Grant Writer / Administrative Support

Why join Advance Community Health?

Life in the Triangle, with the Atlantic Ocean only two hours to the east and the Blue Ridge Mountains 3.5 hours to the west, living and working in the Triangle area gives you the best life has to offer.

Advance Community Health (ACH) proudly offers employment opportunities in multiple locations throughout the Triangle, including Raleigh, Apex, Cary, and Fuquay-Varina! Our Raleigh office, conveniently located less than 6 minutes from the heart of Downtown Raleigh, gives you easy access to some of the best food and entertainment the Triangle has to offer! No matter who you are, the Triangle offers everything you need to live a happy, fulfilling life!

Our Benefits:

ACH offers,

• Company paid Medical for Employee and two dependents.

• Dental, and Vision insurance
• 401K participation
• All employees receive their Birthday Off
• One Floating Holidays (if hired before July 1^st)

Position Purpose:

We’re looking for a candidate for our Grant Writer/Administrative Support to join our team. Primary responsibilities include researching funding opportunities that align with the organizational mission, creating draft responses to funding opportunities, working with the Director of Development in confirming final submissions, and supporting the Department by coordinating meetings, managing calendars, making travel plans, confirming event details, and creating meeting agendas.

About this position:

• Work Location: 1001 Rock Quarry Road, Raleigh, NC 27610
• Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:00an – 5:00pm with flexibility (No Remote Option at this time)
• Required Travel: None

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Duties and Tasks:

• Study and understand the history, structure, objectives, programs, and financial needs of Advance Community Health.
• Leverage experience in researching potential funding sources that align with the mission of Advance Community Health.
• Research grant opportunities from various sources with a focus on corporate and philanthropic entities.
• Create and maintain a sophisticated matrix reflecting proposal lifecycle from investigation to submission. 
• Track data and information for the purpose of impact reporting.
• Craft compelling grant proposals that align with the mission of Advance Community Health and that meet the funding requirements of the proposed funding organization.
• Collaborate cross-departmentally with internal stakeholders to inform and strengthen proposals.
• Work closely with Director of Development in creating final submissions and securing executive team approvals.
• Respond to internal and external queries on drafted and submitted proposals.
• Maintain an organized system of proposal supporting documents.
• Maintain positive relationships with fund providers and other stakeholders.
• Coordinating meetings, managing calendars, making travel plans, confirming event details, creating meeting agendas, inform Annual Report.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of grant writing experience and proven success.
• Bachelor’s degree in creative writing or related field.
• Outstanding written and oral communications skills.
• Exceptional process oriented and organizational skills.
• Excellent knowledge of fundraising information sources.
• Strong computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.

Physical Requirements

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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for periods of one or more hours; use the telephone, use hands and fingers; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Good vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

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Nonprofit HR is committed to fostering and maintaining a work environment where diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are fully integrated into everything we do for the benefit of our employees and the clients that we serve.