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)