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Grants Consultant - a Great Stay-at-Home Business
Are you racking your brain,
looking for a way to stay at home with your family, and still make a
comfortable living?
Are you a good communicator? Can you sit with another person and
understand what it is she wants? Then can you talk to her so she has
a clear idea of your thoughts and opinions? Can you express yourself
well in writing - take scattered information and put it together on
the page so it makes sense to the reader?
Do you like doing research - digging deep and finding information?
Are you computer and Internet savvy? Are you good at conceptualizing
ideas, making plans and implementing them effectively?
Do you get a charge out of helping other people accomplish their
goals? Are you inspired to improve your community and create new
resources? Do you enjoy variety, and managing your own time and
workload? Want to be your own boss?
Would you like a career that provides some visibility, and the
opportunity to be well respected for your contributions, while you
earn $50 to $150 an hour?
If this sounds like you, I'd like to suggest the best career you've
probably never considered: grants consultant.
A career as a grants consultant does not require a college degree.
This is a career in which your performance is much more important
than any educational credential. Of course, grants consultants must
be professional in their appearance and presentation of themselves
and their services. That doesn't mean suits and high heels, however.
The majority of clients are in the helping profession, so the dress
code is usually business casual.
Grants consultants provide services to non-profit agencies and
businesses in their communities. These services may range along a
continuum from very simple to very complex. At the simplest end of
the continuum, a non-profit agency, such as a shelter for battered
women, may not have sufficient staff to write a proposal for a grant
they have identified. So they enter into a contractual arrangement
with a grant writer to prepare the proposal. Many agencies routinely
use contract grant writers. Other agencies hire staff grant writers,
and allow them to work from home.
At the more complex end of the continuum, a group of investors may
be interested in building an affordable housing project. The
consultant may participate in planning the project, help structure a
consortium, lobby legislators, provide public relations, work with
neighborhood associations, find a variety of funding resources, and
write the grants proposals. At this level, the grants consultant may
take an equity position and own part of the project, as well as
earning a developer's fee.
Obviously, the services you could provide as a grants consultant
depend upon your training and your existing knowledge base. If you
have a background in business, management, finance, or real estate,
that background has provided you with skills you may be able to
share with your clients.
But even if your experience does not touch upon those areas, you can
learn all the skills necessary to find funding resources and write
effective grant proposals. And as you work on more projects, and
gain more experience, you have ever-greater skills to offer your
clients.
Here are three steps to get started on a career as a grants
consultant:
Make an assessment of what you have to offer now. Write down the
skills you have developed thus far, through previous work
experience, volunteer work, education or training.
Enroll in a comprehensive, high-quality training program for grant
writers. Be sure the training emphasizes research skills; writing
foundation, corporate, and government proposals; and the politics
and procedures of dealing with funders and clients.
Jump right in! Select a cause you support within your own community,
perhaps your child's sports team, or a non-profit daycare center.
Identify a small need (under $10,000), such as uniforms or
playground equipment. Then volunteer to find money for them and
write a grant proposal. With a couple of successful grants under
your belt, you can begin to market your services to paying clients.
For more information about
Grants Training Classes, visit:
www.GrantMeRich.com/classes.htm
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