Grants Specialist

Austin Pets Alive!

Job Description

SUMMARY
Austin Pets Alive! (APA!)’s full-time Grants Specialist participates in supporting the organization’s lifesaving programs. The Grants Specialist will work under the direction of the Director of Philanthropy, Partnerships in researching, preparing, submitting, and managing grant proposals and reports, while meeting funding guidelines and understanding foundation criteria. This person will serve as the primary writer of grants and reports for APA!’s operations, will be responsible for documenting and tracking the grants process, and will maintain the storage of grant documents. This role will be expected to develop relationships with grantmakers. While the Director sets the strategy for grant revenues and maintains relationships with the highest level grantmakers and those supporting our national fundraising strategy, the Grants Specialist will be expected to also play a lead role in maintaining grant income for APA!’s local operations. This position requires clear, persuasive writing; data analysis; research skills; program budgeting; project management skills; and a firm grasp of outcome measurement. The Philanthropy team drives hard to meet ambitious funding goals yearly, and the person filling this role must be able to handle a steady stream of proposals and reports.

Best suited to this position will be a person who loves working independently to reliably meet deadlines and funding goals, and takes pride in producing excellent work. The role offers some flexibility in setting work hours as long as deadlines are met without fail and meetings are attended as needed. This role will work off-site primarily but must at times be present at APA!’s facilities to work in collaboration with development, accounting, and marketing staff, and with animal program managers.

BACKGROUND
Austin Pets Alive! is one of Austin’s most dynamic and best-loved nonprofits. The organization rescues, treats, and adopts more than 10,000 homeless dogs and cats each year, providing the safety net for Austin’s most at-risk shelter pets while also assisting other communities in saving homeless animals. While the organization is still distinguished by the scrappiness of its grassroots, community-based animal rescue work, APA! has a national reputation for excellence in lifesaving programs and is recognized as a thought leader in animal welfare.

This is a full time job