[Hiring] Temporary Foundation Development Officer II @GRID ALTERNATIVES

Role Description

GRID Alternatives is looking for a Part-Time Temporary Foundation Development Officer II - Southern California for a temporary, 3-month assignment (September-November 2026) to join our national Headquarters Philanthropy team and support our efforts to increase major, impact-driven funding partnerships from local Southern California area foundations and help manage a current portfolio of partners who have committed to GRID.

This is a great opportunity for a superb proposal writer, partnerships thought leader, and relationship manager looking for a leadership opportunity.

What you will be doing (essential responsibilities):

• Work directly with the Director of Regional Philanthropy and Regional Foundation Manager in efforts to raise funding from locally based philanthropic foundations.
• Support team with reporting on existing grants, submitting funding applications, and prospect research.

Qualifications

• Passionate advocate for renewable energy, affordable housing, workforce development, and/or environmental justice work.
• Demonstrated exceptional persuasive writing skills, including both grant writing, oral presentations, and email communication.
• Excellent organizational skills, follow-through, and attention to detail and deadlines.
• Excellent collaboration skills, including the ability to coordinate and communicate effectively and efficiently with a variety of internal team members.
• Solid computer productivity skills, including Microsoft Office and Google Apps.
• Ability to develop a prospecting strategy to secure new funders.
• 3-5 or more years of professional nonprofit fundraising or grantmaking experience.
• Comfortable working as part of a team in a hard-working, informal, high-growth organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Specific experience with renewable energy, affordable housing, and/or environment/environmental justice work.
• Existing relationships with local and national foundations that focus on climate change, environmental justice and/or economic opportunity, specifically in Southern California.
• Experience working with or in a large, networked organization.
• Experience using Salesforce or similar CRM.

Benefits

• The compensation range for this full-time position is $43.27 per hour for up to 20 hours per week.
• The base pay that will actually be offered will vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, location, experience and take into account internal equity.

Company Description

GRID Alternatives is a national leader in making clean, affordable solar power and solar jobs accessible to low-income communities and communities of color. GRID is an entrepreneurial, high-growth non-profit organization that provides direct solar installation and project development; clean mobility options; workforce training and service-learning opportunities; and low-income solar policy advocacy.

Our Vision: a rapid, equitable transition to a world powered by renewable energy that benefits everyone.

Our Mission: to build community-powered solutions to advance economic and environmental justice through renewable energy.

At GRID, we care about each other and know that each employee has a whole self that includes life outside of work. Our culture supports learning, growth and well-being of all of our team members.