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Why we need you

Springboard Collaborative invites talented and passionate candidates to apply for the position of Associate Director of Grants. The Associate Director of Grants will be responsible for all assigned donor-facing proposals, reports, and LOIs. A successful candidate will be exceptional at written communication, project management, and detail orientation. This is a remote position, and candidates must reside in the U.S. More information about location and travel can be found below.

Springboard Collaborative closes the literacy gap by closing the gap between home and school. We coach educators and family members to help kids learn to read by 4th grade. Springboard envisions a world in which parents and teachers work together—rather than in isolation—to accelerate student learning. The Associate Director of Grants supports this goal by writing strong reports and proposals to secure and maintain the funding necessary to carry out Springboard’s work successfully.

The Associate Director of Grants will report to the Director of Donor Communications and work as part of the Partnerships team. This is a great opportunity to support an entrepreneurial team to maximize the impact of a rapidly growing organization.

You can read more about the requirements, competencies, goals, and responsibilities below. We'd love to have you join us!

This is important

We are an equal-opportunity employer. Diversity is more than a commitment at Springboard Collaborative—it’s at the core of what we do and how we do it. No one can solve a problem better than those who experience it firsthand. That’s why Springboard aspires to hire a diverse team that is representative of the marginalized communities we serve.

We also know that having a diverse workforce makes for a better workplace. Springboard’s hiring process seeks individuals who value diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin, etc.

Finally, if you’re passionate about an open role, we encourage you to apply— even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications listed on the job description!

Here are your priorities in the first year:

• You will deliver high-quality, on-time reports and proposals.
• You will ensure that all externally-shared language is accurate, up-to-date, and compelling.
• You will execute timely and efficient grant processes.
• You will promptly update and maintain a database of approved final language.

Here are your responsibilities within and beyond the first year:

• You create best-in-class written content.
• Draft, revise, and submit high-quality grant proposals, reports, concept notes, LOIs, and mass emails.
• Collaborate across teams to gather, conceptualize, and contextualize impact data, financial information, and other relevant content to tell a compelling story.
• You implement communications systems and processes.
• Maintain processes to support the delivery of grant writing services to internal clients, i.e. kick-off meetings, shared projects, regular progress updates, etc.
• Maintain the Philanthropy team’s centralized language repository to ensure access to up-to-date, best-in-class grant writing language.
• Maintain the team’s annual communications calendar and related processes.
• You execute donor communications strategy.
• Contribute to regularly updating Springboard's case for support to reinforce organization-wide fundraising strategies and tactics and help front-line fundraisers achieve annual revenue goals.
• Tailor external messaging to different donor audiences by region, interest area, donor type, etc.
• Uphold quality standards for writing.
• You uphold operational excellence.
• Meet grant writing and reporting deadlines.
• Proactively communicate to internal stakeholders on the progress of work.
• Submit requests for information in a timely fashion.