Job: Grant Writer - Institutional Giving Officer

Location: Watertown, MA 
Description

Job Ref

14-20-IGU

Job Title

Grant Writer - Institutional Giving Officer

Job Type

Full-time

Location

Watertown, MA

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Description

Pathfinder Overview

Pathfinder International is a global leader in sexual and reproductive health. We place reproductive health care at the center of all that we do—believing that it is not only a fundamental human right, but is critical for expanding life opportunities for women, families, communities, and nations, and paving the way for transformations in environmental stewardship, decreases in population pressures, and innovations in poverty reduction. Pathfinder provides women, men, and adolescents with a range of quality health services—from contraception and maternal care to HIV prevention and AIDS care and treatment. Pathfinder strives to strengthen access to family planning, ensure availability of safe abortion services and post-abortion care, advocate for sound reproductive health policies, and, through all of our work, improve the rights and lives of the people we serve.

Program Overview

The Institutional Giving Unit raises funds (both programmatic grants and general operating support) from private foundations and corporations. The Unit researches funding opportunities and works with staff at headquarters and in Pathfinder field offices to develop proposals. Once programs are funded, the Unit ensures accurate and timely submission of programmatic and financial reports to the donors.

Position Purpose

The Grant Writer/Institutional Giving Officer researches and identifies new funding opportunities and takes a lead role in writing grant proposals for private foundations, corporations, and occasionally, individual donors. S/he also works closely with the Finance and Country Management Teams to ensure that financial reports are prepared on time and meet donor requirements and program objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinates the proposal development process, working closely with technical and programmatic staff at headquarters and the field to develop proposals, concept notes, and letters of inquiry for foundations and corporations.
• Researches and identifies potential new funding sources for programmatic and general operating support grants, and monitors funding priorities of current donors.
• Assists the Associate Director of Institutional Giving in developing contacts and relations with current and future foundations and corporate donors.
• Acts as the second point of contact at Pathfinder (after the Associate Director of Institutional Giving) for foundation and corporate donors. Manages any additional correspondence with foundations or corporations as necessary.
• In conjunction with the appropriate field office and Country Management Team, coordinates, writes, reviews, and edits interim and final reports for foundations and corporations to ensure that projects are meeting donor requirements and program objectives.
• Collaborates with the Finance Department and the appropriate field office to ensure that all financial documentation required by donors (e.g., financial reports, budgets, etc.) is prepared on time, meets donor requirements, and is accurate.
• Works with the Development Unit to respond to individual donor requests for proposals for program-specific support, as needed.
• Represents the Institutional Giving Unit on country teams or other inter-departmental teams as assigned and keeps the Associate Director of Institutional Giving informed of developments.
• Other duties as assigned.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree required. Equivalent experience and expertise may be substituted for the Master’s Degree.
• Minimum of four years professional experience coordinating and writing grant proposals, with proven success in raising funds from institutional donors.
• Excellent writing and substantive editing skills, with strong attention to detail in preparing and reviewing written work.
• Organized work style and ability to work autonomously, meet demanding deadlines, and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills and ability to coordinate team efforts.
• Firm conceptual and analytical skills.
• Advanced computer skills, especially with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook).
• Ability to analyze and distill critical information from mission strategy statements, concept papers, and guidelines.
• Accomplished networker with a demonstrated ability to manage multiple, complex pursuits.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed.
• Ability to exercise sound and timely judgment and maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Excellent communicator with the ability to present information, make recommendations and influence positively across various levels of the organization while exercising professionalism and diplomacy to accomplish objectives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of international family planning, reproductive health, maternal health concepts and trends, and institutions in the field, especially donors, preferred.
• Experience with Raiser’s Edge or other fundraising software preferred.
• Experience living and working in the developing world is a plus.
• French or Portuguese language skills helpful.

Pathfinder International is proud to be an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer.

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