Corporate Social Responsibility Fundraising

Head-Corporate Relations




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United Way of Bengaluru

Title: Head-Corporate Relations

About United Way Bengaluru: United Way Bengaluru is the local chapter of United Way Worldwide. The organization acts as an enabler and driver of collective impact by intelligently mapping CSR funds to community needs. We are known to drive innovative and unique solutions to resolve social issues through our flagship programs like ‘Wake the Lake’, ‘Born Learning’ and Rural Rising.  

Role Description:

Head-Corporate Relations is responsible to define the strategic direction for corporate and other stakeholder relationships in terms of funding and programs. Responsible for fund raising, identifying programs with NGO partners or UWB flagship programs that align with CSR mandate, building capacity for Corporates/ funders, garnering corporate volunteers and engaging them are some key responsibilities of this role.

Responsibilities:

Corporate Relationships, Marcomm and Volunteering

  • Play a pivotal role in driving the corporate relations strategy for UWB in line with the organization's goals
  • Map the landscape of funders (HNIs, CSR and Foundations) and identify potential organizations that would be interested in partnering with UWB
  • Build a network of individuals, foundations and corporates to build a pipeline of funding for the next 3 years
  • Bring on board funders who are keen to work in domains UWB specialize in - Health, Environment, Education and Livelihood. Maintain a balance between programs across these 4 domains and other domains that corporates are interested in
  • Build capacity of the funders to understand the ground realities of the development sector and raise awareness on untapped/ critical needs of the community
  • Negotiate and agree on terms and conditions that will work for the funders and UWB to build a long-term relationship
  • Ensure MoUs are signed with Corporates based on agreement between UWB and the corporates
  • Identify and build partnerships between corporates and NGOs for funding and volunteering. Ensure needs are identified and mapped in a way that it will work for Corporates and NGOs
  • Oversee the corporate volunteering events organized by the team to ensure all expectations from the corporate are met
  • Coordinate with the Community Engagement team to ensure corporate programs/ events have been implemented as per plan
  • Overseeing Marcomm activities with team members and providing day to day guidance and support
  • Overseeing Volunteering projects with Team and providing support.
  • Experience in Managing Large scale of Grants-50-60 Cr.

 

Strategic Partnerships

  • Build and maintain strategic partnerships and relationships with the Foundations, Corporates and key sector entities to help build presence and brand for UWB
  • Identify opportunities to bring corporates together to work on social issues jointly

 

Team Development

  • Ensure team is adequately staffed to manage all the activities conducted in the Corporate Relations vertical
  • Set goals and monitor progress of the team regularly. Provide feedback to help them improve their performance
  • Coach team members to help them improve their performance and capability

 

Selection Criteria

Experience

- At least 14 years of work experience

- At least 6 years of experience in the social sector at mid-leadership level in relevant vertical (Resource Mobilisation and Corporate Relations)

 

Education

MBA/ Post Graduation

Bachelors

 

Languages needed

English, Hindi (any other regional languages)

 

Skills

Excellent Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Negotiation and Influencing skills

Stakeholder Management

Coaching and Mentoring

People Development

 

Other requirements

Corporate relations experience will be valuable

 

Kindly send applications at hr@uwbengaluru.org by April 15, 2021 with Subject Line of                      “ Head-Corporate Relations” with the following are mandatory  

  • Detailed CV not more than 3 Pages
  • Suitability Note – Not more than 1 Page
  • 3 Professional References 
  • Current CTC and Expected CTC


Company Profile

United Way of Bengaluru

  • We are a not-for-profit organization that works with communities to take local action for global impact. We partner with the people, listen to their concerns, identify the problems, and empower them to tackle these challenges head on. But we don’t stop there — we ensure our efforts reap long-term returns by staying connected with the communities. And that’s how we bring visible, lasting change.

Overview :

  • Location : Karnataka - Bengaluru
  • Job Title: Head-Corporate Relations
  • Job details Posted on : April 5, 2021 Company hiring for : United way Bengaluru Job Code : 10076 Last Apply Date : 15-04-2021
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