Director of Grants Management

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to work with a dynamic team that is committed to the continued growth and success of the Indy Region?  If so, our client is searching for a Director of Grants Management to join their team!

Enjoy the perks of a Hybrid work opportunity in beautiful downtown Indianapolis. 

The Director of Grants Management is a curious, creative, and grant writing professional representative of the Indy Chamber’s Strategy Team. This role supports the Development Unit in strategic planning and implementation for grants and investor resource development, external relationship-building and works cross-functionally with other units of the Strategy team. The Director acts as an organizer, connector, communicator, and partner in our strategic efforts. 

• Leads grants management process: Readiness, Research, Relationships, Writing, and Reporting.
• Responsible for identifying grant opportunities, preparing grant applications, and securing grants of all types (Government – Federal/State/Local), Foundation (Private/Community), Corporate, and Specialized opportunities.
• Develops grant submission tracking and report deadlines systems processes with the Development team.
• Collaborate with the Finance team to support grant and investor reporting and compliance, including maintaining a calendar of grant deadlines and ensure timely submission. 
• Support strategic project management, stakeholder convening, and outreach for development initiatives and special projects.
• Collaborate with project managers and stakeholders for proposal information. 
• Track and report on the status of proposals and follow up as needed. 
• Maintain strategic relationships with Indy region organizations, Accelerate Indy partners, and community stakeholders. 
• Support Accelerate Indy Council, Indy Partnership Council, and Business Ownership Initiative Board priorities.
• Stay informed on civic, community, and economic issues to align with Indy Chamber initiatives. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Degrees are optional, kindness is not. (A college degree is not essential. Being a good human is).
• Priority to candidates with a GPC or CFRE credential.
• Preferred 5-7+ years’ experience in Fundraising/Grant Writing, Economics, Business Development, or Public Affairs /Public Policy. Priority to candidates with federal/SBA experience.
• Deadline Choreographer. (You have excellent time management skills and can juggle multiple requests to meet multiple deadlines). 
• Fundraising Phenom. (You have demonstrated familiarity with regional and national funder networks and are skilled at identifying alignment with Indy Chamber strategy). 
• Syntax Sorcerer. (You have magical command over sentence structure and grammar rules). 
• Autonomous Innovator. (You take initiative).  

     Preferred Competencies

• Solution Architect and Efficiency Orchestrator. (You identify the problem and seek solutions). 
• Communication Dynamo. (You are an effective communicator). 
• One with Words. (You’re a concise and impactful storyteller – Through grant writing, reporting, and corporate proposals). 
• Plays Well with Others. (You demonstrate effective interpersonal skills, excited about collaboration, and work well in a team environment).
• Presentation Poise. (You are comfortable leading presentations for small and medium-sized audiences). 
• Insight Explorer. (You can gather/analyze data/information and draw conclusions).
• Research Maverick. (You can conduct research from an objective perspective). 
• Agreement Guru. (You can negotiate and influence others). 
• Satisfaction Savant. (You demonstrate customer service orientation with both internal and external stakeholders). 
• Issue Anticipation Specialist. (You are proactive in anticipating and alerting others to problems with projects or processes). 
• Precision Perfectionist. (You pay attention to detail and accuracy). 
• Microsoft Office 365 Prodigy. (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Planner). Bonus Points (Graphic Design, Microsoft CoPilot/ChatGPT, Adobe Suite, DocuSign, Formstack, Power Automate, Salesforce/CRM).
• Lover of Indy. (You’re involved in our community outside of work and aware of Indy region developments in business, sports, arts, culture, and politics). 

Red Envelope Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.