Associate Director of Grants and Donor Relations

Open Door Family Medical Center•Town of Greenburgh, NY

21h•$90,000 - $100,000•Onsite

About The Position

Open Door Family Medical Center provides health care and wellness programs to individuals and families in need throughout Westchester, Putnam and Ulster Counties. A pioneer Federally Qualified Health Center, Open Door provides more than 300,000 patient visits annually and serves nearly 60,000 individual patients who might not otherwise have access. Open Door offers integrated services and a holistic approach to building healthier communities. Primary medical care, dental care, integrated behavioral health care, clinical nutrition, wellness programs, and chronic disease management are the foundation of its clinical programs. Founded as a free clinic in 1972, Open Door’s mission of building healthier communities through accessible, equitable, culturally competent health care has led to site and service expansions. Today, Open Door operates centers in Brewster, Mamaroneck, Mount Kisco, Ossining, Port Chester, and Sleepy Hollow, in addition to eight School-Based Health Centers in the Port Chester and Ossining School Districts, a mobile dental van in Mount Kisco, and a new dental practice in Saugerties, NY. For more information, please visit our website at www.opendoormedical.org. Open Door is currently seeking an Associate Director of Grants and Donor Relations in our Tarrytown center. The Associate Director of Grants and Donor Relations has overall responsibility to support a portfolio of health and social services programs. This role will be responsible for identifying grant opportunities for programs, working closely with program staff to develop, write, and submit proposals and reports, ensuring that reporting requirements for funded grants (Foundation, Corporate and Government) are prepared and met. This role will also be responsible for ensuring that post-award administration is completed in a proper and timely fashion and otherwise maintaining strong working relationships/communications with funders. This position includes but is not limited to project design/set-up, budget projections, general donor relations, gift acknowledgment and assisting with PR requirements, effort management and reporting, project planning and project closeout

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree
2+ years of experience writing and editing grant proposals in the non-profit, medical or academia industries
Exceptional writing, organizational, analytical, critical-thinking, and prioritization skills
Excellent, proactive communication skills
Extremely organized; project management skills including the ability to coordinate overlapping deadlines and projects; strong people skills; attention to detail
Have knowledge of procedures for public and private grant research, submissions, and post-award funder experience
Writing samples required
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and database management, preferably Donor Perfect
Must have valid New York State driver license and daily access to a vehicle
Ability to travel up to 25% to local sites as needed

Nice To Haves

Experience working within community/health/social service organizations
Proven track record of securing grants is desirable.

Responsibilities

Research, prepare, write, and submit grant proposals and reports for various funding bodies including private donors, foundations, corporations, and government agencies in support of agency’s broad range of health and social services. Experience in writing persuasive, clear concise and visually attractive proposals/reports.
Collaborate with program staff on project design, budgets and writing grant proposals.
Communicate accomplishments of existing programs to funders through reports.
Keep informed on foundation initiatives and development practices beyond proposal preparation; have strong knowledge of procedures for private grant proposals submissions, funder selection criteria and post-award funder experience.
Track all prospects, donors, proposals, reports, deadlines, and relationships.
Manage in-kind donation program.
Maintain excellent relationships with grantors, and internal program staff and executive staff at all levels.
Proven track record of securing grants is desirable.
Extremely strong organizational and editing skills; ability to process and execute complex instructions; attention to detail imperative.
Ability to manage a diverse portfolio that includes federal grants contracts and foundation grants.
As necessary, compose agency letters of thanks and other communication to financial donors for CEO signature or appropriate program EVP/VP, provide support for site visits and other relevant written needs around programming.
Perform other duties as assigned