Development & Grants Manager
Center on Economics & Foreign Affairs · United States
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Builds philanthropic and institutional support through prospect research, proposals, compliant grant administration, funder reporting, and donor stewardship.
Responsibilities
- Maintain a qualified pipeline of foundation, corporate, government, and institutional grant opportunities aligned with CEFA's mission. - Coordinate compelling, accurate proposals, budgets, theories of change, workplans, and required attachments. - Manage award records, restrictions, reporting calendars, amendments, acknowledgments, and funder stewardship. - Partner with finance and program leads to monitor spending, deliverables, match requirements, and compliance. - Protect donor intent and avoid commitments, restricted activities, or cost assumptions that CEFA cannot responsibly meet. Reporting & working relationships Reports to the finance/administration or strategy executive. Works closely with program owners, researchers, project staff, finance, communications, executives, funders, and grantmaking agencies. Authority & limits May manage assigned workstreams, consultants, vendors, and routine expenditures within approved plans and delegated limits. May not bind CEFA, promise funding, execute agreements, or represent transaction approval without authorization.
Required qualifications
- Successful grants and institutional fundraising experience in a nonprofit, think tank, university, foundation, or economic-development organization. - Excellent proposal writing, project coordination, budgeting, prospect research, and deadline management. - Working knowledge of restricted funds, grant agreements, public funding, lobbying limits, and reporting requirements.
Preferred qualifications
What success looks like: - A diversified, mission-aligned grants pipeline and improved proposal conversion. - Complete, timely, and accurate submissions and funder reports. - Clean grant records and early resolution of budget or deliverable variance. - Strong funder relationships built on transparency, performance, and realistic commitments.
Benefits
Employment classification: Paid professional staff position. Status: Full-time. Term: Ongoing employment, subject to applicable law and CEFA policies. Compensation: Salary and benefits commensurate with experience and CEFA's approved compensation framework. Performance cycle: Annual objectives with regular check-ins and a formal performance review. Work arrangement: Location, travel, schedule, and exempt/nonexempt status determined for the final role and jurisdiction.
Equal opportunity
CEFA is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration without regard to any legally protected characteristic.
About Center on Economics & Foreign Affairs
CEFA is a mission-driven nonprofit institution connecting research, policy, capital, and public- and private-sector partners to advance economic development and foreign-affairs priorities at national scale.