Grant Associate

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Position Title: Grant Associate

Reports to: Director of Institutional Giving

Position Status: Full-Time

Location: Remote, with regional proximity to an All Our Kin office in CT or NY

Target Start Date: Summer 2024

Salary Range: $50k-$73k, depending on experience and location

About All Our Kin

All Our Kin is a national nonprofit organization that trains, supports, and sustains family child care educators. Through our programs, family child care educators, who nurture our youngest learners from their own homes, succeed as small business owners and early childhood specialists. In turn, parents have access to high-quality, affordable child care, and infants and toddlers gain the enriching experiences that prepare them to succeed.

All Our Kin is recognized as a national model and has been proven to raise the quality, availability, and sustainability of family child care. Today, we serve over 1,100 family child care educators in Connecticut and New York. In addition, we have worked with agencies in more than 25 states through training and technical assistance, reaching 45,000 children a year, and through our policy initiatives, we are shaping a new vision for family child care in the U.S.

At All Our Kin, we use a strength-based, high-touch approach to support educators through the licensing process, business and educational coaching, and much more. As we approach our 25th anniversary, we are seeking to hire dedicated innovators who share our vision of a family child care workforce that is supported, fairly compensated, and treated equitably.

We live by our mission, and extend the same support to our staff as we do our educators. We seek to build a team that reflects the diversity we celebrate in our communities. We strive to grow as individuals and as an organization to end systems of oppression and promote justice. We encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply for this position, and do not discriminate on any basis prohibited by applicable law.

What You Will Do

All Our Kin is seeking a mission-driven, detail-oriented team player who is eager to leverage and grow their fundraising and communications skills, with a particular focus on grant writing, to join the organization as the Grant Associate. We are adding this new position to All Our Kin’s team at a pivotal moment for our organization and the field: as we embark on a five-year strategic plan to seize the present momentum for transforming our country’s early care and education system and quadruple All Our Kin’s reach and impact.

Reporting to the Director of Institutional Giving, the Grant Associate will play a key role in supporting the identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of philanthropic, corporate, and government supporters by:

• Preparing grant proposals and reports for a portfolio of institutional donors, with guidance and feedback from the Director of Institutional Giving and Vice President of Development

• Collaborate with other departments (i.e. learning and evaluation, finance, direct service, technical assistance, policy) to compile the information needed for grant proposals and reports

• Assisting the Director of Institutional Giving and Vice President of Development in preparing materials, talking points, and other information for donor visits; recording key takeaways and next steps from these visits; and conducting follow up from these visits in a timely manner

• Drafting and disseminating important organizational updates to institutional donors and other donors through All Our Kin’s Constant Contact platform

• Working closely with the Development Operations team, recording grant report/proposal deadlines, donor interactions, and other key information into All Our Kin’s donor CRM, Raiser’s Edge and project management tools

• Conducting prospect research on institutional donors and presenting findings to the development team and, in certain cases, other departments (e.g. direct service, technical assistance, policy)

• In collaboration with the Stewardship Associate, create strategies and schedule opportunities for Institutional cultivation and stewardship

• Support the Grants Manager in tracking progress of grant deliverables

• Assisting with other projects as needed

Who You Are

Have 1-2 years of professional persuasive or technical writing experience.

Hold deep beliefs in and commitments to:

• Making high-quality early care and education available to all children

• Combating systemic racism and injustice

• All Our Kin’s model, especially investing in and valuing the unique strengths of family child care educators

Experienced and able to:

• Build strength-based relationships with diverse stakeholders

• Communicate well in writing and speaking

• Set priorities and manage several, multifaceted projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment

• Offer, receive, and respond to regular feedback

• Work effectively individually and as part of a team

Eager to build on:

• An interest in regularly exercising and strengthening communications skills, writing skills in particular

What You Can Expect

When you join All Our Kin, you join the best community - game-changers who care passionately about creating equitable outcomes through thriving child care programs. As we scale All Our Kin’s reach, we strive to maintain the collaborative, values-centered environment that is our hallmark, and to continually invest in the backbone of our organization: our talented, mission-driven team.

We know that you can only give your all when we give ours. All Our Kin is an equal opportunity employer and recognizes that diversity and opportunity are fundamental to children’s lives and to our work. We offer competitive salaries and benefits, a flexible schedule, and the opportunity to work with a team of skilled, motivated, and committed professionals.

When you commit to All Our Kin, we commit to you. Some of the benefits we offer include, but are not limited to:

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

• PTO- Over four weeks of annual paid time off as well as federal holidays, a December holiday (typically December 24 – January 1), and Summer Friday half days.

• Retirement Plan- All Our Kin offers a 403(b) plan with employer matching up to 3%