Description
The Grant Management Intern will work closely with the Grants Coordinator on maintaining documents and databases with up-to-date information, supporting scheduling and reminders, providing support to create program materials, and engaging in prospect research.
Responsibilities:
- Learn the Grants Management System to track and input grant activity.
- Support Grants Manager in maintaining and updating information in local grants database to ensure accurate tracking and project management.
- Support Grants Manager in scheduling grant-related meetings and providing programs with reminders about upcoming deadlines.
- Develop external-facing program materials (such as staff and donor-facing one-pagers, and boilerplate language documents for programs), involving coordination between program staff and updating information.
- Engage in prospecting research following IRC's method and strategy to engage potential new funders.
- Provide support as needed in other areas of identified grants management projects, as feasible.
Learning Objectives:
- Gain experience in grant management and funder engagement principles.
- Learn more about the pre-award and post-award process for building a funding portfolio in a non-profit.
- Develop an in-depth understanding of IRC Resettlement, Asylum, & Integration programming.
- Gain experience drafting materials that are donor and staff facing.
Requirements:
- Currently pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree, or recent graduate.
- Students pursuing degrees in the fields of communications, marketing, public relations, nonprofit management, business, or other related fields may be particularly interested in this position and are encouraged to apply.
- Comfort with research, organizing content, and liaising with staff.
- Strong writing and communication skills in English.
- Excellent organization skills, strong communication and interpersonal skills, and ability to collaborate effectively.
- Ability to use basic functions of Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office programs.
- Reliable, self-motivated, independent, and able to take on a project assignment and ask for help when needed.