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3 people are interested
Volunteer Grant Team Associate
ORGANIZATION: Asante Africa Foundation
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3 people are interested
Grant Team Associate
Location: Flexible but Oakland area is desirable
Approximate 10 hours/week
Job Description:
Asante Africa Foundation is looking for a volunteer Grant Team Associate who is excited to dive into the nonprofit grants and fundraising world! About 50% of Asante Africa Foundation’s income currently comes from grants, so this is a big opportunity to fill an essential role.
This is a unique position for someone who is looking to first-hand understand and assist with all aspects of the nonprofit grant process, including: assisting us with identifying, researching, and tracking prospective grant opportunities; helping to outline/edit grant proposals and reports; other grant-related administrative tasks; and working with a team of staff and other volunteers on the Grants Team. While this is an unpaid position, Asante Africa Foundation puts a strong emphasis on volunteer skill-building and we are committed to ensuring this is a productive learning experience for our incoming Grant Associate.
Time commitment will be about 10 hours/week.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Researching and summarizing new grant opportunities through utilizing The Foundation Center, online research, and other platforms.
- Reporting promising grant opportunities back to the Grants Team.
- Using Salesforce to track potential grant opportunities, opportunities we are applying to, and current funders.
- Recording upcoming grant deadlines and tasks.
- Developing strategies to engage potential and current funders through social media and communicating strategies with our social media volunteers.
- Outlining and assistance drafting grant proposals, letters of inquiry, and progress reports.
- Keeping our Grant Process Guide up to date with our team's most current practices.
- Participating in a weekly 1 hour check in with the Grants Team.
Knowledge, Abilities and Skills Required:
- Organized and attentive to detail.
- Detailed in Operations/administrative experience.
- Able to keep track of multiple deadlines.
- Interested in collaborating with other volunteers and staff members.
- Passionate about our mission.
- Ability to commit 10 hours/week for a minimum of 6 months.
- Bonus: experience with Salesforce, grant-writing, or fundraising.
While we will prioritize candidates who have relevant experience, we are also excited about folks with limited experience who are eager to learn, passionate about our work, reliable, and able to make at least a 6 month commitment.
How to apply
To apply, please email your resume, a brief statement about why you'd like to work with Asante Africa Foundation where you heard about this opportunity and your time availability to volunteer@asanteafrica.org with the subject line "Grant Team Associate."
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About Asante Africa Foundation
Location:
1141 Catalina Dr, Livermore, CA 94550, US
Mission Statement
Asante Africa Foundation, Inc. is an East African Children's Education Fund. We are a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to providing quality education to children in East Africa. Every child deserves an education and the opportunity to choose their future, regardless of the latitude or longitude in which they are born. Through education, every child can make their dreams a reality, help their families struggle less, and help their communities become self sustaining. Our Vision We envision African communities and families in which the children have the opportunity to received QUALITY education to define their futures. Our Mission Quality Education will be made available by providing physical infrastructures for all children attending school, providing teaching resources and educational materials and scholarships/sponsorships for highly motivated and academically gifted children.
Description
We form partnerships with African communities and work with passionate local program managers who are deeply committed to creating change in their African villages. We envision African communities and families in which children have the opportunity to receive QUALITY education to define their futures. Generous contributions from Asante Africa Foundation donors bring these dreams to life.
Local villagers define their needs for achieving quality education, through infrastructures for all children attending school (such as construction of schools and sanitation facilities, serving a daily meal), providing teaching resources and educational materials, and funding scholarships / sponsorship for highly motivated and academically gifted children.
Asante is the Swahili word for thank you. We are thankful to be active members of the communities we serve and we are grateful to our donors who fund projects that bring opportunity, choice and possibility to African villages.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
337 17th StreetOakland, CA 94612
DATE POSTED
February 11, 2016
SKILLS
- Grant Writing / Research
- Management
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- 10 hours per week