Senior Grants Manager

Family Health Centers of San Diego•San Diego, CA

6d•$70,640 - $101,538•Onsite

About The Position

Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) is seeking a Senior Grants Manager to identify funding opportunities and develop, write, and submit major, highly complex grant proposals with significant budgets. Reporting to the Director, Grants and Proposals, the Senior Grants Manager coordinates with department Associate Directors and Director-level program staff. Work will focus primarily, but not exclusively, on significant programmatic and clinical research funding opportunities with SAMHSA, NIH, AHRQ, HRSA, and CDC. The role also includes budget development, research, program design support, partnership development, proposal review, and mentoring grant-writing colleagues. Occasional travel between sites and other locations is required, and some duties may require flexibility in work hours. FHCSD is a community health organization serving San Diego County, with more than 90 sites and care for over 227,000 patients annually. Its mission is to provide caring, affordable, high-quality health care and supportive services, with a special commitment to uninsured, low-income, and medically underserved people. The successful candidate will demonstrate commitment to community medicine and culturally competent care for medically underserved communities.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree and at least five years of provable success as a professional grant writer, or an equivalent combination of education and experience that provides the required skills, knowledge, and ability and meets applicable state or federal certification requirements.
At least five years of proposal development experience.
At least three years of proposal development experience in an FQHC or other nonprofit health context; the posting also separately lists five or more years in an FQHC or other nonprofit health context as required.
Knowledge of community resources and health and social service systems in San Diego County, and ability to establish working relationships with community partners.
Experience developing and understanding basic and complex budgets in Excel up to $5,000,000, including mid-cycle budget or salary increases, modified indirect-cost calculations, and subcontract budgets.
Experience with governmental grant submissions, especially HRSA, SAMHSA, NIH, and the County of San Diego, and with portals and interfaces such as grants.gov, EHB, and BuyNet.
Experience using AI functionality to assess final grant drafts against funder criteria and support basic grant preparation and management tasks.
Ability to multitask, remain flexible, ensure accuracy, and meet changing priorities in a fast-paced, high-workload environment.
Exceptional project-management, time-management, and organizational skills, including attention to detail and the ability to plan projects, lead program-development discussions, forecast time requirements, and organize internal and external resources to meet deadlines and goals.
Exceptional writing skills and ability to read, comprehend, digest, explain, and develop persuasive funding arguments using and analyzing technical scientific, social-science, clinical, and medical data.
Computer literacy in a Windows environment.
Fluency in Microsoft Office 365, including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint.
Experience assembling and creating Adobe PDF files.
Demonstrated critical-thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Demonstrated cultural sensitivity and respect for diversity.
Valid California driver’s license, automobile, proof of minimum car-insurance levels required by California law (with $100,000 limits recommended), and an acceptable driving record. California residents must obtain a California driver’s license within ten days of establishing residency.

Nice To Haves

MA, MS, MPH, and/or a dual degree emphasizing writing and science.
Experience with the Instrumentl grant platform.

Responsibilities

Identify funding opportunities and lead the research, development, writing, packaging, coordination, and submission of major, highly complex grant proposals.
Lead development and completion of funder-compliant programmatic budgets in coordination with program and accounting staff.
Create compelling, persuasive, well-structured grant narratives using effective storytelling, relevant data, and strong prose, aligning FHCSD’s needs with funder priorities.
Maintain and contribute to data organization systems, including departmental databases, and update shared team resources.
Conduct internal and external research to identify funding sources and gather basic and complex statistical, analytical, and anecdotal data.
Lead program teams in determining the most appropriate data to support proposals and make the case to funders.
Lead program staff in designing activities whose objectives and goals align with funder interests and past funding practices.
Identify and develop strategic external grant partnerships, including new partnerships and those with expanded requirements.
Represent FHCSD in proposal-development collaborations with universities, agencies, projects, and other entities.
Provide peer review of final drafts for formatting, grammar, flow, completeness, and applicability to review criteria.
Guide, mentor, and provide constructive feedback to colleagues; assist with orientation and training of new grant writers.
Perform other assigned duties, which may sometimes require flexibility in work hours.
Travel occasionally between sites and other locations.