Contractor | Grant Writer

**Partner with us in making a positive change!** ================================================ Join a team where your work truly matters. We're proud to have been certified as a Great Place to Work for 8 years by our own employees. We invite you to partner with us in our mission to improve mental healthcare. **Job Title:** Grant Writer \| Contractor**Division/Program:** Long Beach, Corporate Office**Starting Compensation:** 85\.00 \- 140\.00 USD Per Hour**Working Location:** Remote \| California Residence Preferred**Working Hours/Shift:** Flexible / Open for discussion. The contractor has the autonomy to set their own work hours based on project needs and deliverables. **Why Join Our Team?** * **Competitive Compensation**: Offering a salary that matches your skills and experience. * **Generous Time Off**: Enjoy ample vacation and holiday pay. **Comprehensive Benefits Package**: * Employer\-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage. * Additional voluntary benefits to support your lifestyle. **Professional Growth Opportunities**: * On\-the\-job training with access to paid CEU opportunities. * Career development programs designed to help you grow. * Supervision for BBS hours for AMFT, ACSW, and APCC professionals (where applicable). **Employee Recognition \& Rewards**: A culture that celebrates and rewards your hard work and dedication **What you bring to SBHG:** **Education:** * Bachelor’s or master’s degree in public health, Social Work, Nonprofit Management, Public Administration, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience). **Experience \& Qualifications** * **Proposal \& RFP Management:** Proven track record of developing successful government proposals and RFP responses, with strong project management skills to lead end\-to\-end proposal development (requirement tracking, reviewer coordination, version control, and final readiness reviews). * **Behavioral Health Domain Expertise:** Preferred experience writing proposals for California\-based behavioral health and mental health programs, particularly those integrated with social services, child welfare, juvenile justice, education, housing, and crisis services. * **Writing \& Communication:** Exceptional writing, editing, organizational, and communication skills to produce clear, persuasive content under tight deadlines while managing multiple priorities, draft cycles, and stakeholder feedback. * **Information Gathering \& Compliance:** Skilled at gathering programmatic, operational, and financial data from internal teams, ensuring strict adherence to funder requirements, and auditing narratives against RFPs, amendments, Q\&A releases, and scoring rubrics to maximize competitiveness. * **Technical \& AI Tool Proficiency:** Proficient in Microsoft Word and collaborative document review workflows, with hands\-on ability to leverage AI\-supported proposal tools—effectively verifying, customizing, and aligning AI content to maintain SBHG’s organizationa