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Job Summary

Serve as the primary administrator of Denver Health Foundation's (DHF) private foundation grants, including prospect research, grant applications and reporting. Develop and maintain strong relationships with DHF private foundation funders and prospects, and with Denver Health departments.

Essential Functions:

• Grants Management (20%)
• Grant prospect research: Research private foundation prospects for the development of prospect lists; Field inquiries from and conduct exploratory meetings with Denver Health program staff regarding potential grant funding opportunities; Research statistics, trends and data relevant to Denver Health / DHF activities. (10%)
• Grant application process: Coordinate grant proposal development and submission - prepare, edit and organize materials for grant proposals; staff site visits; and monitor the grant application process. (10%)
• Grant award processing: Oversee the processing of incoming grant award packages and ensure the timely execution of related grant contracts/agreements; Draft thank-you letters and other key funder correspondence. (10%)
• Grant reporting and compliance: Collaborate with Development Associate to draft and edit compelling progress reports; Assemble and submit supporting materials including budget reports, outcome measurements, and success stories; Routinely reconcile accounts with Denver Health’s internal systems (i.e., SPARO, Legal, Grant Accounting); Support other Proposals, Distribution, and Evaluation activities; Build and maintain relationships with key Denver Health and external partners (10%)
• Funders and prospective funders - serve as the primary point of contact with a portfolio of funders; Denver Health programs and Principal Investigators - routinely communicate about funding needs and opportunities. (10%)
• Denver Health supportive services - SPARO, Legal, Grants Accounting - maintain courteous and respectful relationships (10%)
• Record-keeping: Routinely update grants management/donor database system with relevant information, action taken, next steps needed, etc. (10%)
• Create monthly reports on grants’ and projects’ status. (5%)
• Participate actively in Proposals, Distribution, and Reports team meetings (5%)

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree Concentration in the social sciences, English, Communications, Nonprofit Management, Business or Public Administration, or a related field Required
• Master's degree Preferred

Work Experience:

• Six years of grant application and/or grant report writing experience with private foundations, corporations, or federal agencies required. Required

Licenses:

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Superior written communication skills; ability to write clear, well-structured, persuasive proposals; strong editing skills; insistence on highest level of quality
• Excellent interpersonal skills with all constituents - tact, poise, diplomacy, courteousness, professionalism. Clear demonstrated capacity for managing VIP relationships
• Discretion handling sensitive and confidential information
• Extensive knowledge in proposal writing; familiarity with funder research techniques and private foundations
• Commitment to systems improvement
• Ability to resolve, not just communicate, emergent challenges
• Ability to build effective processes to address external and internal needs
• Appetite for professional development
• Team player in highly collaborative decision-making environment
• Ability to work with large amounts of data, to analyze and interpret data, detect errors, and prepare reports.
• Driven to see projects to completion

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Benefits

• Outstanding benefits including up to 27 paid days off per year, immediate retirement plan employer contribution up to 9.5%, and generous medical plans

• Free RTD EcoPass (public transportation)

• On-site employee fitness center and wellness classes

• Childcare discount programs & exclusive perks on large brands, travel, and more

• Tuition reimbursement & assistance

• Education & development opportunities including career pathways and coaching

• Professional clinical advancement program & shared governance

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer+ free student loan coaching and assistance navigating the PSLF program 

• National Health Service Corps (NHCS) and Colorado Health Service Corps (CHSC) eligible employer

Our Values

• Respect

• Belonging

• Accountability

• Transparency

All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment has been made.

Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic health care system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver’s 911 emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 19 school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety, a Public Health Institute, an HMO and The Denver Health Foundation.

As Colorado’s primary, and essential, safety-net institution, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided billions in uncompensated care for the uninsured. Denver Health is viewed as an Anchor Institution for the community, focusing on hiring and purchasing locally as applicable, serving as a pillar for community needs, and caring for more than 185,000 individuals and 67,000 children a year.

Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.

Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We value the unique ideas, talents and contributions reflective of the needs of our community.

Applicants will be considered until the position is filled.

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About Denver Health

Take your career to the next level at Denver Health, where we offer a robust benefits package and endless opportunities for growth. Denver Health is a nationally-ranked, locally-trusted, premier healthcare institution located in the heart of Denver, Colorado.Twenty-five percent of all Denver residents, or approximately 150,000 individuals, receive their health care here. We are known as an integrated health care system that encompasses multidisciplinary academic specialties, a community health system, a level I adult trauma center, pediatric emergency and urgent care center home to Denver Public Health and many of the nation's leaders in medicine.Denver Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer At Denver Health we pride ourselves on our commitment to diversity. Equal opportunity is a fundamental principle of Denver Health. As an equal opportunity employer, Denver Health is committed to recruit, hire, promote and administer all human resource actions in a non-discriminatory manner. Denver Health is committed to providing equal opportunities in all business practices and to all persons regardless of age, race, color, national origin, genetic information, religion, sex, pregnancy, disab...ility, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status or veteran status (collectively “protected status”). Denver Health strives to maintain a work environment that is free from unlawful harassment and discrimination and will not tolerate any such conduct by employees or directed at employees within the scope of their employment. Read the full Human Resources Employee Principles and Practices policy.

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