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Reports to: Program Manager, Regional Grants & Initiatives
Date Posted: October 3, 2025
Position Type: Exempt, Full-Time, On-site or Hybrid (not remote)
The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) is a 501(c)3 social impact organization that builds, sustains, and fights for arts and culture through grantmaking, partnerships, and advocacy in New England, the nation, and beyond.
As an organization, NEFA believes the freedoms to create, access, express, and share arts and culture are human rights and essential to a just society and thriving communities. As an employer, we are dedicated to dismantling the systemic inequities, barriers, and actions that have excluded individuals and communities from professional opportunities.
NEFA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is invested in creating an equitable and inclusive working environment and organizational culture. We are committed to hiring individuals who share and support our values, and who reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. NEFA does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or any other classes or characteristics protected by law.
The Grants Coordinator provides technical administrative support to NEFA’s portfolio of regional grant programs, assists regional constituents, and works with staff to execute events and initiatives. In collaboration with the regional grants team, they are responsible for implementing all regional grant processes, which currently includes the New England States Touring (NEST) program, Crossroads: Touring New England, the New England Presenter Travel Fund, and other special projects and grant initiatives.
The Grants Coordinator reports to the Program Manager, Regional Grants & Initiatives and works closely with the Senior Program Director, Regional Grants & Initiatives on all program efforts and with NEFA's Technology and Data team to ensure the successful execution of all grant processes in Salesforce.
The Grants Coordinator is a proactive, solutions-oriented team member. The role ensures projects flow smoothly and successfully in an environment where the pace varies seasonally. They have a strong ability to prioritize and keep multiple projects running at once, in addition to providing responsive support to constituents in a wide variety of communities. The Grants Coordinator is a key contributor in promoting, evaluating, and enhancing NEFA’s commitments to equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in program and grantmaking practices.
As Co-Accessibility Coordinator, this role collaborates with NEFA's Communications Director & Co-Accessibility Coordinator to ensure NEFA’s compliance with applicable law and that all constituents have fair and equitable access to NEFA programs, activities, and opportunities. In this capacity, they work with staff, NEFA’s accessibility committee, and other partners to promote the inclusion and participation of people with disabilities in the arts.
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Maintain and support positive relationships with a variety of external constituents including grant applicants, grantees, program advisors and partners, event participants, event vendors, and accessibility committee members, as well as with internal NEFA staff. Field external inquiries related to accessibility accommodations related to participation in NEFA programs, initiatives, and events.
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Provide responsive and compassionate customer service and technical assistance to all grant applicants and in response to accessibility-related inquiries; communicate effectively with internal and external program partners, advisors, accessibility committee members, and constituents; assess current grants processes to develop and implement new procedures and guidelines; proactively finds solutions; contribute to program and departmental planning.
$67,000
At the beginning of their tenure, staff in coordinator level positions should set performance, development, and skill-building goals with their supervisor based on the expectations of the position. After two (2) years of employment, and with documented progress on their performance goals (as evaluated by their direct supervisor), employees at the coordinator level may be considered for promotion.
NEFA is a multi-state organization and an evolving and dynamic workplace. NEFA staff work in a variety of contexts, including in-person in Boston and remotely across New England and other approved states. This role can be performed either entirely in person or as a hybrid role; it is not a remote role. This position requires at least one (1) day in the office per week for in-person team meetings at NEFA’s office in Boston. As such, the person in this role must reside within a reasonable commuting distance of NEFA’s office, which we define as 60-minutes by automobile and/or within the catchment area of the MBTA.
Stationary position, occasional lifting (up to 15 lbs.), occasional travel (local/regional, including events occurring outside 9-5 work hours), reasoning, decision-making, detailed work, communication, organization skills, reading, processing.
All candidates will apply using the application form at nefa.org/about/employment. We ask all candidates to submit a current resume and a cover letter describing their interest in and preparedness for the role, and to respond to a limited set of questions about relevant skills. If you need assistance to fully participate in the hiring process, you may request an accommodation by contacting NEFA’s co-accessibility coordinator: accessibility@nefa.org | tel/tty 617-423-1390.
The deadline to apply for this position is Monday, November 3, 2025. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and we encourage interested candidates to apply prior to the deadline. Applications received after the deadline may not be reviewed if the existing candidate pool is deemed sufficient. Requests for initial phone interviews will go out approximately one week after the application deadline.
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