Saga Education Hiring for Associate Grant Writer Job at Illinois Full Time

Who We Are

Saga Education is a national nonprofit, founded in 2014 and aimed to confront educational inequity to support historically under-served schools and their students. Saga Education has dedicated itself to providing high-dosage, in-school tutoring in partnership with public high schools. Since our founding, Saga Education and our tutoring fellows have served over 17,600 students across Chicago, New York City, Washington, D.C., and Broward County, Florida.

In the 2021-2022 school year, Saga Education will be expanding our partnership with several new city districts including Providence, RI and Charleston, SC.

For more information about Saga Education’s mission, please visit us at www.sagaeducation.org.

The Work and Why it Matters

Nationwide, students are experiencing a significant interruption in their formal education due to COVID-19 and resulting extended school closures. While educators and students alike have many unprecedented challenges to overcome this upcoming school year, educators report that their top concern is students falling behind in math. This concern is heightened for educators in high-poverty districts who teach predominantly black or Latinx students.

Now more than ever, we need talented, caring, and capable people, committed to supporting our students in their academic and social development. Finding academic interventions that address inequities that historically underserved students face is one of our nation’s most urgent challenges.

Position Overview

Reporting to the Manager of Grants & Advancement, the Associate Grant Writer will support the creation and successful submission of all grant and procurement applications managed by Saga Education. This person will serve as a critical pillar of archiving Saga’s granting and reporting work. The Associate Grant Writer will work with the Grants Team to develop preliminary drafts of application-specific narrative, general grant language, and reports for Saga’s portfolio of private and public grants. The person assuming this role will be involved in day-to-day grant management, including but not limited to maintaining project management for individual grants, assisting with the development and management of a response archive, and setting up calls with internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• You will help maintain Saga’s granting calendar
• You will create a schedule for intra-year funder updates; this will be done in collaboration with the Marketing and Communications department
• You will prepare draft narratives for grant applications and reports and present them to the Manager of Grants
• You will prepare draft narratives for contract applications and proposals (for Saga school partnerships) and present them to the Manager
• You will compile contractual or compliance forms and/or paperwork for the submission of grants and proposals
• You will assist record keeping for all current and archived grants including grant award letters, grant application materials, thematic narrative responses, goals and outcomes, etc.
• You will support the Grants Team in developing and maintaining a strong granting strategy for overall organizational support
• You will participate in funding partner update meetings and screening calls with prospective funders or partners
• You will schedule meetings with internal and external partners on behalf of the Grants Team

Competencies

• Mission Alignment – You acknowledge social injustice in education and have a desire to grow
• Communicates Effectively – You deliver clear, multi-mode communication to various audiences
• Nimble Learning – You use both successes and failures to actively learn new lessons
• Action Oriented – You take on new opportunities and have a solutions-oriented approach
• Collaborates – You build partnerships and work collaboratively to meet shared objectives
• Stakeholder Focus – You build and value strong stakeholder relationships

Qualifications

• You have an Associate’s Degree or higher in a related field
• You submit a cover letter that is indicative of your expert writing skills
• You have experience writing and submitting grants, preferred but not required
• You have experience working in the nonprofit sector, preferred but not required
• You have knowledge of development or information management software, preferred but not required

Benefits

Saga Education offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience, a comprehensive benefits package, generous PTO, as well as opt-in programs such as 401k retirement plan, flexible spending account (FSA), and discounts through Tickets At Work. Saga Education will provide company-owned technology when applicable.

Saga Education provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants.

People from all diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

Thank you for applying to Saga Education.

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