Job Description
Overview
The Communications and Grantwriting Administrator works
closely with President and team to lead grantwriting activities and to design
and lead implementation of a re-branding and updating for Healthy Neighborhoods
Inc.
Foundations and Corporate Donors
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Establishing and maintaining relationships with
foundations, banks and other corporations, and other philanthropic
organizations.
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Production, submission and tracking of grant
requests.
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Support grant reporting requirements.
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Coordination with project management staff to
support launching and tracking of project implementation activities.
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Researching new private fundraising
opportunities including direct outreach to potential donors.
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Creation and maintenance of funder calendar
including all pertinent submission and reporting deadlines. Maintaining donor database.
Branding and Communications
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Work closely with HNI President/CEO and staff to
design and lead implementation of a re-branding and updating for Healthy
Neighborhoods Inc. This is anticipated
to include both messaging and design aspects.
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Put the brand into motion with social and
traditional media campaigns, website updates and other promotional activities.
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Support HNI events including Annual Event, trainings
for neighborhoods partners, Live Baltimore “Trolley Tour”, and others.
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Coordinate with update and maintain materials
for grant submissions, presentations, and program use.
Administrative support functions such as managing State,
federal charitable registration requirements.
Healthy
Neighborhoods
Healthy Neighborhoods Inc a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization
that helps strong but undervalued neighborhoods increase home values, market
their communities, create high standards for property improvement and forge
strong connections among neighbors. Using its capacity to attract and invest
public and private capital, HNI collaborates with sixteen selected areas, and
neighborhood-based organizations in Baltimore City with a specific focus on
Black working- and middle-class communities. Founded in 2004, HNI has assisted
over 600 homeowners with below-market mortgages, supported the rehabilitation
of over 200 vacant houses, provided energy-savings upgrades to over 150
nonprofit facilities, and brought over $100M in thoughtful investment to
Baltimore City neighborhoods.
HNI is both a durable Baltimore City community development
institution with twenty years of success, and, coming out of COVID, an
organization with a startup mindset, looking to staff up with innovative,
entrepreneurial, high-energy problem solvers.
Position
Requirements
Branding and social media expertise required. Design skills
and sensibility, presentation development skills, and professional-level
knowledge and skill with social media platforms required.
Three plus years of related professional successful
grantwriting/fundraising, and communications/branding experience including work
with nonprofit or small-scale organizations; governmental, private foundations
or other donors, is strongly preferred.
Project management experience and skills needed. Ability to
manage over-lapping timelines and coordinate among multiple collaborators a
must.
Experience with administrative functions such as budgeting
and accounting, Board management, operational issues, human resources, encouraged.
Interest in, existing knowledge of, or a strong willingness
to learn about community development, housing, and Baltimore City neighborhoods
beneficial.
Creativity, resourcefulness, flexibility, and a strong team
ethic are required. Ability to build
relationships and communicate effectively with people from a wide range of
backgrounds.
Bachelor’s degree required.
Position
Details and Logistics
Location: HNI
Offices located at 11 East Mount Royal Avenue Baltimore City. HNI is four days
on site, one day work from home. Position may require occasional on-site and
community-based work.
Reporting: Reports to President/ CEO; Position
does not supervise other personnel.
Hours: 35 Hours per week. 9am to 5pm with half hour break.
Position may require occasional after-hours or weekend community meetings or
other events for which Comp Time is available.
Salary and Benefits: Proposed $45,000 to $65,000 per
year or depending on experience. Good benefits: 20 days paid time off plus
holidays; medical, dental, and retirement savings options.
Application
Process
Please provide resume, cover letter indicating capability to
fulfill position requirements, and contact information by October 27, 2023 to hni@healthyneighborhoods.org.
HNI is an equal opportunity employer and coordinates job
postings and hiring with the Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of Employment
Development to ensure City residents have an equal opportunity to apply for
positions. We are building a team. Come join us.