[Hiring] Senior Grants Associate @Clover Search Works

Role Description

Heartland Fund is seeking a Senior Grants Associate. For a thoughtful, mission-driven professional, this position is an exciting opportunity to support new systems and processes in a rapidly growing multi-entity grantmaking organization and ever-changing compliance environment.

Heartland Fund’s Senior Grants Associate supports the organization’s day-to-day grants management processes, with a focus on:

• Facilitating the full grants lifecycle
• Maintaining accurate records and documentation
• Supporting grants management system use
• Helping ensure compliance across grantmaking activities

This role helps ensure grantmaking processes run smoothly, staff and grantees receive timely and effective support, and the grants management process reflects our organizational values. The successful candidate will be detail-oriented, collaborative, and able to manage multiple responsibilities while supporting both day-to-day execution and ongoing process improvement.

You will have an opportunity to help us enable equitable investment in rural communities, democracy, and climate solutions. This is a unique and dynamic position with opportunities for growth and impact as the Heartland Fund prepares to launch as an independent entity in 2027.

This is a remote position with a starting salary range of $75,650 - $89,000. The position includes a generous benefits package.

Qualifications

• Minimum of four years of experience in the social sector, nonprofit, and/or mission-driven organization
• Knowledge of or experience with grants management, including grants management systems (Fluxx Preferred) and processes
• Advanced proficiency with technology platforms including Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Calendar, Drive) and video conferencing platforms (Zoom, etc.)
• Understanding of or ability to quickly learn the financial and regulatory environment for nonprofit and philanthropic entities
• Commitment to racial justice and equity
• Exceptional project management skills, and experience developing and completing complex projects
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and analytical thinking
• Highly collaborative with a partnership mindset
• Entrepreneurial and resourceful, a proactive and creative problem-solver

Requirements

• Experience working in a philanthropic, fiscal sponsor, nonprofit intermediary, funder collaborative and/or other type of grantmaking organization
• Experience in a 501c3 and 501c4 multi-entity organization or campaigns, including knowledge of lobbying and/or political activity compliance requirements applicable to charitable, advocacy, and/or social welfare organizations
• Experience providing training and user support for grants management systems (Fluxx Preferred)
• Demonstrated experience working effectively with colleagues of diverse backgrounds and perspectives:
• Appreciation of the diverse cultural tradition of rural peoples.
• Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Comfort working with a range of individuals in nonprofit organizations, government, foundations, and private sectors.
• Working proficiency of a second language that is spoken in rural America
• Experience living and/or working in rural America is strongly preferred

Benefits

• 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for employees (and their families)
• 401k retirement plan with a 3% automatic contribution and up to a 3% employer match on 401k contributions
• Pre-tax transportation benefits
• 120 hours of vacation time annually
• 80 hours of health leave annually
• Up to 2 days of casual leave annually
• 20 hours of volunteer leave annually
• 13 paid holidays throughout the calendar year
• 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave after 90 days of employment

Travel Requirements

This position requires occasional travel within the United States.

How to Apply

Applications will be reviewed and considered on a rolling basis. A limited number of screening calls and interview spots will be filled starting in October 2026, with a desired start date by December 2026. Early applications are strongly encouraged.