medical and dental plans for the employee   
  • Accrued twenty (20) days of Vacation + accrued twelve (12) days of Paid Sick Leave  
  • Paid federal and Jewish holidays   
  • 3% 403(b) retirement contribution match and 3% non-elective contribution  
  • Healthcare and Dependent Care FSA   
  • Pet Insurance Discounts  
  • Employee Assistance Program   
  • Professional development opportunities and $500 Work-From-Home stipend  
  • Hybrid work environment: this position is expected to be in the office (downtown San Francisco) at a minimum 1x/week; 
  • 4 Day Work Week Pilot started 09/01/2023   
JVS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, ethnic background, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin or disabilities. We welcome diverse applicants. Please let us know if you need accommodations or auxiliary aids for the interview process.   
 
JVS values intersectional racial equity and strives to center people of color, people from working class backgrounds, women and LGBTQ+ people. We strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other communities that experience marginalization.  

Job Tags

Holiday work, Full time, Work from home,

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