Grant Writer

Redwood Forest Foundation/Usal Redwood Forest Co.
Position: Grant Writer – Federal and State
Employment: Full-Time, Exempt
Salary: $80,000–$100,000 + Full Benefits
Location: Hybrid Remote / Local — Fort Bragg, CA
Reports To: Matt Hill, RFF CEO and Steve Severi, URFC Forest Manager

About Us: The Redwood Forest Foundation (RFF) owns and stewards the Usal Redwood Forest—one of the largest working community forests in the United States. Our mission integrates restorative forestry, wildfire risk reduction, watershed health, carbon storage, habitat restoration, and local economic vitality. Strong tribal partnerships guide cultural stewardship and ecological healing.

About the Role: We seek an experienced Federal & State Grant Writer who can secure major public funding to scale our forest restoration, fuels reduction, monitoring, workforce development, and community resilience programs. This role focuses on competitive government funding programs, including those from CAL FIRE, USFS, BLM, NOAA, CDFW, NRCS, DOE and climate resilience agencies — with awards ranging from mid-six figures to multi-million-dollar projects.Key Responsibilities

• Research, track, and prioritize relevant federal and state grant opportunities and RFPs
• Lead full lifecycle grant development — LOIs, proposals, scopes of work, deliverables, and budgets
• Translate forestry and restoration technical plans into compelling, compliant funding narratives
• Coordinate across program staff, Tribal partners, contractors, and scientists to assemble required attachments (maps, monitoring plans, NEPA/CEQA elements, etc.)
• Develop multi-year project budgets aligned to guidelines including match requirements and indirects
• Manage schedules for reporting, reimbursements, documentation, close-out, and audit readiness
• Maintain and strengthen relationships with agency program officers and technical reviewers
• Support development of performance metrics and monitoring frameworks (e.g., acres treated, fuels removed, habitat improvements, workforce outcomes)

Qualifications

Required

• Minimum 5 years of successful federal and/or state grant writing experience
• Track record of awarded competitive government grants for natural resources or climate work
• Excellent technical writing and editing skills
• Strong collaboration skills with interdisciplinary teams
• Ability to juggle multiple deadlines and compliance requirements
• Experience developing detailed project budgets and scopes linked to measurable outcomes

Preferred

• Familiarity with forest restoration, wildfire resilience, watershed management, cultural fire, or habitat recovery
• Experience with federal systems (e.g., gov, SAM.gov, FS eCRM, state equivalents)
• Knowledge of NEPA/CEQA, Davis-Bacon, reporting, and contracting requirements
• Experience working in partnership with Tribes and rural community networks

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Redwood Forest Foundation, Inc. (RFFI) is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to these factors.