As the Manager - Grants & AmeriCorps, you are a critical member of the development team that generates funding and support for the strategic priorities and programming of Teach For America Dallas-Fort Worth (TFA DFW). Specifically, you will manage significant components of the institutional giving funding stream, which plans to raise and manage $4M towards our overall annual goal of $10M. By successfully raising $10M annually, the development team enables TFA-DFW to reach more than 75,000 students on a daily basis in North Texas.
The Manager, Grants & AmeriCorps will have the primary responsibility of supporting a high-quality grant portfolio consisting of both Foundation and Corporate donors, as well as owning and managing requirements around specific grants such as the AmeriCorps grant program (a $200K annual donor). You will report to the Managing Director, Institutional Giving and work hand in hand with the entire TFA-DFW development team and regional staff to meet the organization’s $10M fundraising goal.
Grant Management & Support (50%).
- Generate revenue through developing, preparing and submitting compelling, high-quality grant proposals.
- Prepare and submit grant reports.
- Manage and adhere to a comprehensive proposal calendar that tracks submissions, upcoming deadlines, and reporting requirements for the Institutional Giving grant portfolio.
- Collaborate with development team and regional staff to inform content for proposals and reports, customizing content submitted to donors and ensuring compliance with all funder requirements.
- Work with relevant TFA staff, corps members, and alumni to manage progress and track data towards specific grant requirements over the course of the fiscal year.
- Enter and maintain relevant data in donor database.
AmeriCorps Program Management & Compliance (30%).
- Ensure the success of our regional AmeriCorps grant program by managing TFA-DFW’s compliance with program requirements and activities. This includes working with corps members to keep them on track with enrollment, regulatory requirements, exit processes.
- Produce the annual AmeriCorps grant proposal and bi-annual reports in collaboration with other TFA-Texas regions, disseminating information from AmeriCorps to relevant TFA teams, cultivating and stewarding relationship with AmeriCorps personnel, and serving as external representative to AmeriCorps for TFA-DFW.
Communications and Administrative Support (15%).
- Draft high-quality written grant and report communications including financial statements, regional fact sheets, pitch decks, etc.
- Collect and synthesize relevant statistics, stories, and anecdotes for use by the team for grant proposals and reports.
- Provide ongoing administrative support to Institutional Giving revenue stream, including printing and mailing grant materials, scanning/uploading grant agreements, updating donor data lists, etc.
Be an Active Member of the Regional Team (5%).
- Participate in and support all-staff responsibilities, such as corps member selection and matriculation, corps member professional development Saturdays (4-5 per year), staff meetings, functional team meetings and retreats, and Summer Institute.
- Minimum of 2-4 years of work experience required.
- Prior development experience and/or experience with grant writing and management preferred.
- No previous TFA experience required.
- Thrives in fast-paced, demanding environment with exceptional organization and detail-orientation.
- Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
- Strong work ethic, high level of personal responsibility and ability to think independently.
- Ability and willingness to achieve results through others and to interface with individuals at every level of an organization, both internally and externally.
- Strong customer-service orientation.
- Ability to handle an extensive and diverse workload, including administrative tasks, while maintaining a positive perspective.
- Strong computer skills, particularly in Microsoft Word, Excel, and development database programs.
- Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information.
- Commitment to Teach For America’s mission and core values.
Work Demands:
- Ability to travel around the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
- Occasional work required on nights and weekends.