Grant Writer for the Humanities

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Seeking Associate Grant Writers (Associate Writers) that will integrate their deep passion and a general understanding of intergenerational trauma and war memories to create compelling solutions and narratives on how institutions and foundations can partner with Pacific Atrocities Education to advance its mission.

Core Responsibilities

Supports all research activities for potential grant opportunities that align with PAE’s mission by performing prospect research on foundations and informing all relevant internal stakeholders of grant opportunities and eligibility requirements regularly. Ensures that standard elements such as qualifications statements, staff biographies, support letters, and required funder forms are accurate and readily available.

Supports the development of case statements and narratives to identify strategic areas for program growth that describe PAE’s campaigns in a way that will inspire funding interest that fuels our media, criminal & economic justice, and power & voice work. Responsible for identification, research, and strategic outreach for new and existing institutional and foundation partners.

Supports the submission of proposals, applications, letters of interest, and concept papers by synthesizing campaign and organizational needs and goals into provoking proposals. This also may involve developing and executing work plans and timelines, meeting facilitation, quality assurance, internal communications with internal/ external partners and funders, and final submission.

Facilitates grantor understanding of Pacific Atrocities Education by supporting the organization of interactions with the appropriate PAE staff, board members and donors. This may include sharing information about PAE with grantors, arranging and conducting video/conference calls, and site visits.

Any other duties as assigned to help advance PAE's fundraising strategy and organizational infrastructure.

We’re Looking For Someone Who Is:

• Creative: You can conceptualize and describe funding needs in a way that is compelling to prospects, donors, board members, and other stakeholders. You have a knack for designing logic models and conveying information and research that is compelling, clear, and analytic in style.
• An Organizational Maven: You can manage across multiple work streams and functions, keeping deadlines and managing complexity by simplifying solutions, systems, and processes with clarity and attention to detail. You have an ability to efficiently meet deadlines.
• Adaptable and Flexible: You can handle any curveball, and in fact, you expect them. You can meet deadlines and manage competing priorities. Additionally, you are strategic and have the ability to pivot quickly as priorities shift and the team continues to take shape. You can and are willing to travel if needed.
• A Self Starter: You have the ability to initiate, organize and manage projects, and to interface successfully with colleagues in a collaborative approach.
• Collaborative: You see yourself as central to cultivating productive relationships with contacts across the social and racial justice space including agencies, movement builders, advocacy organizations, and academia.

What You Will Need:

• Professional Experience: A minimum of one (1) year of professional/ progressive work experience in proposal or program development.
• Experience Generating Funding For Humanities: You have a deep passion and broad but general understanding of the racial and social equity ecosystem as well as the concepts and agents that are funding and pushing the work forward. You have had exposure to drawing insights from outcomes data and/or crafting LOIs, concept papers, proposals and stewardship materials for progressive institutions that have secured significant, multi-year gifts.
• Mission Alignment: You have enthusiasm, familiarity and demonstrated alignment with PAE