Monday, 7 February

The new Director of Development is due to arrive the 28th of February, a day both the Grant Writer and I greatly look forward to. It's been since September that the Partnership has had official direction in Development, with the Junior and Senior Grant Writers having left the staff a month into my temp job (I began the beginning of October). The CEO has enlisted my aid* with researching and writing the grants around here, and maintaining a smooth relationship with funders, but at a heavy cost to his attention span. Frankly, I'm impressed he's able to find the time, energy and ability to direct and run the Development Department at all. We received news of the new Director's arrival today; she was still in the interview process when I was acting as the CEO's Assistant.

Today I worked mostly with the Grant Writer, planning for upcoming deadlines, revising the Gimbels letter of interest, and discussing the disappointing response from the Cowels Foundation, from whom we received $2,500, though we requested $10,000.

I pulled 7 hours today.


*if that gives you any indication of how hard-up the Partnership is for employees, or of how highly the CEO thinks of me.