Grant Writer

**Job Title**: Grant Writer

**Division**: Development

**Reports to**: Director: Strategic Fundraising

**Location**: Onsite for applicants located in Kawartha Lakes, Ontario or Iqaluit Nunavut.

**Salary**: Starts at $65,000 (Ontario) or $90,000 (Nunavut) annually

**Term**: Full-Time Permanent

Working alongside rural, remote, Indigenous and other communities, Ampere supports the development of STEAM skills through innovative technology, art, and play. Be part of the innovative future of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) learning and digital skills training by joining our team

**The Sustainable Funding Department**

The Sustainable Funding Department is responsible for the long-term viability of the organization, generating revenue to support current initiatives and fundraising for future directions. Through our strategic approach to fundraising the department touches on all aspects of Ampere’s “Lifecycle” approach (providing education, resources, mentorship, employment, production, and advocacy).

**What does success at Ampere look like?**
- We know what programs have the biggest impact for our communities, and have sustainable and diverse funding to ensure that work continues.
- We overdeliver for our supporters and funders with timely reporting and effective storytelling.
- We consistently develop high impact initiatives based on our mission, vision, and goals.
- We build and implement strong project proposals to support multi-year funding goals.
- Ampere is financially sustainable across diverse funding sources.

As a member of our sustainable funding team, you will prepare compelling, accurate and customized project proposals to support new and diverse funding opportunities.

**Success In This Position Looks Like**:

- The Grant Writer effectively identifies and produces proposals for grant opportunities that support the Ampere mission, vision, and goals.
- Ampere has opened up new avenues of support to grow existing activities and to fund new initiatives.
- The organization has developed and maintained strong fundraising /co-fundraising partnerships with relevant organizations across Canada.
- Projects and opportunities are establishing the organization’s long-term stability and sustainability.

**Grant Writer Responsibilities include**:

- Working within the Strategic Funding team and in partnership with other Ampere divisions to identify potential funding sources, develop proposal strategies, and prepare grants/proposals.
- Conduct prospect research and qualify opportunities including federal, provincial, and municipal grants and contributions, corporate donors, community associations, and charities.
- Persuasively communicate the organization’s mission and programs to potential funders using existing content as well as developing new material as needed.
- Establish and maintain good working relationships with funders in order to understand and accurately respond to grant requirements.
- Gather and create proposals by identifying sources of information including case for support, project descriptions, identifying and communicating risks, outlining objectives and evaluation outcomes, providing deliverables, implementation timelines, methods of delivery, staffing expertise, budget templates, and standards of administrative performance. All content should align strongly with our organizational identity and with grant initiative requirements.
- Assemble supplemental letters, executive summaries, full proposals, budgets, and presentations.
- Manage inquiries with funders/donors, attend bidder conferences, and research information from external and internal sources.
- Maintain quality results by using templates; following proposal-writing standards including readability, consistency, and tone; maintaining and contributing to databases.
- Establish and maintain personal contact and relationships with funders and program officers, as well as community contacts.

**Attributes and Qualifications**
- A Bachelor’s degree in English, Communications, Education or a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience, and 5 years proven experience writing and responding to complex, high-value government grants.
- Ability to interpret instructions and write clear, structured, articulate, and persuasive proposals through advanced writing skills and a strong ability to transform concepts into written solutions.
- Detail oriented with a keen eye to extract proposal requirements to ensure accurate and successful submissions.
- Work as a collaborative and flexible team player, capable of working in a dynamic internal team environment and with collaborative community partnerships.
- Excellent decision making and problem solving skills.
- Self starter, with an ability to work independently and remotely to manage timelines.
- Strong initiative and communication skills to move projects forward.
- Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and/or change priorities as neede