Akana, a Native American-owned multi-discipline consulting firm with a diverse portfolio of clients and projects throughout the United States, is seeking to add a Staff Grant Writer. This professional will be a professional who works to secure funding for various Native American Tribal programs and projects.

Immediate availability.

The minimum required qualifications for this position are shown below:

• 2-5 years of experience with researching grants and completing grant applications, preferably for Native American tribes. Commensurate experience from a funding agency will be considered.
• Focused organizational skills, ability to prioritize multiple tasks, and ability to work with multiple deadlines.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced work environment.
• Comfortable with collaborative completions of grant applications from beginning through submittal.
• Clear and persuasive technical writing and editing skills.
• Open, diligent, responsive, and personable communication skills.
• Strong desire to develop career into more progressive responsibilities as a grant writer to fully complete own grant applications.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite of programs including Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• Adept and comfortable learning new computer software used in our industry.
• High School Diploma; college degree in a broad range of humanities, liberal arts, or general or technical sciences is strongly preferred.

General Responsibilities are:

• Research grant opportunities from government and non-government agencies.
• Develop review summaries of new grant opportunities.
• Write persuasive grant narrative sections.
• Help complete competitive grant proposals in a collaborative team environment based on the requirements of the funding organization.
• Learn to guide and secure approvals from clients on best grant funding options to meet their needs.
• Check for grant application accuracy and completeness against grant instructions.
• Maintain positive relationships with fund providers and clients.
• Strive to progressively develop your skills toward independent completion of grant applications.
• Other grant funding research and writing tasks, as may be assigned.

The salary for this position is competitive and based on location, education and experience. Akana offers full benefits including healthcare, 401k with match (after one year), short- and long-term disability insurance, and a generous PTO program! We are ideally situated just 20-minutes from downtown Portland and have free parking!

Akana is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all Federal, State and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination on any basis protected by law. Our EEO policy statement is available on our website at www.akana.us

This opportunity may be subject to the requirements of FAR Clauses 1452.226-70 and 1452.226-71 regarding preference in hiring of Native Americans. Native Americans are encouraged to apply.

Learn more about us @ www.akana.us