Description

Position Title: Grants Manager
Supervisor: Director of Strategic Advancement
Status: Full-time, Exempt
Salary: $69,000 - $76,000, commensurate with experience
Location: Oklahoma City or Tulsa Office

OVERVIEW

Hunger Free Oklahoma is seeking a full-time Grants Manager to secure and manage grant funding critical to advancing the organization’s mission. This role oversees the full grant lifecycle - from research and proposal development to compliance and reporting - while managing the grants process and system to ensure accuracy and timely submissions. The Grants Manager will coordinate cross-functional staff and partners, leading and organizing multiple contributors to produce strong proposals and complete reporting requirements. 

The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, and skilled at managing complex, deadline-driven projects involving many stakeholders. Strong communication, collaboration, and the ability to keep others aligned and accountable are essential for success in this role. 

WHO WE ARE
Hunger Free Oklahoma is a statewide nonprofit established to leverage the power of collaboration to solve hunger in Oklahoma by improving systems, policies, and practices, facilitating public/private partnerships, and providing backbone support to existing organizations addressing hunger. 

Hunger Free Oklahoma’s primary focus is to collaboratively work with community-based organizations, government agencies, and other stakeholders who directly serve individuals. We provide support through technical assistance, convening, research, and policy guidance to nonprofit, government, and other stakeholders statewide. 

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING
The Grants Manager will be supervised by the Director of Strategic Advancement. At Hunger Free Oklahoma, we are committed to raising funds for strong, well-developed ideas that advance our mission and that we are prepared to implement with excellence. We seek funding for initiatives that align with our strategy and that we can execute effectively, ensuring integrity, impact, and follow-through on every commitment we make. The role will evolve over time, but the core of your work will be: 

Grant Preparation

• Research and evaluate grant opportunities
• Maintain and update templates, forms, and standard grant language
• Build a basic knowledge of food insecurity and HFO’s programs 

Proposal Development

• Write grant proposals
• Coordinate with subject matter experts for grant content in ways that maximize their time
• Track and reuse grant content to improve efficiency
• Obtain and create necessary attachments for grant applications
• Obtain appropriate reviews and approvals 

Compliance and Administration

• Manage the 'Grant Received' process, including interdepartmental consultation
  Track grant and reporting deadlines and keep stakeholders informed
  Draft, develop, coordinate, and ensure timely submission of grant reports utilizing the expertise of the program team
  Maintain compliance with funder branding requirements
  Collaborate regularly with the finance team on grant-related processes
  File, organize, and maintain grant related documents
  Regular reporting to check for accuracy including for comparison to accounting software
  Ensure leadership is prepared for funder meetings
  Maintain grants calendar and workflow systems
  Manage and improve internal grant processes 

KEYS TO SUCCESS
To be successful in this job, you will have strong written and verbal communication skills, be proficient in MS Office Suite, and excel in the areas described below.

Passionate Engager: You embrace and promote HFO’s mission and values and can communicate to a broad audience how hunger impacts their work to get them excited about addressing it.
Committed Learner: You are committed to curiosity and learning new skills and knowledge on a continual basis. You are self-motivated to expand your skills, knowledge, and abilities.
Strategic and Innovative Thinker: You can reason and solve problems, manage partner expectations, and recognize strategic opportunities for systems change.
Goal Oriented: You have a history of setting and accomplishing ambitious goals and moving barriers to achieve your desired outcomes. You meet your goals because you think ahead, plan, and work collaboratively.
Collaborator: You understand the importance of working with internal and external partners to achieve a common goal. You are an active listener, have high emotional intelligence, and respect other collaborators’ diverse needs, experiences, and perspectives. You can find points of collaboration even when there are competing interests.
Relationship Builder: You develop and maintain strong working relationships and can communicate and foster a sense of partnership with diverse partners and program participants of diverse races, ethnicities, incomes, and experiences. People who work with you comment on your quality and timely customer service and problem-solving approach.
Community Advocate and Inclusive Problem Solver: You are a community advocate and inclusive problem solver, demonstrating a deep understanding of diverse community needs and perspectives, and amplifying underrepresented voices in decision-making. You're passionate about creating positive change and addressing community challenges in ways that work for everyone. 

WHAT ELSE YOU SHOULD KNOW

Hunger Free Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, or any other basis made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws or regulations. 

This position is full-time and based in Tulsa, OK or Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This role requires the ability to independently travel to sites across the state for up to 25% of working time and may require occasional evening and weekend work to support events and programming. This position requires the ability to perform medium physical effort consisting of occasionally handling, lifting, or moving objects 20-30 pounds for handling resources and supplies, and to sit or stand to complete office-oriented work an average of 8 hours a day. 

Benefits: 

Hunger Free Oklahoma benefits include the following insurance: medical, dental, short-term disability, and life; 401K contribution (no match requirement); competitive paid time off; and eligible for annual cost of living and annual merit pay increases. Additional insurance is available at employee expense: vision, accident, additional life. Hunger Free Oklahoma offers partial coverage of medical insurance premium for qualified dependents. 

Hunger Free Oklahoma offers the benefit of a hybrid work schedule, allowing up to 3 days a week for remote work for much of the year. Participating in the hybrid schedule requires access to reliable internet and a dedicated workspace at home. Hunger Free Oklahoma provides the necessary equipment.

In order to be considered for this position, you must upload a resume and cover letter. Please include applicant name in the file name.

For more information about Hunger Free Oklahoma, and to apply, visit https://www.hungerfreeok.org/about/staff/join-the-team/

Requirements

WHO YOU ARE
To qualify for this job, you will have: 

• High school diploma or equivalent and have 8 or more years of relevant experience; OR 8 years in a combination of post-secondary education or training and relevant work experience
• Previous grant writing experience
• Proficiency with Microsoft Suite and spreadsheets
• Excellent communication and people management skills
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Previous experience with Salesforce (preferred)
• Previous experience with Instrumentl (preferred)