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SENIOR GRANT WRITER
National Marrow Donor Program / Marrow Foundation
Posted July 28, 2008

Your career can make a life-saving difference.

The National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) is a leader in the fast-growing field of cellular transplantation. Every day, more than 6,000 children and adults are searching for a second chance at life due to a devastating illness such as leukemia, lymphoma or other threatening disease. These patients seek the resources of the NMDP with the hope of receiving a life-saving marrow or cord blood transplant. Our staff helps deliver cutting-edge science, service and support to those patients and their families.

Our fundraising partner, The Marrow Foundation, located in Minneapolis, has an exciting opportunity for an experienced grant writer. This position has been created so that a dedicated professional can identify public and private funding resources to broaden and enhance existing programs and services offered by the organization. This position serves as a principal writer, performs community needs assessments to submit with grant applications, and monitors all grant submissions from start to close-out.

Requirements:

Strong interpersonal and organization skills to establish long-term relationships with funders as well as create the internal systems/processes necessary seek out and respond to grants with meaningful impact
BA/BS degree that required a heavy writing concentration
Three years of formal experience in writing and editing proposals
Three years of experience in grant management

To apply:
Send resume, a cover letter indicating desired salary and position applying for to hr@nmdp.org; or mail to:

National Marrow Donor Program
Human Resources
3001 Broadway St. NE, Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55413

No calls or agencies
EEO/AA employer

Learn more about our organization at www.marrow.org.

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