Director of Grants

Pay Rate

Why Join Us

You believe that every person deserves a place to call home. You see that homelessness is a systemic issue and want to be a part of the solution. You are ready to utilize your talent, experience, and creativity towards purpose-driven work. You want to work alongside industry leaders to learn, implement, and pioneer best practices.

LA Family Housing is a leading non-profit agency in Homeless Services and Real Estate Development. With 40 years of experience and 17,000+ lives changed each year, we know what it takes to end homelessness. We take tremendous pride in the emergence of our staff as national leaders in innovation, best practices, and policy within housing production and homeless services. Join the fight to end homelessness and make a difference in people’s lives at LA Family Housing!

The Position

The Director of Grants works within a team-oriented, fast-paced work environment. The Development and Community Engagement (DevCo) department is a talented, creative, and driven group of people focused on furthering the mission and values of the agency. As a senior member of DevCo, this position plays a significant role in the development and management of our private revenue growth and ensures grant proposal strategies align with and help support agency initiatives. The Director of Grants contributes to a $60 million organizational budget, including approximately $4 million in corporate and foundation grants annually. The Director of Grants leads the strategy and execution of all institutional fundraising efforts—developing compelling proposals and budgets, managing corporate and foundation relationships, overseeing grant reporting and compliance, and assessing program alignment—while partnering with the Chief Development Officer to ensure annual private fundraising goals are met and the team is successful. The ideal candidate brings exceptional writing skills, fundraising acumen, and a collaborative, proactive leadership style.

What You'll Do

• Leads the strategy and execution of institutional fundraising, overseeing the full lifecycle of grant proposals, letters of intent, agreements, and relationship management with private and public funders. Ensures all submissions align with LAFH’s priorities, funding needs, and long-term impact strategy.
• Partners closely with the Chief Development Officer to design and implement multi-year institutional fundraising strategies to increase revenue from private and public funders.
• Effectively manages and strengthens systems for proposal submission, grant reporting calendar, and other internal processes.
• Collaborates with Programs, Operations, People & Culture, and Finance teams to develop persuasive, outcomes-driven proposals, budgets and reports  that advance funding priorities and reflect cross-departmental input.
• Translates complex program information into clear, outcomes-oriented narratives for diverse funding audiences.
• Collaborates with Data team to ensure outcome requirements are met, and to improve tracking and data around program outcomes for grants and public contracts
• Leads the grants team in building a pipeline of corporate and foundation prospects and ensuring cultivation and stewardship of institutional funders.
• Develops relationships with sources of private and public funding, and attends bidding conferences and foundation meetings as appropriate
• In partnership with leadership and program staff, prepare talking points and briefing materials for formal meetings and site visits with funders.
• Provides consistent messaging and data (including program outcome numbers) to assist with preparation of marketing materials, including brochures, newsletters and other promotional items such as website content, social media, annual reports, and more

MANAGING STAFF

• Communicates company goals, safety practices and deadlines to team
• Promotes team member adherence to company regulations and performance goals
• Supervise and mentor grants team members, setting clear goals, providing ongoing feedback, and supporting professional development.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Conducts timely performance evaluations and ensures submission to HR 
• Coaches and develops direct supervisees and assess performance
• Conducts work schedules, reviews and approves timesheets and ensures staff attend and complete required trainings 
• Documents and consults with HR regarding employee relation and staff performance issues
• Actively participates in the hiring process, including interviewing, onboarding and training 
• Ensures clear communication of departmental goals and outcome measurements 
• Ensures company brand materials and physical working spaces meets and exceeds company presentation standards 

OTHER

• Additional tasks, projects, and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor

What You're Skilled At

• Communication Skills: Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.  Excellent persuasive writing and an understanding of technical grants/fundraising writing strategy.  Able to interact well with corporate, foundation and individual donors, and leadership staff
• Management: Ability to motivate and manage others, ensure quality and timeliness of outcomes, set goals and establish work plans, and train and coach others. Able to manage team members from other departments to get results in a timely manner
• Organizational Skills:  Excellent time management and organizational skills with strong attention to detail. Able to prioritize work effectively and adjust to multiple, competing demands
• Technology Skills:  Computer literacy, including strong word processing experience and mastery of MS Office applications, Salesforce or other CRMs, and ability to conduct and supervise internet research
• General:  Highly motivated, with the ability to work independently, take initiative, participate as an effective team member, and follow through on tasks

Other

• Maintains and executes confidential information according to HIPAA standards
• Obtain and maintains CPR/First Aid Certification
• Ability to pass post-offer Tuberculosis (TB) clearances
• This position does not require regular driving as part of daily duties but may be needed occasionally
• Ability to work a 9/80 work schedule
• Ability to work a hybrid schedule

Experience

• Bachelor’s degree (preferred) in Communications, Social Work, Public Administration, or a related field. Commensurate years of experience can be substituted for educational requirement
• Minimum of eight (8) years’ experience in grant writing, fundraising, or partnership development, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience, including experience leading and mentoring a team
• Expertise in project management, grant writing, fundraising non-profit development and implementation, and other similar experience preferred
• Strong understanding of social services, homelessness, public funding streams, and the policy environment impacting vulnerable populations served by LAFH required
• Experience supervising staff
• Demonstrate progressive management and leadership positions

What We Offer

Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 403B Retirement Plan, 529 Education Savings Plan, Long Term Disability, Employee Assistance Program, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Legal Access Plan, Employee Appreciation Program, Company Sponsored Employee Events, Staff Development, 9/80 Alternative Work Schedule, Paid Sick, Vacation and 13 Observed Holidays, Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program Eligibility and more!

Physical Demands, Environmental Conditions, Equipment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Potential physical demands include but are not limited to: walking, climbing stairs, handling, finger/grasp/feel objects and equipment, reaching, communicating, being mobile, repetitive motions, visual activity, driving, and entering buildings. Comfortable working in a pet-friendly environment required. If an accommodation is needed, please inform the Human Resources Department.

Equal Employment Opportunity

LAFH is committed and proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or status as a veteran.

Fair Chance Act

LA Family Housing will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act. You do not need to disclose your criminal history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if LA Family Housing is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report. Find out more about the Fair Chance Act by visiting the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing’s Fair Chance Act webpage.