Must have: Responsible for raising funds through Institutions, Corporates, Corporate & Global Foundations, Philanthropist and other sources, manage relationships & engagement with such donors.
Good to have: Planning & executing Events (including group volunteering options in/with our rural geographies) and social media networking and outreach experience.
Work Experience: Total 10 +years of which at least 5 years in a Business Development role and desirable at least 3 years in Fundraising
Responsibility: The role will include the following core responsibilities:
A)FUNDRAISING
Achieve realistic time bound fundraising targets, agreed in consultation with key staff (Program teams, Finance etc.) CEO and the founders.
Continually seek new and appropriate contact & partnership with relevant Corporates, Foundations & Philanthropists – to activate a diversified fundraising portfolio.
Analytical skills, understanding of program budgets and costs, P&L, ROI, Impact metrics etc.
Proposal writing and submitting RFPs as required.
On boarding new Donors, negotiating MOUs with stakeholders and Closure.
Managing & retaining existing and new donor relationships, maintaining records of MOUs, proposals, aim for donor delight to ensure continued year on year support to organization
Represent the organization for various Industry Events & Meets
Travel to Raigad (when required and scheduled) for all site visits / local official events
B)COMMUNICATION & MEDIA
Develop fundraising messaging, material and publicity collateral for pitching & awareness.
Co-owners reports & Communications to be shared with current funders and prospective
Work on fundraising campaigns across different platforms to meet program budgets.
C)FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT & REPORTING
Ability to understand and analyze costs / budgets and question program spends proposed for funding
Work with implementation teams on budgets and costing structures for donors
Work closely with the M&E team to ensure accurate, transparent and timely reporting to donor partners
Experience and Qualifications - The candidate is expected to possess the following
Corporate experience in hospitality/media/BFSI in a business development/sales/ relationship mgt. role(desired)
Experience of securing funding for charitable or NGO activities from a variety of funding streams (preferred)
Total Work experience of 10+ years: exposure to the social sector/ directly in an NGO (Preferred)
Skilled in analytics/ consulting/business development/sales (preferred)
Excellent personal contacts and connections with potential major donors and supports
Any Graduate/ Post Graduate – management education preferred.
Exposure to MS office (Excel, Word & PPT) and basic number crunching would be value.
Personal Qualities –In all aspects of this role the following are essential:
Interest in Social development and engaging people on ideas
Solution Oriented. Solid Planning, Time Management & Organization abilities.
Able to work under pressure, meeting key project & reporting deadlines.
Adaptable and flexible to changing circumstances and needs of the role.
High motivation and ability to work independently on agreed goals and targets.
Ability to also work effectively as part of small close-knit team.
Actively take part in ownership of the overall fundraising Program/activities of the organization.
Excellent Communication and interpersonal Skills: good writing skills
Commitment to confidentiality
Seniority Level – Associate
Industry - Non-Profit Organization Management; Civic & Social Organization
Employment Type – Full time
Job Functions - Business Development; Strategy/Planning; Customer.