Grants and Fundraising Coordinator
Job description
Reports to: Development & Community Engagement Manager
Department: Development & Communications Program
Job Code: TBD Job Grade: 21
Titles Reporting
Into:
None FLSA Exemption:
X Exempt
NonExempt
Work Location: New Britain EEO Category: Professionals (2B)
Summary:
Cultivates and maintains relationships with funders and individual donors to increase agency
revenue, strengthen service capacity, and increase brand awareness.
Develops and sustains donor and funder relationships through targeted outreach and strategic
communications.
Advances agency initiatives by actively seeking innovative and diverse funding streams.
Essential Responsibilities and Target Outcomes:
- Develops, plans, and implements CMHA’s fundraising and community events.
- Develops engaging donor communications, including fund solicitation letters and
- Develops and nurtures ongoing relationships with major donors and foundations.
- Promotes the agency and raises awareness among potential funders.
- Researches and develops private/state/federal grants to support agency programs.
- Actively researches and stays up to date on current trends in fundraising, donor communications,
- Implements internal and external fundraising campaigns
- Tracks donations and manages donor information.
- Prepares grant reports for funders.
- Participates, as a CMHA representative, in all necessary internal and external meetings.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Community Mental Health Affiliates ‐ Job Description
Job Description: Fundraising Coordinator Effective: October 2022
Principal Customers: CMHA managers to develop grant applications/reports; CMHA employees to
provide information regarding agency programs and services; vendors to provide fair and reasonable
communications and expectations; CMHA Board members to provide agency information; donors/funders to
provide clear and effective communications and to feature and promote donations/grants; the public to
build awareness of the Agency’s expertise, services and programs and to solicit and secure support for the
agency.
Critical Work Relationships: CMHA employees, donors and funders, board of directors, vendors,
community partners, and the general public.
Minimum Requirements:
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Business, Public Relations, or related field.
Credentials and
Licenses:
Valid Connecticut driver’s license and reliable transportation.
Experience: Knowledge and experience with fundraising, donor relations, preparing
foundation and state/federal grant applications and reports, writing/editing,
event planning, communications, public relations.
Minimum of three (3) years’ professional experience in nonprofit fundraising/
development/grant writing.
Fundraising database experience preferred.
Competencies:
Behavioral Skill Sets
- Ability to develop business relationships with a variety of both internal
and enhance funding streams.
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills.
- Proven track record in grant writing.
- Ability to manage and balance a variety of time sensitive projects
- Ability to ensure security and confidentiality of client information and
- Awareness/sensitivity to all types of issues related to client diversity.
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