Glasgow Actions Team
Grant Writer
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Job Description: Grant Writer for Glasgow Actions Team
The Glasgow Actions Team is looking for a grant writer to support our programmatic work around climate, debt, tax, and the rise of authoritarianism. We’re in the midst of a crunch to draft and finalise funding applications for a handful of exciting campaigns: work with us and join a small team of stellar organisers.
We are looking for a remote freelancer & grant writer with working compatibility with CET and EST timezones. The position is on an hourly basis, with 5-10 hours a week for approximately a month depending on organisational match. Start date is as soon as possible, and we will examine applications on a rolling basis. Apply here: https://forms.gle/5sCRQkrEkvdqwdwR9.
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- Working with GAT leadership to draft and finalise excellent focused and mission-aligned funding proposals
- Working with GAT staff to create supporting documents, including budgets
- Keeping a strong work flow in place, managing timelines and deadlines to ensure timely submission
- Tailoring compelling proposals to funder expectations, focusing on themes around climate, finance, tax, debt, development, AI
- Supporting in identifying potential funders and new sources of funding
- Maintaining a funding pipeline and grant calendar, tracking prospects, stages and deadlines
Profile
We'd like someone with the following profile:
- Demonstrated & extensive experience in grant writing, preferably but not limited to a US context
- Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to deliver complex ideas into attention-grabbing and snappy deliverables
- Understanding of NGO campaigning landscape, preferably around earned media/social media based advocacy
- Self-directed and comfortable working independently on a flexible, remote, part-time basis
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Interested? Or not sure if you’re a match? Contact Alix at alix@glasgowactions.com and let us know how you’d like to get involved!
About the Glasgow Actions Team
The climate emergency, debt crisis, and crushing spike in the cost of living we’re all facing have not come out of nowhere. Those responsible have names, titles, and social handles. The Glasgow Actions Team is focused on holding them to account and securing a liveable climate where the rest of us can live in dignity.
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