Grant Writer

Grant Writer

 

Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management, the world?s leading educational institution for global management seeks a Grant Writer. This position is primarily responsible for soliciting grant support, writing grant proposals and producing reports to funders.

 

Responsibilities

? Work with staff, faculty and administration to determine the priority funding needs of the organization

? Conceptualize, gather information and research external resources as potential funders

? Ability to ferret out funding opportunities to match institutional priorities, using all research tools including Foundations Directory

? Maintain a grant proposal calendar

? Write grant proposals and reports to government, corporate, foundation and individual funders

? Research new opportunities for funding

? Serve as a liaison to all funding agencies or organizations and have the ability to engage with program officers at foundations to solicit invitations to submit proposals and advance proposals for grants

? Plan, manage and implement a Planned Giving strategic plan, including  scheduling, reporting, analysis and evaluation of results

? Perform other duties as assigned

 

Qualifications

?  Exceptionally strong writing skills

?  An intellectual curiosity and interest in researching new funding opportunities

?  Computer and database skills

?  Ability to serve as a team player on a small, highly professional and fast-paced development team

?  Flexibility to pursue grant funding from a variety of sources

?  Ability to communicate effectively with funding agency representatives

?  Capacity or experience with The Raiser?s Edge or other donor database management.

?  3-5 years development management and grant writing experience

?  Bachelor?s degree required

 

Preference will be given to candidates who possess development experience in higher education (particularly grant writing for higher education) and a master?s degree in a related field. . 

Please send cover letter and resume to:  Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management, Human Resources, Ref. #1618, 15249 N. 59th Ave., Glendale, AZ  85306 or E-mail HRResumes@t-bird.edu   EEO/MFDV

No relocation costs paid