Director of Grants Development & Administration

Position Summary
New Hampshire Legal Assistance (NHLA) seeks a Director of Grants Development & Administration. The Director may choose to work in NHLA’s Concord, Manchester, Claremont, or Berlin office, with the opportunity for routine remote work.

The Director will work closely with NHLA’s Executive Director, finance team, and program area leaders to
cultivate public and private grant support for NHLA’s mission and to oversee grant administration.

NHLA has a remote work policy, and as noted above, will consider a mix of remote and on-site work for this position. The Director will be provided with the necessary equipment to work remotely. Some travel throughout New Hampshire is a requirement of the position. Occasional travel out of state, for example to national conferences, is anticipated. Travel reimbursement including mileage is provided.

Duties:
- Working with the Executive Director and program area leaders, gain understanding of
NHLA’s mission, vision, strategic plan, and program areas (such as housing, public benefits,
and domestic violence)
- Conduct prospecting of government agencies, private foundations, and other potential funders
to identify new grant opportunities that would further NHLA’s mission and organizational
needs, including attendance at funder events in person and online
- Build and maintain relationships with current and potential funders
- Draft and submit grant applications, including collaboration with finance staff and program
area leaders
- Onboard new grants, including collaboration with finance staff and program area leaders
- Monitor grant-funded projects to ensure that all deliverables are met
- Draft and submit grant reports, including collaboration with finance staff and program area
leaders
- Use LegalServer, NHLA’s cloud-based case management system, to facilitate data collection
for grant applications and reports
- Maintain a grant application and reporting calendar and communicate deadlines to finance
staff and program area leaders.

Position Salary/Benefits:
This is a full-time position. Full-time is defined as 37.5 hours per week. This position is considered exempt for
the purpose of federal wage/hour law.

The anticipated salary for the position is $75,000. The position is eligible for the NHLA employee benefits
package including medical/dental insurance, retirement plan, and generous paid time off.

NHLA’S HIRING PROCESS:

NHLA will appoint a Hiring Committee including 2-4 NHLA staff members and the NHLA Human Resources
Manager. NHLA occasionally asks people who are not NHLA staff members to serve on a Hiring Committee.

All applications received by the application due date noted in the position announcement will be considered. If
you have not heard from NHLA to schedule an interview within 10 days of the application due date, your
application is no longer being considered. We do not notify candidates who were not selected for interviews due
to the volume of applications we typically receive.

The Hiring Committee will conduct first interviews with several candidates. First interviews are 45 minutes in
duration and typically scheduled between 9 AM and 5 PM on weekdays. We can accommodate other
scheduling preferences if necessary. Candidates selected for first interviews will receive a list of the interview
questions at least 24 hours in advance. No other questions will be asked at the interview, but it is possible that
not all questions will be asked if we run out of time. We will leave at least 10 minutes for candidate questions at
the conclusion of the interview. For candidates who speak a language other than English, a portion of the
interview may be conducted in that language, with interpretation provided for other participants as needed.

The Hiring Committee will recommend no more than 2 finalist candidates to the Executive Director for second
interviews. Second interviews are 30 minutes or shorter in duration and typically scheduled between 9 AM and
5 PM on weekdays. We can accommodate other scheduling preferences if necessary. The Executive Director
may conduct the second interview alone or with 1 other NHLA staff member, who may be a member of the
Hiring Committee. Questions are not provided in advance for second interviews. We will leave at least 10
minutes for candidate questions.

After the second interview, we will ask a single candidate to provide 3 references and a brief writing sample of
no more than 10 pages. We will contact the 3 references as quickly as possible, asking all references the same
questions. Candidates with disabilities who wish to request reasonable accommodations should they be offered
the position are invited to request them, in writing, at this stage of the process.

Based on information gathered in the entire hiring process, we will make an offer to a single candidate with
salary and benefits information. The offer is contingent on completion of a criminal record background check.
Not all criminal records are disqualifying.

Once a candidate has accepted the position, we will notify all candidates who had a first interview (or a first and
second interview) that they have not been selected.

Please note that NHLA does not expect to receive thank you notes from candidates selected for first or second
interviews and does not place any weight in the hiring process on receiving (or not receiving) thank you notes