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Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities

Greater Rochester Community Health Foundation (GRCHF)

• Provides day-to-day leadership and coordination of work under NHCF’s service agreements with GRCHF in the areas of finance and investment, community expertise and engagement, grantmaking and governance and administration. 
• Guides the GRCHF board on the development and implementation of GRCHF’s community engagement and listening strategies and activities with a focus on the principles of trust, listening and learning, and power-sharing with those affected by the challenges we seek to address and the nonprofits that serve them.
• Provides direction to the development of GRCHF’s grantmaking program, including establishing program priorities, general program parameters, and a plan for evaluation and learning, with a focus on the principles of participatory grantmaking.
• Oversees and implements GRCHF grantmaking program including managing grantmaking budget, reviewing and assessing applications, engaging applicants in grant development, making grants, and overseeing grants and reporting; or managing and supporting these grantmaking activities by community members.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with community leaders and residents in the Greater Rochester Area with a focus on engaging and elevating voices of Strafford County residents. 
• Provides training and guidance on grantmaking process and practice to GRCHF grant reviewers.
• Facilitates and coordinates the administration of GRCHF grantmaking and other community investment activities including application development, access to SmartSimple, grant review process.  
• Supports and coordinates GRCHF board of directors and the GRCHF Community Advisory Committee, working with Chairs on annual planning for the Board and Committee, ongoing meeting content, agenda development and serving as lead staff at meetings and in-between meeting communications, and related activities.

Community Impact Grantmaking and Activities: For assigned issues and geographic regions:

• Reviews concept papers and/or applications; recommends funding for grants up to $25,000 and reviews and makes recommendations for larger or more complex grants for approval by the VP of Community Impact, Board of Directors, or according to approval protocol.
• Proactively engages nonprofits and other community partners to develop and advance new strategies and grant or community programs with a focus on engaging residents and nonprofits in decision making, guided by the strategic plan.  Implements and manages established grants and grant programs, including engaging consultants and partners and overseeing contracts.
• Serves as lead staff for the Racial Justice Fund and related grantmaking. Brings experience with community engagement and knowledge and understanding of advancing racial justice to support the community team working to develop the fund, and subsequent grant or other investment activities that develop from those recommendations. Oversee and liaise with consultants that may be engaged to provide technical assistance. 
• Provides advice and direction to prospective grantees on developing grant proposals or preparing for submitting an application to a grant program. 
• Manages grant or other community committees, contributing community and grantmaking knowledge where appropriate.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with nonprofits, grantees or community members with a focus on the principles of trust, listening and learning, and power-sharing.
• Performs Community Impact duties on assigned team(s).
• Allocates and manages assigned grantmaking budgets, including large scale and complex budgets for multiple programs.
• Provides grantmaking advice for donors on annual grantmaking at any scale and complexity, including community needs and systems contributing to those needs and the nonprofit landscape.  Partners with Development and Philanthropy Services staff to increase donor engagement and giving.

Other

• Performs other duties as assigned