Job Description

Role: Assistant Manager Donor Management
Location: Mumbai
Experience: 5+ years
Salary: 7-10 LPAAbout Swades Foundation:Our ambition is to permanently empower 1 million rural Indians over the next few years, and were expanding our Fundraising and Donor Engagement functions to keep pace with increasing our geographic presence by growing institutional philanthropic collaborations in India (+ internationally) including grants, donations, CSR and aid via multi-lateral agencies. We currently have over 30+ active institutional funding partnerships and growing our teams across roles to support these high-growth plans.Swades is a grassroots execution org., implementing a model of holistic development to empower rural communities. Weve been certified as a Great Place To Work five-years in a row a culture of commitment to make large scale social transformation a reality for meaningful impact.Swades is keen to hear from young-at-heart, dynamic, socially passionate professionals to expand our capabilities, achieving large scale impact by entering new geographies and creating Dream Villages across rural India.Professionals seeking to pursue a higher calling in life, to utilize their time & enhance skills for social good, desirous of making this a life-style choice not just a fulfilling, long-term career in the social development sector. Doing well by doing good!Were looking to bring in sharp & energetic minds with potential to add value over time and support in key decision making + strategic focus of the organization via continuous process improvements, being the change one wishes to see, nurturing stakeholder engagement and growing our funding collaborations. Occasional travel to Swades rural geographies of implementation i.e. presently Raigad and Nashik districts in Maharashtra (field visits with donors & prospects, CSR & employee volunteers, due diligence & project reviews, internal / external events etc.) and as we expand to new locations.Reporting Line: To Manager/Senior Manager Donor Engagement..Responsibilities: The role includes the following KRAs (key result areas):A. Donor Engagement,Relationship Management & Renewals

• Support and gradually directly manage institutional funding partnerships
• Manage routine reporting + regular donor comms, volunteering, donor field visits, audits
• Implement efficient systems to ensure funding partnerships meet full potential i.e. engagement, volunteering + funding opportunities round the year
• Keep up to date on Plans (MoUs) i.e. program progress, utilization of funds, allocations and alignment of donor partners on reallocations if needed with apt logical reasoning and analysis
• Be responsible for maintaining and grow these funding relationships year on year (renewals), project after project or alongside and multi-year commitments

B. Internal Stakeholder Management

• Work with the Manager + internal teams: Program Heads / Geography Heads and their teams, Finance, Monitoring & Evaluation to ensure effective donor communication
• Work with implementation teams on budgets and costing structure changes for donors
• Support Communications team with information + external comms requirements for social media posts, donor-specific campaigns, donor events etc.

C. Knowledge Mgt. & Process Improvement

• Maintain & update trackers for funding and records for MOUs, Proposals and databases
• Ensure reporting to donors is accurate, transparent and timely
• Ability to understand and analyse costs / budgets and question program spends proposed for funding

Experience and Qualifications: Prefer candidates who possess the following:Total work experience: 5-8 years -graduates / post graduates, preferably in similar fields.

• Experience in grant management, donor engagement, key account management,
• Program or Donor Engagement experience in the social development space (Corporate Foundations, NGOs / Not for Profit / Social Implementation Partners)
• OR - Corporate experience in hospitality/media/ BFSI / KPO in a BD /sales / relationship mgt. role
• Skilled in data analytics and consulting
• Exposure to MS Office (Excel, Word, PPT) and basic number crunching would be of value

Personal Qualities: In all aspects of this role the following are essential:

• Interest in social dev. and engaging people on ideas High energy, positive person with passion to make a difference in lives
• High motivation and ability to work independently on agreed goals and targets
• Solution oriented, solid planning, time management and organisational abilities
• Able to work under pressure, meeting key project and reporting deadlines
• Adaptable and flexible to changing circumstances and needs of the role
• Ability to also work effectively as part of a small close knit team
• Actively take part and show ownership of the overall project/ program / activities of the organization from time to time
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; good writing skills
• Commitment to good work ethics, professional approach & confidentiality

Hiring Note: Applications will be reviewed on rolling basis. This job is first posted on Aug 26, 2024 on GroundZeroJobs.comFor any questions, ping us on WhatsApp chat helpline: +8058331557

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