American Heart Association is hiring: Proposal Writer in Dallas

Content Summary: Proposal Writer at Dallas, for American Heart Association

Overview

Since our founding in 1924, we've cut cardiovascular disease deaths in half, but there is still so much more to do. To overcome today’s biggest health challenges and accelerate this progress, we need passionate individuals like you. Join our movement, be part of the progress, and help ensure a healthier future for all. You matter, and so does the impact you can make with us.

The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a Proposal Writer in our Mission Advancement department!

This position can be home-based or located at our National Center in Dallas, TX (Relocation is not available).

The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as additional training and support, locally.

Responsibilities

1. This role is responsible for developing, writing, editing, and maintaining a broad range of assigned proposal templates, proposals, and personalized communications for solicitation and stewardship of major gift donors for prioritized funding opportunities.
2. The position requires writing persuasive proposal narratives and templates, understanding the content in depth, and preparing or guiding budget development that will align with both funder and Association requirements.
3. As a subject matter authority for each opportunity, the Proposal Writer monitors the internal and external environment, provides regular updates and edits materials to ensure relevance, and promptly responds to inquiries from various stakeholders to support revenue development for the Association.
4. Continually gains mastery of American Heart Association mission programs, initiatives, projects, and departments, to leverage that knowledge for the best possible output and results.
5. Independently creates, writes, and/or edits assigned major and principal gift template proposals and narratives in long and short form, focused on compelling content to inform and inspire support for the funding needs of the Association.
6. Conducts research and collaborates with subject matter authority staff to compose appropriate and effective copy for donor proposal and stewardship materials and templates.
7. Aligns with and serves as a champion for processes and protocols for proposal development flow and execution so that concepts are vetted and thoughtfully bundled together to ensure maximum organizational impact while aligning appropriately with donor capacity.
8. Serves as a day-to-day point of contact for questions about funding opportunity proposals, providing responses to questions and thoroughly answering with a sense of urgency.
9. Compiles, writes and/or regularly updates boilerplate content and frequently used attachments to be used in a variety of proposals.
10. Proactively maintains project updates in project management software (Asana), ensuring a strong pace and communication with supervisor, teammates, and collaborators.
11. Executes special projects as part of the Mission Advancement operations team. Adapts easily to shifting priorities and unexpected deadlines.

Qualifications

1. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
2. Five (5) – Eight (8) years of experience.
3. Experience in grant or proposal writing for charitable purposes, including serving as lead writer and handling the proposal development life cycle.
4. Strong verbal and excellent business writing communications skills, including strong interpersonal communication.
5. Budget development experience in grant or proposal submissions for charitable projects/purposes.
6. Superior attention to detail; outstanding organization and prioritization skills.
7. Working mastery of MS Office Suite applications (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Co-Pilot, and Outlook).
8. Flexibility in adapting to deadlines, changing schedules, priorities and unpredictable events.
9. Customer service attitude, self-driven to ensure top quality and a sense of urgency to drive projects to completion. Highly collaborative and a strong partner in projects.

Preferred Experience:

1. Experience direct fundraising with both individuals and foundations.
2. Program development /management experience, including logic model development and/or program evaluation experience.
3. An eye for graphic design.
4. Experience in non-profit communications, marketing, journalism or related non-profit field.
5. Understanding or experience in the current philanthropic landscape.

Compensation & Benefits

The American Heart Association invests in its people. Here are the main components of our total rewards package. Visit Rewards & Benefits to see more details.

1. Compensation – Our goal is to ensure you have a competitive base salary.
2. Performance and Recognition – You are rewarded for achieving success by merit increases and incentive programs.
3. Benefits – We offer a wide array of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
4. Professional Development – You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program.
5. Work-Life Harmonization – The Association offers Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees.
6. Tuition Assistance - We support the career development of all employees.

The American Heart Association’s 2028 Goal: Building on over 100 years of trusted leadership in cardiovascular and brain health, by 2028 the AHA will drive breakthroughs and implement proven solutions in science, policy, and care for healthier people and communities.

At American Heart Association | American Stroke Association, our mission is to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives.

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Posted Date _2 days ago_ _(1/2/2025 5:34 PM)_

_Requisition ID_ _2024-15010_

_Job Category_ _Individual & Institutional Giving_

_Position Type_ _Full Time_

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