Venice Family Clinic is a nonprofit community health centercelebrating 50 years of delivering quality primary care to people in need. Weprovide vital and comprehensive health care services to nearly 28,000 peopleeach year, regardless of their income, insurance or immigration status. We area Federally Qualified Health Center providing services to individuals andfamilies who are uninsured, low-income and experiencing homelessness who mightotherwise go without critically needed health care. Our history is rooted inVenice, but our footprint, impact, and ambitions are more expansive than ever.Visit venicefamilyclinic.org to learn more about us.
The Associate Director of InstitutionalGiving, Government Grants reports to the Director of Institutional Giving and isresponsible for leading the efforts to secure and steward all government grants(city, county, state, federal) for Venice Family Clinic’s operations, capital,and endowment needs. In this role, you will ensure the writing and timelysubmission of high-quality, compelling letters of inquiry, proposals and grantreports to new and existing government funders, leading the efforts to identifynew opportunities for expansion of the government funding portfolio. You will work as part of a grants team that raises $3 million inprivate funding and over $9 million in public funding for Venice Family Clinic.
In this role, you will work closely with fundraising, communications, program, andfinance staff, as well as private funders and government contacts. The positionwill also align with the Director of Community Outreach and Advocacy,particularly in tracking and analyzing policy and regulatory changes that mayimpact the Clinic’s funding. You will collaborate closely withand closely works with the Grants Associate, overseeing workflow and process.
- Outstanding writing, analytical and verbal communication skills
- Minimum three years of experience in grant writing, preferably in health or human services; experience in securing and managing government funds
- Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred
- Genuine interest in, familiarity with, and ability to communicate effectively about complex health care and policy issues for medically underserved communities
- Demonstrated attention to detail, accuracy and organizational abilities
- Ability to prioritize and work independently to meet deadlines
- Mastery of standard office software applications and tools.
- Working knowledge of Salesforce is preferred
- Ability to work productively in partnership with staff and volunteers
- Willingness to work overtime, as work demands
- Absolute discretion with regard to confidential patient, staff and donor information – Required.
UCLA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.