Company: Cooper University Health Care
Position Title: Grants Writer & Health Communications Specialist
Location: Camden, NJ
Job Type: Full Time
Job Summary:
Executes strategies, completes research, and creates written narratives and data visualizations to secure new and renew existing grants and monetary support for programs from private foundations, government agencies, and other sources. Create health promotion communication materials to promote Addiction Medicine services and prevention methods. Develop communications that may be delivered in many formats including via email, online, print distribution, video, or other mediums. Completes the aforementioned in accordance with the established goals and objectives of the Center for Healing and consistent with funders’ guidelines. Serves as a liaison between the Center for Healing, Division of Addiction Medicine and/or other involved Departments/Divisions across Cooper, and the funders. Coordinates and ensures timely completion of the grant application and reporting process.
Prospecting of new grant opportunities while leading grant writing efforts including all Letters of Intent, concept notes, proposals, and required documentation for grant submission process.
Reviews and interprets federal, state, foundation and corporate guidelines for funding proposals; prepares documents to be used in soliciting funds; drafts funding proposals and applications.
Serves as a liaison between the Center for Healing and other involved Cooper departments/divisions and funders during proposal development/revision processes; confers and meets with funder representatives as needed; works with Grant Coordinators and other Department personnel to ensure that all required documentation (i.e. reports, budget revisions, requests for information) is submitted to the funding sources in a timely fashion.
Prepares grant Briefing Sheets, which include information about funding sources, type of grant, stated priorities and the amount of funding available; meets with appropriate Department staff to share prepared information; coordinates the preparation of new grant proposals and ensures written proposal components complete to ensure timely submission of grant applications; reviews completed proposals prior to submission and provides critical feedback to optimize the applications.
Reviews requirements for grant reporting, completes written components of grant reports with input from involved team members, and completes visualizations for grant reports and grant related materials including timelines, graphs, data visualizations, and graphics.
Skilled in research and data interpretation and visualization to support grant applications and written grant reports.
Skilled in written and verbal communication, and visual representation of data, including for health promotion communications
Identify and develop strategies to optimize the health communication, grant writing process and the preparation of grant reports.
Assist with special projects, events and other duties as assigned.
Experience Required
Experience
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Preferred
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Experience
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0-2 years
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6-10 years
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3-5 years
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10+ years
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Education Requirements
Education
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Preferred
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Education
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High School / GED
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Bachelor’s Degree
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Vocational / Technical School
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Master’s Degree
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Associate’s Degree
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Doctorate Degree
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Field of Study (Please Note)
Nonprofit Management, English, Communications, Public Health
Special Considerations
Explained (if needed):
Knowledge of health literacy best practices preferred.
Special Requirements
Scheduled Days / Hours: 8:30a - 5pm
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