Employment Opportunities

Current Employment Opportunities

Founded in 1972, Literacy DuPage is a community-based non-profit organization, whose mission
is to provide one-on-one, customized English language tutoring to local area adult learners, who
have reached out for help in improving their English language comprehension, speaking, reading,
and writing skills. Many learners are immigrants.

Remarkably, it is estimated that there are more than 100,000 adults in DuPage County alone with
insufficient English language abilities. Literacy DuPage paves the way for adult residents to increase
their fluency and to communicate successfully, leading to safer, more productive, and richer lives.
Literacy DuPage recruits and trains volunteers to tutor adult learners throughout DuPage County. Each
year, 400 volunteers serve over 500 adult learners, and the program is expanding with the goal of
doubling these figures within twelve months.

Grant Writer

The Grant Writer opportunity is a part-time position, reporting to and taking direction from the Executive Director to support and advance Literacy DuPage’s mission. Candidates must reside in the Chicagoland area.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage relationships with current grantors
• Research, identify, and expand additional funders both locally and nationally
• Develop grant budgets and forecasts
• Write and submit effective grant proposals/applications to support existing and emerging program initiatives and general operating needs
• Track grant submission and reporting dates, plus deliverables and closing activities; maintain the grants calendar; monitor progress and ensure that all deadlines are met on time or ahead of
  schedule
• Work collaboratively with the program team to gather data for grants and with finance to meet reporting requirements in grant agreements
• Develop realistic action plans
• Handle multiple assignments
• Meet grant income goals
• Maintain a thorough understanding of the organization’s services, goals, mission, and strategic direction
• Other duties as assigned

Essential Skills and Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree
• Possess an interest in promoting adult literacy education
• At least 5 years of experience working in a non-profit or education setting
• Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated successful experience writing and securing grants for foundation, corporate, and/or government funding
• Proactive self-starter with the ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Ability to meet grant submission and reporting deadlines
• Strong, persuasive verbal and written communication skills and proofreading ability
• Excellent organizational, prioritization, deadline-driven, project management, accountability, and time management skills
• Computer skills required: Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Good understanding of public funding sources (e.g. municipal, county, and state) and the
  private philanthropic community
• Familiarity with key financial concepts and ability to read financial documents
• DuPage County resident preferred

This Grant Writer position is a part-time opportunity at 25-30 hours per week with the potential to develop into a full-time position. The hourly rate is $25.

Location
College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL
TEMPORARILY due to COVID-19, staff is working remotely and hopes to return to the office in late summer.

To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates are invited to send a cover letter and resume to Executive Director Bobbi Burgstone at [email protected]. A writing sample would be beneficial.