{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"f9ba3ca5b48f5ca8f2a6b2e6","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/f9ba3ca5b48f5ca8f2a6b2e6","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/f9ba3ca5b48f5ca8f2a6b2e6","title":"Senior Associate, Development","description":"Senior Associate, Development\n\nThe Senior Associate, Development supports the Director, Government Partnerships in identifying, tracking, pursuing, and managing federal, state, and local funding opportunities. This position is responsible for research, proposal coordination, grants administration, CRM management, pre-award compliance support, and cross-functional communication to ensure timely and successful public-sector fundraising efforts. This role directly supports government revenue growth and organizational partnerships.\n\nThe Senior Associate, Development reports to the Director, Government Partnerships. This position is currently based in Chicago and is remote, but there may be instances in which onsite visits and travel are required.\n\nResponsibilities\nProvide proposal management by coordinating proposal timelines, gathering required attachments and organizational documents, assisting with drafting proposal narratives, supporting budget preparation, and conducting compliance reviews prior to submission.\nCoordinate communication among Development, Finance, Programs, Strategy (National Strategic Engagement Team), Legal, Policy, Operations, and leadership teams to support the research, development, and submission of comprehensive and compelling proposals and reports.\nSupport the development and maintenance of a diverse pipeline of funders by researching, identifying, and qualifying prospective federal, state, county, municipal, and utility funding opportunities.\nSupport pre-award compliance activities by assisting with risk analyses and proposal readiness assessments, identifying compliance, financial, operational, and contractual risks, and coordinating with internal stakeholders to ensure funding applications meet eligibility, regulatory, and organizational requirements.\nMaintain Salesforce, SharePoint, project files, and prospecting platforms to ensure accurate and up-to-date funding opportunity and stakeholder information.\nWork with the development team to monitor and analyze key performance indicators, including pipeline growth, funding success rates, opportunity conversion rates, proposal win/loss trends, and agency-specific funding patterns, and develop reports, dashboards, and presentations to inform leadership and board-level decision-making.\nAssist in partnership development by tracking coalition memberships and industry associations, coordinating outreach campaigns, and supporting public-sector visibility efforts.\nConduct funding landscape, policy, and competitive research to identify emerging public sector funding opportunities and support organizational fundraising strategies.\nPerform other duties as assigned.\nQualifications and Skills\nBachelor’s or graduate degree in public administration, public policy, business administration, non-profit management, finance, accounting, political science, communications, or relevant lived experience.\nAt least four (4) years demonstrated experience developing and writing competitive proposals and grant applications.\nExperience collaborating with or working within public sector or government agencies.\nKnowledge of government grant and contract procurement processes and requirements.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills, including persuasive writing and proposal development.\nExperience preparing, analyzing, and managing project budgets.\nStrong project management skills, including managing multiple projects and maintaining a project pipeline.\nKnowledge of compliance requirements, evaluation and monitoring plans, and the application of relevant regulations and policies.\nUnderstanding of departmental initiatives and programs aligned with Elevate’s primary focus areas.\nBroad knowledge of energy efficiency, sustainability, and related public-sector programs.\nStrategic planning experience, with the ability to support organizational and programmatic goals.\nStrong research, analytical, and problem-solving skills.\nAbility to work effectively under pressure and manage competing priorities while meeting tight deadlines.\nExperience working in municipal, county, state, or federal government environments.\nExperience managing, administering, or overseeing municipal, county, state, or federal grant programs.\nOrganization Description\nWe design and implement programs that reduce costs, protect people and the environment, and ensure the benefits of clean and efficient energy use reach those who need them most.\n\nAt Elevate, the greatest asset of our organization is the kind of people we attract. Elevate employees co-create our energetic and collaborative environment, where constant learning and service to others take priority. We empower individuals to challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of innovation and we seek dynamic, hardworking team members who are inspired to work with people of diverse backgrounds and perspectives. Every day we make a difference by placing our team, clients, and community partners first. From our mission to our focus on staff wellbeing and career development opportunities, there’s no better place to grow your career than Elevate.\n\nCompensation\nThe total compensation for this position includes health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, etc.), defined contribution benefit (401k with contribution), professional development, generous paid time off policies, and a flexible schedule. This is exempt individual contributor position with a salary range of $65,000 - $75,000, based on experience.\nAnti-Discrimination Policy\nElevate is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or job applicant based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or marital status. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, termination, promotion, transfer, layoff, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.\nADA Accommodation\nElevate will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability so that they can perform the essential functions of a job unless doing so causes a direct threat to these individuals or others in the workplace, and the threat cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation, or if the accommodation creates an undue hardship to Elevate. 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This position is responsible for research, proposal coordination, grants administration, CRM management, pre-award compliance support, and cross-functional communication to ensure timely and successful public-sector fundraising efforts. This role directly supports government revenue growth and organizational partnerships.\n\nThe Senior Associate, Development reports to the Director, Government Partnerships. This position is currently based in Chicago and is remote, but there may be instances in which onsite visits and travel are required.\n\nResponsibilities\nProvide proposal management by coordinating proposal timelines, gathering required attachments and organizational documents, assisting with drafting proposal narratives, supporting budget preparation, and conducting compliance reviews prior to submission.\nCoordinate communication among Development, Finance, Programs, Strategy (National Strategic Engagement Team), Legal, Policy, Operations, and leadership teams to support the research, development, and submission of comprehensive and compelling proposals and reports.\nSupport the development and maintenance of a diverse pipeline of funders by researching, identifying, and qualifying prospective federal, state, county, municipal, and utility funding opportunities.\nSupport pre-award compliance activities by assisting with risk analyses and proposal readiness assessments, identifying compliance, financial, operational, and contractual risks, and coordinating with internal stakeholders to ensure funding applications meet eligibility, regulatory, and organizational requirements.\nMaintain Salesforce, SharePoint, project files, and prospecting platforms to ensure accurate and up-to-date funding opportunity and stakeholder information.\nWork with the development team to monitor and analyze key performance indicators, including pipeline growth, funding success rates, opportunity conversion rates, proposal win/loss trends, and agency-specific funding patterns, and develop reports, dashboards, and presentations to inform leadership and board-level decision-making.\nAssist in partnership development by tracking coalition memberships and industry associations, coordinating outreach campaigns, and supporting public-sector visibility efforts.\nConduct funding landscape, policy, and competitive research to identify emerging public sector funding opportunities and support organizational fundraising strategies.\nPerform other duties as assigned.\nQualifications and Skills\nBachelor’s or graduate degree in public administration, public policy, business administration, non-profit management, finance, accounting, political science, communications, or relevant lived experience.\nAt least four (4) years demonstrated experience developing and writing competitive proposals and grant applications.\nExperience collaborating with or working within public sector or government agencies.\nKnowledge of government grant and contract procurement processes and requirements.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills, including persuasive writing and proposal development.\nExperience preparing, analyzing, and managing project budgets.\nStrong project management skills, including managing multiple projects and maintaining a project pipeline.\nKnowledge of compliance requirements, evaluation and monitoring plans, and the application of relevant regulations and policies.\nUnderstanding of departmental initiatives and programs aligned with Elevate’s primary focus areas.\nBroad knowledge of energy efficiency, sustainability, and related public-sector programs.\nStrategic planning experience, with the ability to support organizational and programmatic goals.\nStrong research, analytical, and problem-solving skills.\nAbility to work effectively under pressure and manage competing priorities while meeting tight deadlines.\nExperience working in municipal, county, state, or federal government environments.\nExperience managing, administering, or overseeing municipal, county, state, or federal grant programs.\nOrganization Description\nWe design and implement programs that reduce costs, protect people and the environment, and ensure the benefits of clean and efficient energy use reach those who need them most.\n\nAt Elevate, the greatest asset of our organization is the kind of people we attract. Elevate employees co-create our energetic and collaborative environment, where constant learning and service to others take priority. We empower individuals to challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of innovation and we seek dynamic, hardworking team members who are inspired to work with people of diverse backgrounds and perspectives. Every day we make a difference by placing our team, clients, and community partners first. From our mission to our focus on staff wellbeing and career development opportunities, there’s no better place to grow your career than Elevate.\n\nCompensation\nThe total compensation for this position includes health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, etc.), defined contribution benefit (401k with contribution), professional development, generous paid time off policies, and a flexible schedule. This is exempt individual contributor position with a salary range of $65,000 - $75,000, based on experience.\nAnti-Discrimination Policy\nElevate is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or job applicant based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or marital status. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, termination, promotion, transfer, layoff, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.\nADA Accommodation\nElevate will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability so that they can perform the essential functions of a job unless doing so causes a direct threat to these individuals or others in the workplace, and the threat cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation, or if the accommodation creates an undue hardship to Elevate. 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