Senior Advisor-Foundation Grnt

Loma Linda • Loma Linda, CA

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About The Position

The Senior Advisor-Foundation Grant establishes and maintains relationships with a portfolio of foundations, corporations, and individuals and prepares grant proposals for these organizations and individuals. Conducts research to develop funding requests for foundations and corporations. Attends Foundations Grants strategy meetings as requested and advises staff on key relationships and strategies. Consults with institutional leadership regarding strategies for donors and prospective donors. Helps guide the strategy and implementation of stewardship and reporting activities for the respective portfolio. Attends Advancement leadership meetings as requested. Performs other duties as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required, preferably in Marketing, Development or Communications
• Minimum ten years of experience in fundraising and grant-writing required
• Must demonstrate an ability to understand and summarize massive amounts of information (especially medical and scientific) into an easy-to-understand language that is compelling and persuasive
• Fundraising and grant writing
• Ability to input data/information into the compute
• Ability to speak clearly
• Ability to write in a clear, compelling, and persuasive manner
• Good communications skills with both individuals and groups are necessary in the development of personal contacts with prospects, donors, and other individuals in the process of raising funds for the institution
• Able to work with excellent diplomacy
• Calculations, manipulating numbers, interpreting numbers, analyzing, forecasting, assessing/evaluating, explaining/teaching, attention to detail, memory and/or problem-solving/reasoning
• Able to distinguish colors as necessary
• Hear sufficiently for general conversation in person and on the telephone, and identify and distinguish various sounds associated with the workplace
• See adequately to read computer screens, and written documents necessary to the position

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree preferred
• Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) preferred

Responsibilities

• Establishes and maintains relationships with a portfolio of foundations, corporations, and individuals
• Prepares grant proposals for organizations and individuals
• Conducts research to develop funding requests for foundations and corporations
• Attends Foundations Grants strategy meetings as requested and advises staff on key relationships and strategies
• Consults with institutional leadership regarding strategies for donors and prospective donors
• Helps guide the strategy and implementation of stewardship and reporting activities for the respective portfolio
• Attends Advancement leadership meetings as requested
• Performs other duties as needed

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees