{"id":22491,"date":"2025-03-24T14:22:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T18:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/?p=22491"},"modified":"2025-03-24T14:40:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T18:40:13","slug":"job-grants-specialist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/2025\/03\/24\/job-grants-specialist\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Grants Specialist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/artsadmin\/files\/2025\/03\/womens-money-matters.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1200\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2025\/03\/womens-money-matters.png 2000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2025\/03\/womens-money-matters-636x382.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2025\/03\/womens-money-matters-1024x614.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2025\/03\/womens-money-matters-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2025\/03\/womens-money-matters-1536x922.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Women&#8217;s Money Matters is looking for a grant specialist.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT WMM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We provide financial wellness and empowerment programming for women and girls living on low incomes. Our program combines financial health workshops with one-to-one volunteer coaching. We are a growing organization, focused mainly in Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire since 2009. We are a remote workforce, but all staff must be available for meetings in person and attend meetings across Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT JOB<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Grants Specialist is a key member of Women\u2019s Money Matters, responsible for leading our strategic foundation and grants portfolio. This role focuses on identifying, cultivating, and managing foundation partnerships to secure critical funding, ensuring financial sustainability and measurable impact. The Grant Specialist tracks, analyzes, and reports grant outcomes to assess program effectiveness. Reporting to the Director of Advancement, they collaborate across teams to align funding efforts with organizational priorities and drive long-term impact in the community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RESPONSIBILITIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Grants Management &amp; Strategy<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Research, write, and submit corporate and private foundation grant applications, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and funding needs.<br \/>\n\u25cf Develop and maintain a comprehensive grants calendar, tracking application deadlines, reporting requirements, and other deliverables.<br \/>\n\u25cf Collaborate with the Director of Advancement and Advancement team to develop and execute an annual grant strategy to achieve revenue goals.<br \/>\n\u25cf Utilize grant budgets and reporting as required for grant applications and reports, ensuring compliance with funder guidelines.<br \/>\n\u25cf Identify and pursue new grant opportunities to diversify funding sources.<br \/>\n\u25cf Maintain accurate grant tracking, communications and other documentation using Salesforce and internal dashboards.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stakeholder Engagement &amp; Collaboration<\/em><br \/>\n\u25cf Serve as a representative building relationships with funders, community partners, and stakeholders to advance the organization\u2019s mission.<br \/>\n\u25cf Act as a liaison, when necessary, between the Advancement and Program teams to align fundraising efforts with programmatic needs and outcomes.<br \/>\n\u25cf Participate in weekly check-in meetings with the Director of Advancement, Advancement Team, and Program staff to support organizational Key<br \/>\nPerformance Indicators (KPIs).<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUALIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Education &amp; Experience<\/em><br \/>\n\u25cf Must have, minimally, a bachelor\u2019s degree with 2+ years of post-degree experience in grant writing and management, impact evaluation, nonprofit<br \/>\nfundraising, program development, or a related area, preferably within a nonprofit or mission-driven organization.<br \/>\n\u25cf Demonstrated experience in managing complex grant proposals, impact measurement, and programmatic reporting.<\/p>\n<p><em>Key Skills &amp; Competencies<\/em><br \/>\n\u25cf Grant Writing &amp; Fundraising: Exceptional writing skills with a proven ability to craft compelling grant proposals, donor reports, and impact narratives.<br \/>\nExperience in researching, securing, and stewarding institutional funding.<br \/>\n\u25cf Communication &amp; Presentation: Ability to effectively present and communicate complex ideas\u2014both verbally and in writing\u2014to diverse audiences, including corporate and foundation funders for grant applications and report writing.<br \/>\n\u25cf Data Analysis &amp; Impact Measurement: Strong knowledge of collecting and relaying key performance indicators (KPIs) for program evaluation. Ability to<br \/>\ncollect, analyze, and report on program data to demonstrate effectiveness and drive strategic decision-making.<br \/>\n\u25cf Project Management: Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines, and deliverables simultaneously. Experience<br \/>\nworking collaboratively with internal and external partners.<br \/>\n\u25cf Technology Proficiency:<br \/>\n\u25cb Proficient in Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, etc.).<br \/>\n\u25cb Experience with Salesforce (or similar CRM and grant management platforms).<br \/>\n\u25cb Comfortable using data visualization tools and relaying impact measurement.<\/p>\n<p><em>Additional Requirements<\/em><br \/>\n\u25cf Location &amp; Travel: Ideally based in Greater Boston, with a valid driver\u2019s license and own reliable transportation to travel to meetings and events across<br \/>\nMassachusetts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>COMPENSATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>$50,000 &#8211; $55,000 commensurate with experience.<\/p>\n<p>In lieu of group health insurance we offer monthly health care, work from home and wellness stipends. Other benefits include a flexible, hybrid work schedule, paid time off, including all Federal holidays, and a 401k employee match.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TO APPLY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To apply, please click on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tfaforms.com\/5167587\">link<\/a> to answer the qualifying questions and upload your cover letter and resume.<\/p>\n<p>For more details, please visit the website <a href=\"https:\/\/womensmoneymatters.org\/get-involved\/join-our-team\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women&#8217;s Money Matters is looking for a grant specialist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10690,"featured_media":22492,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29,17],"tags":[974,41,1530,1529],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22491"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10690"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22491"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22509,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22491\/revisions\/22509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}