Lucrative Jobs That Offer Meaningful Work

6. Grant Manager

Percent Reporting High Levels of Meaning at Work: 86 Percent

As the name indicates, grant managers are those professionals who are responsible for raising funds that keep the organization up and running.

Grant managers play a critical role in the fund-raising team and are generally employed by social service organization, non-profits and schools.

As per eHow the job responsibilities of these professionals include identifying grant funding sources, exploring the application process, gathering application data, and coordinating deadlines. Depending on the size of the organization and its staff, these professionals may also have to bear the burden of scripting the grant application and associated materials. They may have to work with the other members of the fund-raising team to collaborate on the overall fund-raising plan, since grants alone are never sufficient to meet all the needs of the organization.

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