Grants Officer
Inside Climate News is seeking to hire a highly skilled Grants Officer to solicit and steward gifts in support of ICN’s mission and help secure its sustainable future.
Job Description
The Grants Officer will play a vital role in increasing revenue for Inside Climate News by helping to manage and grow the organization’s grant portfolio.
This role will work closely with the Director of Institutional Giving to manage the full range of activities required to prepare, submit, and manage grant proposals and follow up reports to foundations and other entities that support ICN. The Grants Officer will also help pursue new funding opportunities by developing outreach and communications to prospective funders.
Responsibilities include:
- Managing the proposal writing and reporting schedules for a portion of ICN’s portfolio of funders and communicate these in a clear, engaging and timely manner
- Translating complex ideas, impact stories, data, and research into strong narratives
- Cultivating relationships with prospective funders identified by ICN’s Prospect Researcher
- Establishing professional relationships with ICN’s existing grant funders
- Tracking foundation and prospect communications in Salesforce, ensuring data accuracy and cleanliness
- Contributing to team projects such as the writing of ICN’s monthly donor newsletter and other donor-centric materials
- Building smooth and solid working relationships across editorial and development teams
This position works remotely and will report to the Director of Institutional Giving, working closely with the rest of the development team (Prospect Research & Data Analyst, Chief Operating Officer, Associate Publisher and Publisher).
Qualifications
These qualifications, or their equivalents, are essential:
- 3-7 years of professional experience writing grant proposals, reports, donor correspondence and/or marketing materials in a nonprofit environment, particularly within the journalism or climate/environment funder community
- A track record of producing successful proposals, reports, or comparable materials that secure funding and clearly communicate impact
- Bachelor’s degree in communications, business, nonprofit management, or relevant fields
- Excellent writing, editing, research, proofreading and storytelling skills are musts
- Ability to develop budgets, prepare financial reports, and understand financial statements
- Strong organizational and time-management skills with exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
- Experience using Salesforce or another donor database a plus
- A professional and resourceful style with the ability to work independently and as a team player, to take initiative and to manage multiple writing projects and deadlines
- The ability to communicate well and in a professional manner with a variety of co-workers and foundation personnel
Our News Organization
Founded in 2007, Inside Climate News is an independent, nonprofit, non-partisan news organization covering the biggest crisis facing our planet. With over 40 full-time staff members, we operate one of the largest and most influential environmental newsrooms in the country. Despite the challenging moment for press freedom and environmental protections, ICN has momentum.
We have a nucleus in New York, a presence in Washington D.C., and staff working from California to Florida, in Texas, Alabama and Iowa, Colorado, Ohio and Massachusetts. Good ideas propel the operation, wherever they originate.
As part of its work in the public interest, ICN is establishing a collaborative local reporting network, strengthening the practice of climate and environmental justice journalism and training the next generation of journalists.
We have earned national recognition for our work and many of the most prestigious awards in journalism, including the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting (2013) and recognition as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service (2016).
For more about ICN, please see our About page.
Compensation
Salary range: $70,000-$80,000 per year, commensurate with experience. Benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance plans; 401k matching; and generous paid time off.
Inside Climate News is committed to diversity in our organization and the strength it brings to our reporting and storytelling. We welcome applications from candidates of any background or identity. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
To Apply
Please note: as a journalism organization, we place a high value on human-authored writing of application materials in the age of AI. Please send resume, work samples, three references and a thoughtful cover letter to [email protected]. We will not contact your references without first notifying you.
To Get on Our Radar
If you’d like to explore a fit with ICN, please get in touch and let’s start a conversation, whether you are a freelancer or looking for a full time position.
Send your résumé, a cover letter and clips. Please explain to us what you want to do and why you would be a good fit.
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