Grant Writer II

Impact Lives, Impact Community

Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) is passionate about providing exceptional health care to all, especially underserved communities with limited health care options. Founded by a Latina grandmother/community advocate over 50 years ago in Barrio Logan, FHCSD has grown into one of the largest community health systems in the country. With over 90 sites, over 227,000 patients, and over 1.1 million healthcare visits last year, we provide a wide variety of health care and outreach services to a very diverse patient population. We are proud of our mission, our lasting community impact, and the cultural and individual diversity of our staff

Family Health Centers of San Diego is looking for a Grant Writer II who will be responsible for the identification of funding opportunities and the development, writing and submission of major grant proposals. Efforts will be primarily focused on, but not limited to, significant programmatic and research funding opportunities from federal, state, local, and private sources.

Responsibilities:

• Lead in the development and coordinate the completion of funder-compliant programmatic budgets, in conjunction with program and accounting staff.
• Lead program staff in designing programmatic and/or research activities so that objectives and goals align with funder interests and past funding patterns and practices.
• Create compelling, persuasive, well-structured grant narratives through the use of effective storytelling, relevant data, and superior prose-while effectively tying FHCSD's needs to funder priorities.
• Identify and develop strategic relationships for grant partnerships. Participate in collaborative efforts with universities, agencies, projects, and entities as a representative of FHCSD in the context of proposal development activities.
• Lead and coordinate the researching, development, writing, packaging and submission of grant proposals.
• Maintain and contribute to data organization systems, including departmental databases. Update and contribute to shared team resources.
• Undertake internal and external research to identify funding sources as well as gather statistical, analytical and anecdotal data.
• Must meet deadlines.
• Perform other duties as assigned, to include at times requiring flexibility in work hours.

Requirements:

• BA or BS Degree required.
• 2 years minimum experience in proposal development required.
• 2+ years proposal development experience in a FQHC or other non-profit health context preferred.
• Experience developing proposals related to research grant writing preferred.
• Recent experience with HRSA, SAMHSA and/or CDC grants preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with governmental grant submissions especially HRSA EHB, grants.gov, Grant Solutions and similar interfaces required.
• Must meet organizational driving requirements.

Rewards:

• Job type: Regular Full Time
• Competitive Salary with Excellent Benefits
• Retirement Plan with Employer Match
• Paid Time Off, Extended Sick Leave and Paid Holidays
• Medical/Dental/Vision/FSA/Life Insurance
• Employee Discounts and Wellness Program

The successful candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to community medicine and providing culturally competent care to the medically underserved.

In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share the base range for this position, exclusive of fringe benefits or potential bonuses.

If you are hired at Family Health Centers of San Diego, your final base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, jurisdictional requirements, skills, education, and/or experience. In addition to these factors - we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as a part of any final offer. Please keep in mind that the range mentioned above is what we reasonably expect to pay for the role. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical in order to allow for future and continued salary growth. We also offer a generous compensation and benefits package (more information on our benefits offerings is available here: FHCSD Wellness - Employee Hub (gobenefits.net)