Senior Development Associate

Senior Development Associate

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Sacred Heart Community Service (SHCS), located in San José, California, is looking for a Interim Sr. Development Associate to take our resource development and communications programs to the next level.  An integral member of the Funds Development team, this individual must be highly organized and possess excellent written and oral communication skills, an ability to work flexibly and creatively. The ideal candidate must be equally committed to our vision of a community united to ensure every child and adult is free from poverty, an approach of driving policy change through transformational leadership development, and developing programs through an anti-racism and anti-oppression worldview.  For over 56 years, SHCS has been one of the leading institutions addressing poverty in Santa Clara County through a strategy that combines addressing the consequences of poverty through impactful programs while building power with people to push for systemic change.

Position Summary:

Sacred Heart Community Service (SHCS) is seeking an experienced grant writer to support our funds development and communications work. The Senior Development Associate will be an integral member of the team and will be responsible for preparing a variety of funding proposals, presentations, and reports to foundations, corporations, and government sources.  This individual project manage the grants process from identification through stewardship by guiding program managers, finance professionals and others.  This person will enjoy writing grants for a variety of projects that fight poverty by providing education, housing stability, food programs, racial justice, leadership development, and grassroots political organizing.

Responsibilities:

Grant Writing (70-80%)

●        Write, develops, leads, and implements the preparation of funding proposals to government, foundation, and corporate sources.

●        Project manages grants process for collaboration between program managers and staff, finance team, and funds development team

●        Develops, implements, and tracks plans to identify, establish contact, solicit involvement and maintain communication with government, foundation, and corporate sources in the Bay Area.

●        Participates in donor solicitation activities including presentations and events.

●        Works with programs to gather and crafts impact stories (written) for external donor communications.

Leadership (10-20%)

●        Acts as Salesforce super user and ensures everything in entered and tracked properly

●        Organizes and presents a quarterly update on grants and Salesforce tracking to Executive Director

●        Responsible for budget forecasting for foundations and other grants

●        Provides mentorship and culture building of other less experienced co-workers

●        Provides thought partnership and regular feedback to direct supervisor and colleagues

●        Assists with team meetings and department wide meetings as assigned

General (5-10%)

●        Supports the planning and implementation of agency-wide programs, events, training, and outreach efforts.

●        Actively participates in agency-wide programs and is available for work during November/December giving season.

●        Acts as a “mandated reporter” by maintaining strict adherence to the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Law.

●        Perform other duties as assigned

Required:
Proof of full vaccination against COVID-19.

Position Requirements:

The Sr. Development Associate must have the following skills and experience:

●        Strong commitment to our vision of ensuring every child and adult is free from poverty

●        3-5 years funds development experience in a nonprofit organization or equivalent business development experience

●        Proven financial results in grant writing and donor solicitation

●        Superior written, verbal, and presentation skills

●        Highly organized, detail-oriented, self-motivated, ability to multi-task

●        Proficiency with CRM databases (such as Salesforce), Word, Excel, and Powerpoint

●        The position requires computer use up to 6-8 hours a day

●        Must successfully pass a DMV and Criminal background check

Reporting Relationship:

The Senior Development Associate reports to the Funds Development Manager and joins the Community Resource Development department.

Compensation:

This job is full-time, exempt.  The salary range for this position is commensurate with experience starting at $70,000 annual.  Excellent benefits include fully paid medical insurance for employees and majority paid medical insurance for qualified dependents, dental insurance, vision insurance, 12 paid holidays, 10 paid sick days per year, paid vacation starting at 10 days per year, additional wellness benefits, basic life and long-term disability insurance, professional development and more.

This position is temporarily remote 75% of the time.

Sacred Heart Community Service is proud to be an Equal Opportunity workplace and an Affirmative Action Employer. SHCS is committed to building a team of people of diverse ethnic, cultural, and experiential backgrounds. We especially encourage members of historically underrepresented and marginalized communities, people of color, women, people living with disabilities, veterans, and LGBTQ+ people to apply. It is the policy of Sacred Heart Community Service to prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type and to afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants, without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, medical condition or genetic information, veteran status, national origin, disability, marital or other protected status. SHCS will conform to the spirit, as well as the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.