Director of Grants and Communications

COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INC • Windsor, CT

11d • $83,792 - $83,792 • Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Grants and Communications leads the development and coordination of competitive proposals and organizational communications for Community Solutions, Inc. (CSI). The Director manages Requests for Proposals (RFPs) from assignment through submission, including project planning, coordination, writing, editing, quality assurance, and collaboration with programs and departments across the organization. The role is a key proposal-writing position and provides leadership and coordination to ensure high-quality, timely, and competitive submissions.

The Director leads CSI's digital and internal communications, including social media, website content, organizational announcements, and impact and program storytelling. The position works collaboratively with the Director of Philanthropy to ensure consistency in CSI's brand and messaging. It also supervises grants staff and supports effective workflows, workload management, quality assurance, and coordination across grant and proposal activities.

This is a full-time, exempt position working 40 hours per week, based at CSI's central office in Windsor, Connecticut, with travel of up to 25%. The listed annual salary is $83,792.46.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in human service, marketing, communications, or a related field.
• At least 2 years of related experience in proposal development, grant writing, communications, nonprofit development, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience writing complex proposals or other persuasive, deadline-driven written materials.
• Exceptional writing, editing, proofreading, and verbal communication skills.
• Experience developing digital communications content, including social media.
• Demonstrated project-management skills and ability to manage multiple complex projects and competing deadlines simultaneously.
• Ability to synthesize complex programmatic, operational, financial, and outcome information into clear and compelling written content.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy and quality.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate effectively across departments and organizational levels.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and ability to learn and effectively use proposal submission portals, content management systems, social media platforms, and other required technology.
• Self-motivation, creativity, collaboration, a sense of humor, and desire to work in the human services field.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment with sensitive organizational information.

Nice To Haves

• Experience responding to government RFPs.
• Experience supervising or coordinating the work of others.

Responsibilities

• Direct and manage development of responses to assigned RFPs and other competitive funding opportunities, from assignment through submission.
• Establish proposal timelines and assignments, coordinate input from programs and departments, write proposal content, and ensure submission requirements and deadlines are met.
• Review and edit proposals for quality, accuracy, consistency, responsiveness, and a unified organizational voice.
• Oversee proposal assembly, quality assurance, and submission in coordination with grants staff.
• Maintain and improve proposal-development processes, templates, content libraries, and other supporting resources.
• Supervise and support grants staff, including coordinating work, managing workloads, coaching, and overseeing quality across grant and proposal activities.
• Maintain systems for tracking proposal and grant deadlines, submissions, reporting requirements, and supporting documentation.
• Support foundation grant applications and reports as needed based on workload and organizational priorities.
• Ensure staff have access to current organizational information, program materials, outcomes, and other resources needed for submissions.
• Lead digital and internal communications, including social media, website content, organizational announcements, and impact and program storytelling.
• Develop and coordinate clear, engaging communications for internal and external audiences that convey CSI's programs, expertise, outcomes, impact, and priorities.
• Maintain consistency in organizational voice, terminology, key messages, and communications content; collaborate with the Director of Philanthropy on brand, messaging, and external positioning.
• Support communications needs for major organizational initiatives, events, announcements, and other priorities.
• Manage multiple proposal and communications projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines.
• Review and interpret RFPs, funding requirements, program information, data, and other complex materials.
• Maintain current knowledge of CSI programs, services, outcomes, strategic priorities, and organizational capabilities.
• Maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment when handling sensitive organizational information.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Benefits

• Two weeks of vacation accrued within the first year, increasing to three weeks of accrual after one year of service.
• Seven days of sick time on an accrual basis.
• Four floating holidays per year.
• Medical and dental plans.
• Voluntary vision, FSA, short-term disability, accident, hospital, life insurance, and AD&D plan options.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with automatic enrollment and a company match of 100% up to 4% of the employee's contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement after one year of service.
• Ongoing training.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director