Why Join JVS?
JVS is a nonprofit working to close opportunity gaps in employment by supporting jobseekers with the skills and confidence to secure quality careers with family-sustaining wages. Grounded in core values of repairing the world and focused on helping our program participants achieve economic mobility, we believe everyone deserves access to training and the chance for a good job. JVS develops training programs in close partnership with employers in high growth sectors, offering high quality jobs.
Building on decades of experience and success, JVS is a data-driven organization that takes a whole systems approach to addressing employment and economic equity. Through our direct service programs, employer engagement and policy change, JVS is working toward a future where everyone has access to quality education and training programs that lead to high quality employment and economic mobility.
The Role
The Grants Coordinator plays a key role in the success of JVS’s institutional giving portfolio by ensuring proposals, reports, deadlines, and materials move smoothly from planning to submission. This role supports the grants team by managing grant portals, preparing attachments, maintaining accurate records across systems, and helping ensure all submissions are complete, timely, and well-organized.
This is an ideal role for someone who is detail-oriented, curious, and eager to grow in the nonprofit sector, who enjoys using organization, project management, and collaboration to support economic mobility for hundreds of Californians. This role will report to the Director of Grants Strategy for an initial period before transitioning to report directly to the Grants Manager.
Scope
Grant Operations and Submission Management
Manage grant portal activity, ensuring applications, reports, budgets, and attachments are uploaded accurately and submitted on time;
Create, maintain, and update proposal checklists, submission calendars, and funder files;
Support quality assurance by reviewing proposals for completeness, formatting, consistency, and compliance with funder guidelines;
Draft select administrative-facing components of grant applications and reports, including organizational descriptions, program overviews, and boilerplate language;
Maintain and update JVS’s grants content library, including templates, attachments, and standard language.
Data, CRM, and AI
Assist the grants team as we research, develop, and refine AI tools that improve efficiency, accuracy, and workflow.
Cross-Functional Coordination & Team Operations
Partner with Program, Marketing, Finance, and other teams to ensure grant materials reflect current programming, outcomes, and accurate budgets;
Support team effectiveness through participation in meetings, funder preparation sessions, post-submission debriefs, and preparation of briefing materials;
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
What We Offer
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, JVS is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information or characteristics, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. We welcome diverse applicants. Please let us know if you need accommodations or auxiliary aids for the interview process.
