What are the responsibilities and job description for the Grants Associate position at Rose Community Foundation?
Rose Community Foundation seeks a Grants Associate to support the Foundation’s community impact grantmaking, as well as grants initiated by its fiscally sponsored projects and funder collaboratives. This position will perform grants management functions including proposal intake, grant processing, and support for grant review processes and provide administrative and project management support for community engagement activities.
The Grants Associate is a member of the Finance and Administration team, which provides cross-departmental support and powers the systems and processes that enable its community impact. The Grants Associate plays a critical role in this cross-sectional work, partnering closely with the Community Impact and Public Affairs teams to optimize both grantmaking and community engagement through administrative support of the Foundation’s grantmaking committees and other activities.
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- At least two years’ experience in grants program, administrative support, and/or project management/coordination
- Technologically adept with strong proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Sharepoint) and the ability and willingness to quickly learn new systems and technology
- Excellent organizational, project and time management skills with the ability to prioritize, communicate with team members, follow through and track against multiple deadlines and deliverables
- Detail oriented and committed to accuracy
- Analytical with strong critical thinking skills and a process orientation
- Experience providing exceptional customer service
- A team-player and self-starter who can work well collaboratively and independently
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in one-on-one and in meetings, correspondence, and formal work products
- Lived experiences and/or personal understanding and commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and a commitment to incorporating them into internal and external work
- Commitment to the Foundation’s core values and culture