Manager, Grants and Allocations

**Status**:Permanent, Full-time

**Salary Range**: $80,424 and $92,488

**The Organization**

Coast Mental Health (Coast) is one of the largest mental health non-profit societies in Canada and operates a large array of innovative housing and community-based rehabilitation services for people with mental illness. Coast operates in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia providing approximately 1100 people with supportive housing and thousands of clients living in the community with a wide range of programs and services.

Coast fosters a client-driven, recovery-oriented environment that promotes restoring health, personal growth, and a return to society for individuals with a mental illness, through advocacy and providing direct programs and services.

Coast Mental Health Foundation raises funds to support innovative and enhanced recovery programs at Coast Mental Health. We are a small team of dedicated individuals who believe that recovery and achieving one’s potential, despite a mental illness diagnosis, are possible. We are seeking a highly motivated, experienced Manager, Grants and Allocations to help us continue to build a comprehensive fundraising program primarily through securing grants and managing allocations of funding to programs.

**Job Summary**

Reporting to the Director, Fund Development, and as part of Coast Mental Health Foundation (the Foundation) fundraising team, the Manager, Grants & Allocations is responsible for growing the Foundation’s proposal-based revenue streams, and subsequently managing the allocation of these and other philanthropic contributions to Coast Foundation Society (the Society). Specifically, this role is responsible for designing and implementing a fundraising strategy and stewardship plan to secure philanthropic revenue from foundations and other granting organizations or governments. The role is also responsible for preparing proposals, interim and final reports, and budgets for grants as well as other customized philanthropic solicitations. Additionally, in collaboration with the Finance Department, this role will also be involved in managing the annual draft fundraising priorities plan including tracking, managing and reporting on all allocations of philanthropic funds raised by the Foundation and transferred to the Society in accordance with approved plans.

**Key Areas of Responsibility**
- With the Director, Fund Development and in collaboration with the fund development team, develop and implement the Foundation’s fundraising and stewardship plan for grants.
- Research, write and submit all foundation and government grant proposals on behalf of the Foundation, using a long-term relationship management approach.
- Research and write proposals and reports for selected major gifts.
- Track the transfers of all funds, including grants, designated donations and undesignated donations, from the Foundation to the Society and from the Society to the Foundation, if any, and the use of the funds in accordance with funder and donor designations and internal allocations in collaboration with relevant Foundation and Society staff.
- Track reporting needs and timelines for all grants and other designated donations.
- Write impact reports for funders and donors in accordance with grant commitments and gift designations.
- Work with the fund development team to build long-term relationships in support of increasing revenue from grants.
- Research and write fundraising support materials including gift proposals and gift impact reports for individual and other giving.
- Evaluate the impact of Foundation policies on grant administration and contribute to the formulation of new and revised policies and procedures.
- Ensure compliance with internal control mechanisms and processes relating to grants, designated donations, internal small project funding and undesignated funds.
- Monitor the implementation of current policies and procedures relating to transfers of grants, and designated and undesignated donations, and advise the Director, Fund Development and the Executive Director of any problems.
- Monitor the quality of the administrative and financial data and ensure the reconciliation of allocations and transfers between the Foundation and the Society systems.
- Ensure that grant proposals are submitted in accordance with approved fundraising priorities and that any agreements with the granting organization or donor accurately reflect deliverables and timelines that the Society is able to meet.
- Work with the Director, Fund Development and with the Society to identify ways to enhance or streamline the role and related processes to better meet the needs of the Foundation.
- Other related duties, as required.

**Experience, Skills, Knowledge, and Qualifications**
- University degree with a financial and/or analytical course of study; or a combination of relevant education and experience that provides the required level of knowledge, skills and ability to successfully perform th