Grants & Communications Writer Job at J. Murphy & Associates, Minneapolis, MN

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  • J. Murphy & Associates
  • Minneapolis, MN

Job Description

Grants & Communications Writer

Reports to: Development Manager or Development Director

$60,000 - $67,000

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Research potential funders/prospects (as assigned), including reviewing fit, identifying guidelines and updating deadline, and confirming attachment information; provide demographic and social data research to strengthen proposals
  • Review assignments to determine potential fit and argument, paying attention to guidelines and past funded proposals. 
  • Review the budget and other required attachments for which funding is sought and make certain all needed items/forms are readily available (within JMA files) or requested of the client in a timely and sufficient manner for deadline submission. 
  • Responsible for attaining the most current and approved budget, along with other required attachments, to be sent with any grant assigned.
  • Prepare grant proposals for general operating and programmatic support
  • Compile, write and edit applications, letters and queries exhibiting strong expository writing skills and a high-level command of grammar and spelling 
  • Write online submissions, LORs and LOIs in response to project and sponsorship requests
  • Prepare attachments to grant proposals, 2 nd signer process 
  • Write reports, synthesizing data to support them
  • Create grant templates
  • Write effective and tailored fundraising copy and messages for multiple platforms and print
  • Assist to secure funds through outreach (requests for support) to funders/grantors and corporations for grants and project support
  • Write event scripts and develop effective program PPT presentations
  • Create communications messaging for
  • Printed materials (brochures, donor cards, organization collateral, campaign letters, annual reports, newsletters)
  • Digital outputs (eblasts, e-newsletters)
  • Various social media channels, understanding how channels work and align with target audience
  • Edit and proof communications content

 

Experience/Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
  • 3 – 5 years development writing experience; private and public sector grant writing/fundraising experience preferred
  • Self-starter with strong attention to detail, problem solving skills, and demonstrated ability to be flexible in work assignments 
  • Organizational skills including the ability to multi-task, prioritize assignments, maintain data maintenance systems, and meet multiple deadlines
  • Excellent writing/editing/drafting skills, research and information compilation skills
  • Excellent interpersonal communication skills, demonstrated ability to work independently as well as with teams
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Excellent data and computer skills: Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel

Benefits

  • Bonuses are awarded to staff based on extraordinary work output, bringing in new clients and a recommendation from a manager. Additionally, awards of more ESST/PTO are/can be given in addition to or instead of a cash bonus.
  • Overtime: (over 40 hours per week) paid at a rate of time and a half .
  • Employee Safe and Sick Time (ESST) & Paid Time Off (PTO) – ESST/PTO will begin accruing upon hire. All employees will earn ESST/PTO at a rate of 0.0909 per hour worked. This equates to earning 1 hour of ESST/PTO for every 11 hours worked. Employees may choose to use their ESST/PTO award for mental or physical illness, treatment or preventative care; a family member’s mental or physical illness, treatment or preventative care; absence due to domestic abuse, sexual assault or stalking of the employee or a family member; death in an employee’s immediate family; closure of the employee’s workplace due to weather or public emergency or closure of a family member’s school or care facility due to weather or public emergency; when determined by a health authority or health care professional that the employee or a family member is at risk of infecting others with a communicable disease; vacation days; and holidays.
  • IRA participation (JMA contributes 3% if employee participates)
  • Life Insurance and LTD – at no cost to employee
  • Healthcare plan reimbursement is available to employees who are not covered under another(s) healthcare plan and are required to purchase an individual or family plan (being covered on a significant other or parents plan does not qualify). Healthcare reimbursement in the amount of $250.00 per month for an individual plan is available if you are the “primary” on your plan ($250 per month = $3,000.00 per year for insurance). Healthcare in the amount of $500.00 per month for a family plan is available if you are the “primary” on your family plan ($500 per month = $6,000 per year for insurance). 

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Holiday work, Work experience placement, Immediate start, Flexible hours,

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