Urban Roots MN

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Organization: Urban Roots is a Saint Paul organization whose mission is to cultivate and empower youth through nature, healthy food, and community. Urban Roots focuses its programs on the East Side of Saint Paul, MN and holds the vision of a world where all communities have unlimited access to nature and healthy food. We place the tools of personal and community development in the hands of young people and families. Over the past 56 years, Urban Roots has provided a range of community development services in Minneapolis, Saint Paul and southern Minnesota, including architecture, urban planning, economic development, and organizational development—with a common thread of empowerment, engagement, and innovation. Since 1996, we’ve operated our food and environmental programs on the East Side of Saint Paul, engaging thousands of under-served youth ages 14-24 in education, training, and work projects that provide service to the community, develop young leaders, and improve health and the environment. We offer three programs to engage and support youth in paid internships and educational opportunities—Market Garden, Cook Fresh, and Conservation. Position Summary: The Grants Manager, who reports directly to the Executive Director, performs grant writing functions for the organization, including prospecting, writing, and reporting. This position requires a passion for detail and organization, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with others. This is a full time position of 40 hours worked per week, 52 weeks per year. Compensation & Benefits: • $62,508 base salary/year DOQ. • This is a hybrid position where employees can work from home and from the office. • Paid holiday, vacation and sick time. • Health insurance and retirement savings plan, with employer contribution to both. • Employer-paid professional development opportunities. Responsibilities: • Conduct prospect research on private and public funding opportunities at the local, state, and national level. • Write and submit grant proposals and supporting documents for foundation, corporation, and government funding. • Build and maintain a database of prospective grantors and funding opportunities. • Maintain the Urban Roots grant calendar. • Relationship building - attend events, meetings and site visits with current and prospective grantors. • Conduct outreach with prospective grantors. • Ensure grant records are maintained consistently with Urban Roots’ document retention policy. • Track and manage prospective grant and reporting deadlines. • Work closely with the program team to support fundraising efforts and provide accurate information for grant proposals. • Assist project managers by reviewing post-award accountability documentation. • Complete and submit grant reporting materials by deadlines and/or work with program staff to ensure grant reports are submitted on time. • Draft content related to grant partners for general external communications such as newsletter articles, blog posts, and social media content. • Perform other duties as assigned. • Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree • 3 years of experience in grant writing • Proficiency in self-directed work on multiple projects • Excellent organizational and research skills • Ability to manage deadlines and set priorities between many different projects • Proficiency in working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders • Commitment to Urban Roots’ values, including: collaboration & inclusion, stewardship, experiential learning, continuous improvement, transparency, diversity, social justice & equity, and fun Application Process: Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter to Mara Novillo at mnovillo@urbanrootsmn.org. The deadline for applications is January 2, 2026. Urban Roots is an equal opportunity employer. We seek to build a staff reflective of our values of equity and inclusion with regard to race, culture, ethnicity, class religion, physical ability, age, gender identity and sexual orientation. Urban Roots is committed to fostering the leadership of BIPOC individuals (Black, Indigenous and People of Color), women, 2SLGBTQ+ people, immigrants, and others living in marginalized communities.