Philanthropic Engagement Manager
ACT, Inc

Chicago, Illinois

Posted in Education and Training


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Overview

We are seeking a Philanthropic Engagement Manager with at least 3 years of experience to help us fulfill our mission of helping people achieve education and workplace success. This position can be located at the Headquarters in Iowa City or a remote position.

The Philanthropic Engagement Manger plays a critical role in managing ACT's foundation grants profile, including grant writing and reporting, prospecting new opportunities and securing resources necessary to support our mission of closing gaps in equity and achievement.

What you will be working on:

  • Support all phases of the grant cultivation process for ACT teams, including but not limited to: identifying potential funders, refining grant project ideas, facilitating funder conversations with ACT subject matter experts, writing grant proposals with consistent narratives that are aligned with ACT' s mission and goals, and communicating grant success
  • Develop resources, research funding sources, and prepare and administer contract documents
  • Provide outreach and grant cultivation technical assistance to ACT grant seekers and external grant seekers working in collaboration with ACT teams
  • Research and identify funding sources and work in partnership with Center for Equity in Learning (CEL) team members and other ACT Teams in prospecting new opportunities and coordinating grant cultivation activities
  • Track and manage grant deadlines, proposal processes, incoming grant information and reporting requirements
  • Build, integrate and/or advance ACT' s equity goals and strategies into grant project, as needed
  • Develop and provide internal reports that identify grant milestones against goals, including but not limited to: budget reports created in partnership with ACT' s Finance team
  • Make connections with existing and potential corporate and philanthropic funders; provide progress reports to funders of secured grants and ensure funder's policies and legal requirements are followed
  • Write blogs and/or press releases in collaboration with ACT' s communications divisions to internally and externally share information about new grants secured and lessons learned from grants once closed

This could be the job for you if you have (minimum requirements):
  • Detail-oriented with strong proofreading skills
  • Understanding of the grant lifecycle process and knowledge of grant writing and grant making techniques, current trends and best practices
  • Equity - ability to articulate how racial and income equity intersect with education and workforce sectors.
  • Time management - ability to manage multiple projects with competing priorities; may require flexibility with hours in order to meet grant deadlines
  • Philanthropic Awareness - demonstrated relationship with and/or knowledge of corporate and independent funders supporting education and workforce projects
  • Collaboration - work effectively with individuals inside and outside the organization
  • Inclusion - actively seeks and engages with diverse perspectives and invites a sense of belonging
  • Communication - ability to communicate effectively across all levels in the organization
  • Decision making - acts decisively with sound judgement; uses data to analyze options and form opinions
  • Innovation and Creativity - develops ideas that are new, better, or unique; embraces and promotes diverse perspectives
  • Initiative - uses self-starter approach, ability to multi-task, proactively anticipates and acts on information and details needed, completes tasks with little to no direction
  • Self-development - remains current in area of expertise, seeks opportunities to expand and grow skills
  • Results-Oriented - prioritizes and aligns work of self and others with a results-oriented focus on achieving business goals and objectives
  • Flexible and adaptable - adjusts quickly to changing priorities and conditions while positively navigating complexity and change in a fast paced work environment
  • Bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, Communications, Marketing or related area of study, or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired
  • At least 3 years of experience with grant writing and administration
  • Project or program management experience with multiple, complex projects or programs
  • Experience with office productivity tools, preferably MS Office suite
  • Demonstrated experience writing racial/income equity focused grants, and/or advancing racial/income equity projects, policies, populations or equity-focused communication efforts


It's a plus if you have:
  • Experience in or with education or ed tech industries
  • Independent Foundation and/or Corporate, Federal, or state government grant writing experience
  • Strong data tracking and analysis skills - able to identify trends and lessons learned from grant portfolio data

Your Work Makes a Difference

ACT team members are part of an organization dedicated to an important mission: Helping people achieve education and workplace success.

Everything we do contributes to this mission, including team member events, professional development resources, community outreach opportunities and solid benefit offerings. Helping team members achieve education and workplace success of their own advances the ACT mission on a daily basis.

You will be joining a team that actively supports ACT's equity commitment and seeks creative ways to showcase and advance ACT's mission and values.

About ACT

When ACT was founded in 1959, it disrupted the assessment industry with a new approach to helping students better understand their readiness so they could take steps to improve it. By leveraging our expertise and authority in assessment and research, we will again disrupt the industry-helping more people learn, better measure their progress, and improve their navigation through life's transitions.

More than ever before, ACT is fulfilling its mission of helping people achieve education and workplace success. We're doing it by pushing the boundaries of learning innovation through the work of our people, who we call team members because we're all in this together.

We know transformation does not come without challenge. That's why ACT invests in a variety of experiences for team members to strengthen their connections, explore ideas, learn from customers, and celebrate success.

Learn more about working at ACT at act.org!


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