Title: Contract Grantwriter

Status: Part-time Contractor (20-40 hours a month)

Supervisor: Director of Global Partnerships Operations

OVERVIEW

Global Fund for Women’s vision is a world where movements for gender justice have transformed power and privilege for a few into equity and equality for all. We fund bold, ambitious, and expansive gender justice movements to create meaningful change that will last beyond our lifetimes.

JOB SUMMARY

Under the supervision of the Director of Global Partnerships Operations, and working closely with the Senior Grants Manager, the contract Grantwriter will provide services including writing and editing development pieces for donors and prospects, such as: grant proposals, grant reports, and organizational and project descriptions, as needed.

The position holder must be highly competent in working collaboratively across time zones and geographies and with people of diverse nationalities, identities, and cultures. While this role is remote, there must be overlap in working hours with Pacific and Eastern time zones.

This position will join our current pool of contract grantwriters and will be assigned work on an as needed basis. We are estimating 20-40 hours of work per month.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

Required

• Must have a commitment to and possess knowledge of international gender justice issues and movement led approaches.
• Strong knowledge of grant writing, fundraising, donor engagement, and/or education.
• Excellent written communication skills and the ability to work well with diverse groups of individuals.
• Must be able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, problem solve, and have excellent follow through.
• Committed to the values of diversity, open communication, and inclusiveness.

EXPERIENCE:·

• 4+ years grant writing an/or grants management experience with an emphasis on institutional fundraising with some combination of experience with private foundations, corporations, individual donors, and multi-lateral funders. Past experience as a contract grant writer highly preferred.
• Experience and demonstrated success writing sophisticated grant proposals and reports, particularly with institutions. Specifically, we seek experience writing for private foundations and/or government and multilateral entities.
  
• Experience in programmatic areas in the field is preferred, ideally in international human rights issues and/or women’s rights.

The Global Fund for Women is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, age, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by law. Women, people of color, and LGBTQI candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We value the benefit of a diverse workforce which includes neurodiversity. If you have a neurodiverse or other condition and there is something we can do to take that into account as we look to fill this position, please let us know as you apply to this post. The salary range reflects the San Francisco Bay Area salary scales and will be adjusted based on city, state, and/or country of the candidate so that we can ensure internal equity.