Heartland Fund Senior Grants Associate

The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented professional with at least five years of experience in grants management, who brings strong project management skills and comfort navigating complex, multi-stakeholder workflows. They can balance both day-to-day execution and ongoing process improvement.

Heartland Fund’s growing team takes pride in building an organizational culture rooted in learning, collaboration, racial justice, and a deep commitment to our mission. All staff are expected to provide leadership and vision to advance our mission, vision, and core strategies.

We realize that some great candidates may not have every single thing on this list. If you believe you would be a great fit for this role, we encourage you to apply.

Essential

• Minimum of four years of experience in the social sector, nonprofit, and/or mission-driven organization
• Knowledge of or experience with grants management, including grants management systems (Fluxx Preferred) and processes
• Advanced proficiency with technology platforms including Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Calendar, Drive) and video conferencing platforms (Zoom, etc.)
• Understanding of or ability to quickly learn the financial and regulatory environment for nonprofit and philanthropic entities
• Commitment to racial justice and equity
• Exceptional project management skills, and experience developing and completing complex projects
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and analytical thinking
• Highly collaborative with a partnership mindset
• Entrepreneurial and resourceful, a proactive and creative problem-solver

Desired

• Experience working in a philanthropic, fiscal sponsor, nonprofit intermediary, funder collaborative and/or other type of grantmaking organization
• Experience in a 501c3 and 501c4 multi entity organization or campaigns, including knowledge of lobbying and/or political activity compliance requirements applicable to charitable, advocacy, and/or social welfare organizations
• Experience providing training and user support for grants management systems (Fluxx Preferred)
• Demonstrated experience working effectively with colleagues of diverse backgrounds and perspectives:
• Appreciation of the diverse cultural tradition of rural peoples.
• Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Comfort working with a range of individuals in nonprofit organizations, government, foundations, and private sectors.
• Working proficiency of a second language that is spoken in rural America
• Experience living and/or working in rural America is strongly preferred

This position requires occasional travel within the United States.