Grant Writer

WELLSPACE HEALTH•Sacramento, CA

1d•$33 - $43•Onsite

About The Position

The Grant Writer develops clear, compelling, accurate, and competitive funding proposals that support WellSpace Health’s mission, strategic priorities, and programs. This position is able to identify and evaluate public and private funding opportunities, leads proposal development from initial review through submission, and collaborates with subject matter experts, Finance, executive leadership, and community partners to translate organizational priorities into persuasive and funder-responsive applications. The Grant Writer is responsible for managing multiple proposal projects simultaneously, interpreting complex funding requirements, developing narratives and supporting materials, and ensuring that submissions are complete, compliant, and delivered on time. The position serves as a strategic thought partner to program and organizational leaders and contributes to the continued growth and diversification of WellSpace Health’s funding portfolio.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience.
At least 3 years of professional grant writing, proposal development, fundraising, technical writing, or closely related experience.
Demonstrated experience developing successful proposals for government agencies, foundations, corporations, and other institutional funders.
Exceptional writing, editing, proofreading, and verbal communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to interpret notices of funding opportunity, requests for proposals, regulations, application instructions, scoring criteria, and other complex documents.
Strong research, critical thinking, analytical, and information-synthesis skills.
Demonstrated project management skills, including the ability to establish timelines, coordinate contributors, manage competing deadlines, and move complex projects from concept through submission.
Ability to translate clinical, operational, financial, and technical information into clear and persuasive narratives for varied audiences.
Strong attention to detail and demonstrated ability to produce accurate, compliant, and polished work under deadline.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, and SharePoint, as well as experience using shared documents and collaborative workspaces across various online platforms and portals.
Ability to work collaboratively with subject matter experts, executive leadership, Finance, data teams, community partners, and other stakeholders.
Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound professional judgment.
Commitment to WellSpace Health’s mission and to advancing equitable access to healthcare and supportive services.

Responsibilities

Research and identify federal, state, local, foundation, corporate, and other funding opportunities aligned with WellSpace Health’s mission, programs, service areas, and strategic priorities.
Review funding opportunities to assess eligibility, competitiveness, organizational fit, required partnerships, programmatic expectations, financial considerations, and operational feasibility.
Prepare funding opportunity summaries and recommendations to support organizational decisions regarding whether to pursue specific opportunities.
Lead the development of grant proposals, concept papers, letters of inquiry, applications, renewal requests, and other funding submissions.
Develop clear, persuasive, and evidence-informed narratives that address funder requirements and accurately describe organizational need, program design, populations served, activities, partnerships, outcomes, evaluation, sustainability, and organizational capacity.
Develop proposal outlines, work plans, writing assignments, application schedules, and internal review processes.
Facilitate proposal development meetings and interviews with subject matter experts to gather programmatic, clinical, operational, and community information.
Collaborate with Finance, Leadership and Executive Team and program staff to ensure that proposal narratives, budgets, budget narratives, staffing plans, objectives, activities, and performance measures are accurate and aligned.
Coordinate the preparation and collection of required attachments, letters of commitment, memoranda of understanding, resumes, organizational documents, and other supporting materials.
Edit and integrate contributions from multiple authors into a consistent, cohesive, and compelling final application.
Ensure that applications comply with all funder instructions, formatting requirements, page limits, scoring criteria, assurances, certifications, and submission requirements.
Manage assigned proposal projects from initial opportunity review through final approval and submission.
Submit or coordinate the submission of completed applications through required electronic portals and other funder systems.
Maintain current knowledge of WellSpace Health’s programs, outcomes, strategic priorities, service populations, partnerships, and organizational accomplishments.
Maintain and update reusable organizational language, program descriptions, data, templates, and proposal content.
Support the preparation of grant reports, continuation applications, amendments, and other post-award funder communications as assigned.
Review funder feedback and application outcomes to identify lessons learned and strengthen future proposals.
Develop productive relationships with internal stakeholders, external partners, and funder representatives.
Perform other duties as assigned.