Job Summary:

The Grant Specialist is a critical member of the philanthropy team at the Upstate Foundation.  This position will play a direct role in helping to support the Upstate Foundation’s Mission to receive and administer gifts for charitable purposes with a focus on patient care, education, research, and community health and well-being.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare well-written grant proposals and other correspondences under supervision of the Director of Grant Management.
• Strive to build long-term relationships with current and prospective grant funders and create meaningful ways to engage with the work of Upstate. 
• Proactively research, build, and cultivate pipelines of prospective funders, matching their interests with the mission and strategic vision of Upstate to support our highest priorities.
• Work collaboratively with Upstate Foundation leadership to gather information and materials for proposals, funder updates, and grant reporting.
•  Schedule calls and meetings with current and prospective funders. Build and maintain a portfolio of funders for specific assigned projects.
• Create reports as needed. Collaborate with the finance department to ensure funded projects are tracked for financial reconciliation, stewardship and reporting purposes. 
• Organize and maintain donor records, files, reports, and data. Update and maintain monthly calendar of proposal deadlines and reporting requirements. Assure timely submission of reports as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in related field and a minimum of 2 years work experience or equivalent combination of education and experience. Individual must have excellent interpersonal skills, proficient in Microsoft Office, efficient, organized, proactive and attentive to details.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in healthcare, non-profit setting.
• Grant writing experience with successful results.
• Ability to work both independently and interact/communicate effectively with others.
• Strong time-management skills, highly organized and detail oriented, with a demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and projects and meet deadlines.
• Understanding of the record-keeping and stewardship systems.
• Competent working with numbers, developing and interpreting project budgets.
• Experience with Raiser’s Edge NXT helpful

Work Days:

Monday - Friday, Days, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Based on a 37.5 hour work week.

Message to Applicants:

Salary Range:$50,000 - $65,000, DOE

Recruitment Office: Human Resources