Grants Coordinator
Chicago
Grants Coordinator
Part Time • Chicago
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Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Department: Grants Development
Reports To: Finance Director
Employment Type: Full-Time
Reports To: Finance Director
Employment Type: Full-Time
Position Summary
The Grants Coordinator is responsible for identifying, coordinating, preparing, and managing grant funding opportunities that support the organization's mission and strategic initiatives. This position works collaboratively with leadership, finance, program managers, and external partners to develop compelling grant proposals, maintain compliance with funding requirements, and oversee grant reporting throughout the grant lifecycle.
The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, an excellent writer, and experienced in grant research, proposal development, and project coordination.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Grant Research and Development
- Research and identify local, state, federal, corporate, and foundation funding opportunities.
- Maintain a comprehensive grants calendar with application deadlines and reporting requirements.
- Evaluate funding opportunities for organizational fit.
- Develop and write persuasive grant proposals, letters of inquiry, and supporting documentation.
- Coordinate proposal development with program leadership and executive management.
Grant Administration
- Monitor awarded grants to ensure compliance with funder requirements.
- Track grant expenditures in collaboration with the Finance Department.
- Prepare and submit timely programmatic and financial reports.
- Maintain accurate grant files and support documentation.
- Ensure all grant deliverables and reporting deadlines are met.
Collaboration
- Work closely with department leaders to gather program data and measurable outcomes.
- Assist in developing project budgets with finance staff.
- Coordinate internal meetings regarding grant opportunities and awarded projects.
- Build positive relationships with funding agencies and community partners.
Data Management
- Maintain grant management databases and tracking systems.
- Collect program performance metrics and outcome data.
- Prepare reports for executive leadership and Board of Directors as requested.
Compliance
- Ensure adherence to organizational policies and grant regulations.
- Maintain confidentiality of organizational and donor information.
- Monitor changes in grant regulations and funding requirements.
Minimum Qualifications
- Minimum of two (2) years of grant writing or grant management experience preferred.
- Experience working with nonprofit organizations, healthcare organizations, or behavioral health agencies preferred.
- Demonstrated success in securing grant funding is highly desirable.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong technical writing and editing abilities.
- Exceptional organizational and project management skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet strict deadlines.
- Strong analytical and research skills.
- High attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating across departments.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
- Experience with grant management software or donor databases is preferred.
- Knowledge of budgeting and financial reporting principles is preferred.
Preferred Qualifications
- Certified Grant Writer or Grant Professional Certification (GPC) preferred.
- Experience with federal grant applications (SAM.gov, Grants.gov).
- Knowledge of nonprofit compliance requirements.
- Experience working with behavioral health (specific to substance use disorder clients), healthcare and/ or social service organizations.
Compensation: $25.00 - $26.00 per hour
Our Mission
The vision of Above and Beyond is to build an individualized treatment experience that is available to anyone in need regardless of their economic status. Our clients and clinicians create therapeutic alliances that design and execute personalized programs of recovery that co-exist side-by-side personal development and growth goals. We believe that recovery is a process that requires meeting individuals where they are at as well as addressing their environmental life circumstances such as: education, employment readiness, interpersonal relationships, and social reintegrative abilities and activities.
Our Philosophy - Compassion. Competence. Communal Healing. “We believe you can be well.” With these simple words, the founders of Above and Beyond have brought together a seasoned team of staff members from the healthcare community with decades of personal and professional experience in the ever changing field of addiction recovery. When we say, “we believe you can be well” we’re stating our belief in everyone’s ability to experience healing, hope and health when properly stimulated, educated, and supported. It’s this expectation of communal success that drives us to provide our solid foundation of excellence in prevention/intervention to the most fragile and vulnerable people of Chicagoland.
Above and Beyond, committed to the idea that, “everything begins in the relationship,” is intentional about unique hybrid recovery model by incorporating what has worked in the past with what evidence-based modern recovery methodology tells us to do in the present. We’re trying to graft a humanitarian touch into the highest standards of professionalism known in the substance use industry.
This is our quest, with an intended outcome of returning our clients to their birthright status of being responsible agents of their own destinies.
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