Director of Grant Administration

FSRI is always looking for candidates that want to make a positive impact on the community we serve in!

Position Summary: Manages the development of all federal, state, local and private grant applications, letters of interest/inquiry, responses to requests for contract bids, related funder reporting, and donation requests.  This includes allocating resources and overseeing high performance teams comprised of program leadership, quality management, finance, and community partner staff to create high quality/successful funding applications.  Recruits, provides oversights for, trains and develops the grant writing team which includes staff and interns.  Creates and delivers high level reports on grant metrics to senior leadership and/or the Board.
 

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in journalism, communications, human services or related discipline and /or equivalent experience.  

• Minimum 3-5 years of grant writing experience required.

• Prior experience creating successful federal grant proposals strongly preferred.

• Excellent project management skills, as well as writing and editing skills required. 

• Strong supervision and oversight skills required.

• Prior experience managing an internship program preferred.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite necessary.  

• Familiarization with Monday.com preferred.

• Familiarity with electronic grant application platforms preferred. 

• Bilingual skills are compensated by an additional 6%, above base pay.

Physical Requirements: This position requires residential and community visits, employees in this position must have:

• Current driver’s license, reliable transportation, registration, and auto insurance.

• Travel to and from the person’s home, community locations and office site, which could include using walkways, stairs and/or elevators.

• Ability to lift up to 20lbs.

• Ability to work remotely and in person

Don’t meet every single requirement? Here at FSRI, we’re dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you’re excited about one of our career opportunities, but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be the perfect fit for this or another opportunity!

We offer our employees a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental and work life benefits.
Only together can we continue to grow and make a difference in our communities.
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About Us: Dynamic and innovative, Family Service of RI (FSRI) is a statewide organization with a 130 year track record of success in improving the health and well-being of children and families all across our state. We are passionate about our mission to advance equity, opportunity and hope across ALL communities – we succeed by lifting others. FSRI’s diverse and inclusive teams – working across Health, Healing, Home and Hope pillars, are experts in their fields – every day designing and delivering cutting edge strategies to save and improve lives. We provide services statewide, and currently operate in 3 locations in Providence; and in 4 locations in East Providence, Smithfield and North Smithfield.

Family Service of Rhode Island provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

FSRI determines pay based on a candidate's relevant and transferable experience, certifications, licenses, degree and language ability.