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Grants Management Intern (@ Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin)

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Job Type Details: Paid Internship

Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin is the leading local hunger-relief organization in the state with locations in Milwaukee and Appleton. Founded in 1982 by the Rotary Club of Milwaukee, Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin is a local and independent member of the Feeding America network. Driven by our mission to solve hunger, we are bringing more people together around the table to collaboratively address the root causes of hunger. Together with our network partners, we serve nearly half a million food-insecure people across 35 counties in eastern Wisconsin each year.     

JOB PURPOSE: 

As a Grants Management Intern, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your skills and gain hands-on experience working alongside our dedicated and professional team. Together, we’re on a mission to solve hunger and provide vital resources to our neighbors in need. In this role, you’ll collaborate with our Grants Manager to manage all aspects of grant writing and funding efforts, from researching and crafting proposals to building relationships with grant-making organizations. You’ll take an active role in driving our mission forward by securing funds from foundations, corporations, and government entities.

This internship offers a unique opportunity to sharpen your writing, research, and project management skills while playing an essential role in helping us solve hunger in our local communities. You’ll work closely with various departments, learn about nonprofit operations, and contribute to meaningful change in our community.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES: 

  • Develop and write grant proposals to grant-making organizations, persuasively communicating the organization’s mission and programs to potential funders. Assemble and submits grant requests, including letters of intent, proposals, budgets, and all necessary attachments.
  • Collaborate with colleagues across the organization to execute on grant proposals, reports and other communication. Works closely with staff in developing and transforming ideas into grant proposals.
  • Support Grant Manager with maintaining an accurate grant schedule to ensure timely submission of grant materials.
  • Actively conduct grant prospect research and makes suggestions to Grant Manager on aligned opportunities.
  • Maintain records for grant-making organizations in CRM database (Instrumentl, Rasier’s Edge).
  • Inform Grant Manager when grant awards are received and shares pertinent information.
  • Coordinate multiple projects at various stages of completion to keep them moving in a timely manner, meets all deadlines, and manages supplemental materials required for proposals. Stays in close contact with necessary departments throughout the grant period to ensure all aspects of the grant request are met.
  • Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Commitment to understand and support FAEW’s mission, vision, and effective actions to end food insecurity and its causes.
  • Respect for the people FAEW serves.
  • High School diploma or equivalent.
  • Exceptional written, interpersonal, and collaboration skills.
  • Excellent organizational, critical thinking, analytical, and decision-making skills.
  • Ability to evaluate data for reasonableness, necessity, and conformity with grant requirements.
  • Demonstrated skills of providing effective training, presenting, project management, and attention to details.
  • Thorough knowledge of MS Word, Excel and Outlook.
  • Experience using Raiser’s Edge, Instrumentl, or comparable donor CRM software a plus, but not required.
  • Ability to work at a fast pace and handle multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Demonstrate the ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which include willingness to try and understand and be open-minded of differing opinions and views.
  • Must have transportation to travel to worksites as needed and auto insurance.

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk and/or hear, and/or use hands to finger, handle, or touch objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand, and/or walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds while moving files or small packages. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. The mental and physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

Work is performed in an office environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an individual encounter while performing the essential functions of this position.

HOURS AND COMPENSATION:

  • 25 hours per week during the hours of 8:00AM – 4:00PM, Monday to Friday
  • $18.00 per hour

Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin, Inc. is committed to fostering diversity in our workplace. FAEW does not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of age, race, color, creed, religion, handicap, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, arrest or conviction record, physical disability, mental disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.