Temporary Grants Manager

The California Environmental Justice Alliance is a statewide, community-led alliance that works to achieve environmental justice by advancing policy solutions. 

We unite the powerful local organizing of our members in the communities most impacted by environmental hazards – low-income communities and communities of color  – to create comprehensive opportunities for change at a statewide level. We build the power of communities across California to create policies that will alleviate poverty and pollution. Together, we are growing the statewide movement for environmental health and social justice.

Position Description

Under the supervision of the Development Director, the Temporary Grants Manager will manage diverse aspects of CEJA’s Development work, thereby helping to raise CEJA’s annual budget. The Temporary Grants Manager will have responsibility for day-to-day management of the grants program, including CEJA re-grantee reporting processes, and will play a role in CEJA’s individual donor fundraising program.

This is a temporary, full-time, non-exempt, hourly position. This is an at-will position that is anticipated to be needed from approximately March 15, 2019, to approximately October 15, 2019. There is some flexibility as to the start date. The end-date is subject to change at the discretion of EHC.

Reporting Relation/Location

The fiscal sponsor for CEJA is the Environmental Health Coalition (EHC), a member of CEJA. The Temporary Grants Manager will be a temporary employee of EHC and covered by its organization’s pay rates, benefits, office rules, personnel policies and structure. The Temporary Grants Manager will report directly to CEJA’s Development Director, who is based in the LA area. The location for this position is preferably in the LA area, but could potentially be in the Oakland or Sacramento areas.  

Primary Responsibilities

Planning and Evaluation (Approximately 5%)

• With Development Director, take a leadership role to implement, evaluate, engage other staff, and periodically adjust CEJA’s annual Development Plan
• Participate in weekly or more frequent development meeting
• Prepare monthly updates for CEJA, EHC, and Steering Committee

Grants Management (Approximately 70%)

• Directly manage the production and submission of grant proposals, reports, and other materials for funder Oversee CEJA’s and CEJA Action’s grants calendar. Ensure timely compliance with deadlines and technical grant requirements
• Craft and generate CEJA’s and CEJA Action’s written reports and proposals. Use independent judgment and draw on expertise to develop approach and strategy
• Work with Development Director on framing of proposal
• Identify relevant staff, interview staff to gather information on grant deliverables
• Work with ECH’s Fiscal Manager to produce financial reports for grant reports and some budgets for grant proposals
• Identify and gather supplementary materials, such as media items and various publication
• Finalize and assemble drafts of full report and proposal packages for final review
• Submit final reports and proposals to funders
• Organize CEJA’s efforts to secure sponsorships from funders for our annual Congreso or other one-time fundraisers
• Work with the Development Director and CEJA’s member and partner organizations to support CEJA’s re-granting process
• Directly manage the re-grant reporting process

Develop CEJA’s Individual Donor Base  (Approximately 15%)

• Assist with planning, managing, creating materials and implementing a range of strategies to attract, engage, and retain individual donors as directed by Development Director
• Plan and execute, with support, event-specific funding plans, such as sponsorships for our annual Congreso or other one-time fundraisers

General Development and Organizational Responsibilities (Approximately 10%)

• Produce public relations materials for CEJA and CEJA Action as needed
• Provide guidance and direction to the Operations Manager and various vendors in matters relating to processing donations and grant fun
• Fulfill a range of administrative functions related to the digital tools used in CEJA’s and CEJA Action’s development work, including maintaining orderly files and updating grant and individual donor data
• Actively participate in CEJA-wide events, such as the annual Con
• Complete additional tasks as assigned by Development Director

Part of the Team:

• Support campaign/departments in administrative areas, as appropriate
• When needed, all employees will be called on to do all activities, including advocacy, organizing, education and research. You are encouraged to participate as part of the CEJA team
• Other reasonable duties as assigned

Qualifications & Skills

Required:

• Minimum of 3 years working in nonprofit sector (Social Justice or Environmental Justice organizations strongly preferred)
• Minimum of 2 years of grant writing
• Leadership, coordination, and facilitation skills and experience required
• Demonstrable organizational, managerial, and communication skills
• Excellent writing/editing and verbal communication skills
• Experience working with coalitions
• Ability to work flexible hours to respond to position needs
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point)
• Strong web research skills and general Internet fluency
• Commitment to Environmental, Social and Economic Justice

Preferred:

• Relationship builder and people person
• Sincere commitment to work collaboratively with CEJA staff, committees, organizational community members, and supporters
• Self-starter, able to work independently
• Ability to handle a fast-paced work environment and take on additional tasks as needed to support CEJA’s overall mission

Compensation: Starting Salary is $28.85–30.29 per hour, depending on experience.

Deadline and Start Date: As indicated above, this temporary role is anticipated to be from March 15 to approximately October 15, 2019. There is some flexibility as to the start date. There may be an opportunity for permanent employment at the end of the temporary employment period.

To Apply 

Please click "Apply" below to email your application materials to jobs@caleja.org. 

• In the subject line, put the words Temp Grants Mgr followed by a dash and your last name, first name. For example: Temp Grants Mgr – Chavez, Cesar
• Attach 3 separate documents to your email:
  • Cover letter, including your name, telephone number, email, and mailing address
  • Resume
  • A 3-page grant writing sample, such as an LOI, proposal, or grant report. An excerpt from a longer item is welcome.

Environmental Health Coalition is an equal opportunity employer.