Grants Project Manager

Grants Project Manager

Starting salary range: $70,000-$80,000

Salary, Full Time, Benefits Eligible, Remote

Candidates need to live in Residency within the NEEP region (in the Northeast or Mid-Atlantic).

Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP) is a regional nonprofit that works to accelerate building energy efficiency, electrification, and grid-flexibility across Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states as a core strategy to reduce climate pollution and build an affordable, sustainable, and resilient energy future. NEEP focuses on the components key to rapid, equitable decarbonization of the regional buildings sector – strong policies and regulations to address building emissions, market transformation for electric building technologies, community-led solutions, a diverse and experienced workforce, and replicable program and business models for low-carbon retrofits. NEEP supports collaboration among government, industry, community groups, academia, and advocates to drive long-term regional change.

Our Culture: Why work with us?

Our team is our most valuable resource. We represent a diverse mosaic of backgrounds, ideas, perspectives, and life experiences. The thing that unites us is our common mission, to accelerate building energy efficiency, electrification, and grid-flexibility across Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states as a core strategy to reduce climate pollution and build an affordable, sustainable, and resilient energy future. We’ve nurtured an environment that values creative thinking and well-informed decision-making, embracing diversity and inclusivity. Our leadership places a strong emphasis on transparency, accessibility, authenticity, and the growth of our employees.

What’s in it for you

NEEP is based in Massachusetts, with staff in locations around the region. We are a remote-first organization, which allows our employees to work in any of NEEP’s 13 states/jurisdictions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region. If you are someone who can dive in, research, and analyze topics relating to building energy efficiency and decarbonization, provide technical assistance to state and local governments, and serve as a resource to NEEP’s stakeholders, then please keep reading:

The Grants Project Manager is responsible for managing NEEP’s funding proposals and grants. This includes developing funding materials such as grant proposals to foundations and federal and state agencies; researching potential funding sources and opportunities; and facilitating constructive, productive relationships with NEEP’s funders (e.g., foundations, federal and state agencies, etc.). The Grants Project Manager reports to the Executive Director and works closely and collaboratively across the organization including with NEEP’s Senior Management Team, Program Leads, Finance, Operations, the Strategic Marketing & Communications Team, and program staff.

A day in the life of this role

In this role, you’ll manage the grants process at NEEP by partnering with colleagues across the organization on proposal development, ensuring compliance with grant requirements, and maintaining relationships with funders.

Prepare Funding Proposals, Requests and Reports

• You will manage grant proposal development, working in partnership with program and administrative staff, to meet proposal requirements and deadlines, including preparing or assisting with content development and editing
• You will oversee and review timely and responsive progress and final reports to funders that demonstrate NEEP’s value and effectiveness
• You will ensure a smooth, effective, and impactful grant-writing and reporting process

Support New and Existing Funding Relationships

• You will support productive relationships with NEEP funders, and you’ll track and assess federal, state, and foundation funding announcements to identify opportunities for NEEP
• You will research new potential funders to maintain and expand NEEP’s broad and diverse funding base, and you’ll develop materials to engage funder interest
• You will monitor funder outreach activities, timelines, and, in collaboration with colleagues, participate in relationship building, content development and reporting

Implement and Monitor NEEP’s Fundraising Plan

• You will support NEEP’s Senior Management Team to develop compelling cases for grant support and implement a comprehensive fundraising plan
• You will collaborate with NEEP’s external relations team to coordinate on outreach to industry allies
• You will track metrics and monitor effectiveness of NEEP fundraising activities and recommend improvements for efficiency and effectiveness
• You will collaborate with teams across the organization to gather necessary information for grant applications and reports.

What we need from you

• Bachelor’s degree in non-profit management, business administration, public policy, or a related field. Comparable work experience may be used in lieu of education requirement.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of work experience in grant management. Advanced degree may be used in lieu of some work experience.
• Highly organized with excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent writing skills. Grant writing experience with proposals and reports to foundations and agencies.
• Demonstrated experience working collaboratively across teams. Excellent communication skills.
• Experience and demonstrated track record in preparation of fundraising materials and grant reports, and funder research.
• Energetic and self-directed, with effective time management and organizational skills including the ability to deal with several priorities at the same time
• Competency with Microsoft Office tools, web-based tools and portals, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platforms
• Experience with technologies used for online collaboration, such as Slack, Zoom, Teams, etc.
• Residency within the NEEP region (in the Northeast or Mid-Atlantic).

NEEP Perks include:

• Remote work and flexible schedule
• Medical (paid at 75%), dental, and vision (paid at 100%) insurance for employees and their families
• Flexible spending plans for healthcare and dependent care
• $80/month home office stipend
• Accrued paid time off and 12 paid holidays (four of which are floating holidays – take them whenever you’d like)
• 401(k) plan with generous match

At this point, we hope you’re feeling excited about the job description. Even if you don’t feel that you meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply. We’re eager to meet people who believe in our mission and can contribute to our team in a variety of ways – not just candidates who check all the boxes. We want people to feel comfortable expressing their true selves and do their best work here.

NEEP is committed to an organizational culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, sex, age, national origin, and physical or mental disability. We apply this policy to assure non-discriminatory practices in recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, and all other activities. It also supports our capacity to achieve our mission on a regional scale.