Brooklyn Public Library seeks a creative and meticulous Manager of Government Relations and Grants with excellent communication skills. This new position will support crucial government relations efforts, as well as track and organize the public sector discretionary grant program. The successful candidate will have strong relationship building, writing, and communication skills, and experience with both city and state-level budget processes.
The Government and Community Relations Department is responsible for; ensuring adequate operational and capital funding for Brooklyn Public Library from government sources, managing relationships with elected officials, community leaders, community groups and library advocates, and ensuring that our supporters and partners in government understand the critical role BPL plays in the lives of Brooklynites of all ages.
Reporting to the Vice President of Government Relations, this position supports the department’s government relations priorities. Work functions include: budget advocacy support (preparation for public hearings and legislative visits) and coordination of discretionary government funding process (working in close coordination with internal departments and branch staff, from pre-award applications to post-award tracking and reporting, at all levels of government). The position requires a significant amount of writing, including drafting government and community-related materials, letters to elected officials, newsletters, emails, policy memos, and library testimony for public hearings.