Development Officer

OVERVIEW

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Research regional and international funding opportunities from various sources, including government, intergovernmental organizations, foundations, and corporations.
- Analyze funding opportunities to assess whether they meet USCRI’s priority goals and draft decision memos to recommend relevant opportunities.
- Manage the process of developing, writing, and submitting funding proposals in collaboration with key internal partners, including Finance and Program staff.
- Track progress of all grant solicitations for USCRI, including those considered or submitted from beginning to outcome.
- Monitor the implementation and results of grant funded projects in line with donor expectations.
- Cultivate strong relationships with government, intergovernmental organizations, foundation, and corporate partners and ensure timely and accurate reports to funders.
- Maintaining proposal records and communications in the grant and donor database.
- Generate periodic reports, including quarterly reports to the Board of Directors, annual work plans and monthly accomplishments.
- Create mechanisms and tools to improve the development strategy of USCRI in Latin America;
- Coordinate closely with Associate Director of Grants and Partnerships and VP of Strategic Development to define new projects that follow the strategy and vision of the organization;
- Research and remain informed about the situation and regional trends in the migration field, humanitarian funding, institutions, and NGOs.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university.
- Significant knowledge of the entire proposal process (for governments, intergovernmental agencies, and foundations). Must have demonstrated track record of managing and submitting successfully funded grant proposals and successfully identifying public and private funding sources.
- Minimum of 3-4 years of demonstrated experience in managing the proposal process within an NGO and developing foundation proposals, leading the project and budget design, and drafting needs assessments and program outcomes.
- Highly effective communication skills, emotional intelligence, and situational awareness.
- Excellent writing, editing and computer skills required, including knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and Adobe Acrobat.
- Experience working on donor solicitation, foundation cultivation, fundraising campaigns, reports, or other public communications preferred.
- Self-starter with ability to work well in a team, juggle multiple priorities, and meet tight deadlines.
- Demonstrated commitment to the mission of USCRI and interest in growing in a nonprofit development and fundraising department long-term.
- A high level of spoken and written Spanish and English is required.

TRAINING REQUIREMENTS
- Satisfactory completion of USCRI’s Orientation and Training; and
- Complete additional training as identified by supervisor or Human Resources.

**PHYSICAL DEMANDS**
- Use of manual dexterity, tactile, visual, and audio acuity;
- Occasional lifting (up to 25 pounds), bending, pulling, and carrying.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants is an equal opportunity employer.