POSITION TITLE: Senior Grants Manager

SUPERVISOR: Director of Strategic Partnerships & Development

DATE EFFECTIVE:We will review applications on a rolling basis, but priority consideration will be given to those who submit applications by February 20, 2026.

LOCATION: Position will primarily be remote in Texas

TRAVEL: (Moderate)

JOB CLASSIFICATION: Full-Time,

SALARY TIER LEVEL: $80,000-$100,000 (salary based on experience level).

BARGAINING UNION ELIGIBILITY: Management/ Not Union Eligible

ABOUT THE TEXAS CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT

The Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) is a community lawyering organization boldly serving the movement for equality and justice in and out of the courts, seeking to advance a vision of a Texas where all communities can thrive with dignity and justice, without fear. For more than thirty-five years, the Texas Civil Rights Project has been a committed partner to community organizers, families, and advocacy groups statewide. Whether through litigation or legal advocacy, the attorneys and advocates at TCRP work to dismantle mass incarceration, fight discrimination in voting and civic participation, and right injustices occurring at the Texas border, all under a race equity lens. TCRPs lawyers work with coalitions of community-based organizations to identify injustices facing Texas communities and develop systemic solutions using litigation and other legal advocacy tools. For additional highlights about TCRPs work and to learn more about TCRP, visitwww.txcivilrights.org.

TCRP comprises three regional offices across Texas, with over 50 employees and an annual budget exceeding $7 million. TCRP operates under a hybrid work policy, allowing full remote work from anywhere in Texas and requiring travel and in-person attendance for specified work activities. The in-person activities are typically based out of any of TCRPs locations: Alamo (in the Rio Grande Valley), Austin, Houston, and. Exceptions to required in-person activities can be made on a case-by-case basis.

About the Position

The Senior Grants Manager secures grant funds supporting general operations, restricted projects, collaborative fundraising efforts, multiple entities, and other agency initiatives. This role also helps set the direction for TCRPs grants work, including which funding opportunities to pursue and how the organization builds and maintains relationships with funders.

Specifically, the Senior Grants Manager creates grant applications and reports by coordinating multiple departments within TCRP, including Development, Finance, and program teams. The Senior Grants Manager also oversees the Grants Manager, their grant portfolio, and grants prospecting efforts. The Senior Grants Manager is a key member of TCRPs Development team and reports directly to TCRPs Director of Strategic Partnerships & Development.

Grant Writing and Management

• Manage the submission of all grant deliverables including proposals, reports, and other written materials, their corresponding due dates, expected notification dates, and submission portals or processes for the organizations entities and collaborative fundraising efforts
• Own a grant portfolio of institutional funders contributing $100,000 or more in annual grants and manage the Grants Manager portfolio of institutional funders contributing up to $100,000 in annual grants
• Develop and write or supervise the development and writing of grant deliverables to all funders and prospects to support the organizations entities and collaborative fundraising efforts
• Collaborate regularly with the Finance team for grants budgets, reports, and related financial documents requested by institutional funders
• Create annual grant submission plans that are integrated into the overall Development annual plan and fundraising goals to address the organizations revenue needs
• Manage grants prospecting, supporting the Grants Manager in identifying and qualifying grant prospects to meet institutional funding acquisition goals
• Assist in other collaborative fundraising activities as assigned, including funder briefings
• Manage and support the Grants Manager in maintaining a substantive grants resource guide of boilerplate program information for use in fundraising materials and talking points for Development staff
• Author and manage the graphic design of annual reports of organizational impact
• Assist with general writing support and other related duties as assigned

Grants Operations

• Manage the organizational grants budget for all entities, including committed and expected funding, as well as general operations and restricted funding
• Manage all collaborative fundraising budgets, in partnership with the Finance team, wherein the organization is the administrative lead
• Collaborate and support the Finance team in regranting as part of collaborative fundraising efforts internally and with coalition partners
• Provide regular fundraising updates to all collaborative fundraising governing bodies to maintain transparency
• Meet with the Director of Strategic Partnerships & Development regularly to inform them of the Grants teams progress, strategize, and align on next steps
• Manage the ongoing maintenance and regularly update the grants module in TCRPs database, currently EveryAction, with all grant-related materials, including meeting memos, deliverables, agreements, communication, funding restrictions, and plans
• Maintain current contact records in EveryAction
• Develop and maintain all Grants standard operating procedures regularly in partnership with the Grants Manager

Leadership

• Supervise and constructively manage the Grants Manager, their grants portfolio, and grants prospecting efforts
• Meet with the Grants Manager regularly to stay informed of their progress, strategize, and align on next steps
• Responsible for all supervisory activities, such as goal setting, guiding professional de…