Grants Manager

Job Title : Grants Manager

Job Location : Hybrid based in Oakland, California : 2 days in office

Position Start Date : November 2025

Job Classification : Full-Time Employee, Exempt, 37.5 hours per week

Salary Range : USD $90,000-95,000 per year

Reporting To : Sarah Cardona, Deputy Director

About the Opportunity :

Are you a highly organized critical thinker who is enthusiastic about securing new grants while administering existing ones smoothly? Greenbelt Alliance is hiring for a Grants Manager who will be instrumental to ensuring effective management of institutional grants and contracts from our growing body of government grants, philanthropic grants, and fee-for-service contracts. This role will serve as our organizational point person for grants and contract administration, including vetting new grant opportunities and leading proposal development.

We are looking for someone who is great with details and organizing multiple, complex project components and excited to collaborate with colleagues, grant officers, and consultants to ensure Greenbelt Alliance’s grant administration and fundraising operations are accurate and effective. This is a great opportunity for someone who thrives on sometimes fast-paced proposal scoping and grant writing, as well as driving internal meetings and decision-making on grant proposals, budget and compliance tracking, and meeting deadlines with interim and final reports.

You’ll be a great Grants Manager for Greenbelt Alliance if you :

• Are excited to work with multiple institutional funders and portfolios of grants and contracts.
• Enjoy proactively solving problems / addressing operational issues, including grant / contract compliance.
• Have excellent communication and critical thinking skills.
• Enjoy collaborating with a talented, bright, and supportive team.
• Are interested in advancing your skills and professional development in grantwriting, grant administration, and strategic institutional fundraising.
• Pride yourself on having great attention to detail and ability to juggle many, overlapping deadlines and tasks.
• Bring a passion for supporting organizational excellence in our mission to ensure the Bay Area is resilient to a changing climate.

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NOTE : We do not expect any single candidate to have extensive expertise / experience in all of these areas, but will prioritize candidates with demonstrated success being a critical-thinker and quick-learner.

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