DELIVERABLES REQUESTED: Contract Grant Writer

DEADLINE: March 29, 2024

You are invited to submit a Proposal in accordance with the requirements of the solicitation contained herein. Proposals are to be submitted to Community Council of Greater Dallas (CCGD), emailed to Procurement@ccadvance.org no later than 12:00 noon on March 29, 2024. Your proposal must be signed by an official who is authorized to bind the offer and must contain a statement to the effect that the offer is firm for a period of at least 120 calendar days from the date of submission.

**You are required to visit CCGD website www.ccgdallas.org/rfp to access full RFP of the job posting and all required supporting documents.

All submissions or inquiries should be directed to Procurement@ccadvance.org.

Proposals submitted must show the above proposal title. CCGD assumes no responsibility for unmarked or incorrectly marked envelopes or emails being considered for award.

This solicitation does not commit CCGD to award a contract, to pay any costs incurred in the preparation of a proposal in response to this request, or to procure or contract for the goods or services. CCGD reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals received as a result of this Request for Proposal (RFP), to negotiate with all qualified offerors, or to cancel in part or in whole this Request if it is in the best interest of CCGD to do so.

Summary/Key Objectives:

Community Council of Greater Dallas is seeking an experienced grant writer who can prepare bids, proposals and/or applications on potential Federal and non-federal awards or projects that support the mission of Community Council, and, with the assistance of program staff, develop data necessary to support the bids or proposals.

Roles and Responsibilities:

· Research and identify government, corporate, foundation and private funding proposals to match CCGD mission.

· Generate high quality proposals, bids, narratives, applications through timely submission of well-researched, well written and well documented proposals.

· Maintain responsibility for development of data necessary to support bids and proposals.

· Maintain responsibility for grant schedules and tracking grants.

· Coordinate follow up on proposals.

· Meet with Leadership Team to discuss federal and non-federal awards or projects.

· Work with Chief Financial Officer to develop budgets for all proposals.

· Maintain confidentiality of organizational trade secrets

· Keeps CEO informed of status of all applications.

· Maintaining master calendar of grants and prospects

Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s degree preferred.

· At least 5 years’ experience as a successful grant writer

· Previous experience with grant budget development

· A proven record of securing major grants with certifiable references.

· Knowledge and understanding of grant cycles, application process, and data development.

· Previous federal grant application, submission and approval experience preferred.

· Strong organizational skills

· Very strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with stakeholders, including staff, board members, external partners and donors.

· Expert level written and verbal communication skills.

· Demonstrated proactive approaches to problem-solving with strong decision-making capability.

· Highly resourceful team-player, with the ability to also be extremely effective independently.

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