Job Description

Do you believe that every child deserves a healthy, happy, nurturing environment in which to grow? Are you an individual who desires to dedicate your career to enriching the lives of children and families? If so, we look forward to you joining Residing Hope where you can make a positive difference to children and families in need.

How We Help Children in Need

At Residing Hope, we believe that children and families should be empowered to experience the transforming love of Christ through evidence-based care and holistic services. This is reflected in our work as we care for children in crisis, including those abused, abandoned or neglected.

We give love, hope, and a place to live to more than 500 children through group homes, foster care, an independent living program, and specialized therapy.

Why Residing Hope?

• Competitive insurance plans, including health, dental, vision, life insurances, and more
• Work life balance, including flexible scheduling, generous paid time off plans and ten paid holidays per year
• Retirement benefits with up to a 5% contribution match
• Educational tuition reimbursement and certification incentives
• Incredible training opportunities
• Discounted tuition rates to our onsite Montessori school

What You Need

• Bachelor's degree, preferred
• CFRE, preferred
• Minimum of three years of related experience in a similar position that includes relationship building and writing assignments
• Broad based Prospect Research experience is a plus.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Work with the Chief Development Officer
• Maintain a thorough research program to determine the giving patterns of local, regional and national foundations and corporations.
• Develop an active list of contacts in order to interact with external sources for the procurement of gifts and grants.
• Research, cultivate and solicit proposals in annual development plan which will support department and organizational goals.
• Schedule visits with funders as appropriate to cultivate and steward Foundation and Corporate relationships.
• Write complex, high-quality documents such as solicitation proposals, grant applications, technical reports, and communication materials.
• Maintain active Road Map that will accurately reflect status of grants and corporate giving program.
• Maintain records in Raiser’s Edge, including those used to record donor engagements, track contributions, and maintain accurate mailing lists in appropriate electronic formats.
• Coordinate the proposal process to include arrangement of meetings, drafting preliminary inquiries, development of timetables, and review of proposals and assurance of interdepartmental coordination.
• Keep abreast of federal and state legislation, which would have a direct or indirect bearing on the preparation of proposals.
• Assist in the preparation of proposals and other projects to non-foundation or corporation projects as requested.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Residing Hope is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race, color, religion, age, sex, disability, marital or veteran status, genetic information or sexual orientation/gender identity, place of national origin and other categories protected by law are not factors in employment, promotion, compensation or working conditions.

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