DRUM and Damayan Migrant Workers Association are hiring a Shared Grantwriter.
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
Shared Grantwriter
Damayan Migrant Workers Association (Damayan) and DRUM- Desis Rising Up
and Moving, two membership based, non-profit organizations organizing for social and
economic justice in New York City, are pleased to announce an opening for a shared
Grantwriter position.
Position Title: Grantwriter
Hours: 35 hours per week
Term: May-November 2012
The shared grantwriter is a temporary position until the end of November 2012, with a
strong possibility of being a permanent and full-time position at DRUM. The joint
position is currently funded from April-November 2012 through a grant from the United
Way of New York City. The person will work approximately 15 hours per week at
Damayan as a Grantwriter and fundraising consultant; and 20 hours per week at DRUM
as a Grantwriter and Communications Coordinator.
Salary: Competitive, commensurate with experience
Benefits: Negotiable, upon successful completion of one
month probationary period
Date of Posting: April 11, 2012
Location: New York Cit
Responsible to: Executive Director of DRUM and Overall Coordinator of Damayan
Last Day to Apply: May 15, 2012
Start Date: May 2012
Damayan is a 501 c 3 grassroots organization in New York and New Jersey that
educates, organizes and mobilizes Filipino domestic workers to help them promote and
assert their rights, and to address and create awareness on Filipino forced migration. We
have three core programs: Wage Recovery, LUNAS (Heal) Holisic Health and Gender
Rights where we help workers access services, education and Know Your Rights
trainings. Alongside our core programs, Damayan implements a solid organizing model
where we build a wide Filipino domestic workers membership base and develop a
democratic structure of decision making and workers leadership. Last year, we launched
our strategic campaign against the labor trafficking and modern slavery of domestic and
other low-wage workers. Our campaign is focused on advocating for trafficked Filipino
domestic workers for the short term, with a long-term goal of building a bigger labor
trafficking campaign that will unite and mobilize all trafficked low wage workers in the
US. Damayan is also a part of and actively helps in developing the domestic workers
rights movement in New York and at the national level.
DRUM- Desis Rising Up & Moving is a multi-generational, membership based
organization of over 1,200 low-wage South Asian immigrant workers, youth, and
families organizing for social and economic justice in New York City. DRUM organizes
low-income, largely Muslim, undocumented South Asian immigrant families and youth
through base-building and membership services, leadership development, campaigns for
policy change, and movement building. DRUM’s four programs are: (1) the Racial &
Immigrant Justice Program, (2) YouthPower!, (3) the South Asian Workers Center and
(4) the Global Justice Program. DRUM’s internal structure ensures low-income people
impacted by the issues lead campaigns and run the organization.
Damayan and DRUM seeks a shared grantwriter who can also be a fundraising consultant
to create and implement a particular fundraising plan for each organization with the
following benchmarks and outcomes in a seven or eight month period:
Responsibilities for each organization over an 8 month period:
• Research a minimum of 13-15 prospective foundations and funders each month
• Write a minimum of 72 LOI’s (Letters of Intent) and 24 full grant proposals with
a 33 % success rate at the minimum (4 successful grant applications for every 4
months at the minimum)
• Assist staff in maintaining a Google Grants Calendar and do a bi-monthly sit
down meeting with concerned staff to monitor and ensure timeliness of
applications, reports in relation to prospective and past grants.
• Conduct two fundraising trainings focusing on the values and ways by which the
staff, board and members could deepen their appreciation and resolve to build and
sustain relationships with past, current and prospective funders
• Provide coaching in the formation of fundraising advisory board for Damayan and
in the implementation of one major fundraising event for each of the organization
• Conduct a mid point and a project end evaluation, reflection and planning for year
2013 fundraising.
Qualifications:
• Minimum 1 year prior successful grant-writing experience in a similar non-profit
setting
• Demonstrated ability to produce successful fundraising outcomes and meet fastpaced
timelines
• Self-directed, able to juggle multiple tasks and roles at a small yet dynamic and
growing non-profit organization
• Commitment and passion to social justice issues
• Demonstrated knowledge on immigrant and worker rights issues
• Excellent interpersonal skills and able to work individually and as part of a team
- •Excellent and demonstrated oral and written communications skills
How to Apply:
We encourage applications from women and people of color.
Applications will be accepted until May 15, 2012, but interviews will be scheduled on a rolling basis.
To apply, please send a cover letter, resume, three references, and a writing sample of a
successful grant application for a non-profit organization to contact@damayanmigrants.org and to monami@drumnyc.org with the subject line “Grantwriter.”
Only qualified candidates will be contacted. No calls, please.
To learn more about Damawan and DRUM, visit www.damayanmigrants.org and www.drumnyc.org.
Damayan and DRUM are both equal opportunity employers.