To request additional information, please contact the Board at 385-375-9197.
To apply, email your CV or biographical data to board@emwildlife.org.
The Eagle Mountain Nature & Wildlife Alliance (EMNWA) invites motivated and detail-oriented individuals to apply for a non-paid Grant Writer Internship. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to our mission of preserving natural habitats and wildlife while gaining valuable, real-world experience in grant writing and fundraising. This internship will provide a unique, career-building opportunity for individuals in the non-profit or conservation sector by building essential experience for successful grant writing.
Why Join Us?
This internship offers a unique opportunity to build your professional resume, contribute to meaningful conservation efforts, enhance your professional skills in communications, gain experience in community fundraising, and work alongside a team committed to preserving local nature and wildlife habitats.
Interested candidates should have a genuine interest in wildlife and conservation.
General Description:
Under the Board of Directors’ guidance, you will support a comprehensive grants program, engaging in research, proposal writing, and grants management to secure funding from foundations, corporations, and government sources.
General Responsibilities:
- Under the Board’s supervision, establish and manage a grants program.
- Prepare and submit proposals and budgets to various funding sources.
- Develop tracking systems for funding needs and strategies.
- Conduct prospect research and manage a grants calendar. Write and submit Letters of Interest (LOIs) and grant applications.
- Maintain documentation and database entries for grant tracking.
- Summarize awarded applications and manage the award signature process.
- Build relationships with grant makers and manage funder communications.
Essential Tasks
- Track program funding needs and grant fundraising strategy for EMNWA ongoing needs and projects.
- Research prospective grant sources (private, corporate, and government) compatible with EMNWA’s mission, values, and programs in support of our strategic and project goals.
- Calendar prospects into an annual grant strategy.
- Coordinate the development of grant requests by establishing timelines that outline tasks, assignments, and deadlines; meet all deadlines; facilitate timely communications with program leadership; collect grant submission materials.
- Draft and edit high quality, compelling LOI’s, grant proposals, grant reports, and acknowledgement letters.
- Research and collect data and study findings to support grant proposals and reports. Special attention should be made in checking for completeness against grant instructions, spelling, grammar, and style; and to ensure compliance and regulatory requirements.
- Copy, collate, package, and submit final grant materials per grant instructions, and within funder deadlines.
- Respond to inquiries from funders and programs strategically and in a timely manner based on guidance from the Board.
- Establish and maintain positive and professional working relationships with private grantors, corporate funders, and governmental agencies.
- Review, summarize, and track data on grant awards received in database and file formats.
- In close collaboration with the Board, oversee and track all grant milestones in donor tracking software, — including, but not limited to proposals in development, proposals submitted to funders, proposals that have been issued or canceled, deliverable deadlines, communication, and awards — ensuring that all content is always complete and up to date, and that calendar reminders are set up in Outlook calendars.
- In collaboration with Board officers, develop an annual grants strategy.
- Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with agencies and individuals contacted during the performance of job duties.
- Be flexible and receptive to suggestions, input, and change.
- Understand and carry out both oral and written instructions in an independent manner.
- Communicate effectively and tactfully in both oral and written forms.
- Perform other duties as assigned, including providing support for media and donor visits, assisting with special events, and general support as directed.
Preferred Abilities:
- Strong written communication skills, including a demonstrated ability to write clear, structured, articulate, and persuasive proposals.
- Attention to detail.
- Strong editing and organization skills.
- Ability to meet deadlines.
- Motivated self-starter with the ability to work independently with purpose and accuracy.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite of products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Experience with reporting databases preferred.