Job Opportunity for Associate/Senior Associate, Partnerships and Communication at Madhi Foundation in Chennai

About the role

The Senior Associate, Partnerships and Communication will be expected to communicate Madhi’s work impactfully through different channels like social media, reports,, proposals and applications You will also partner closely with the People and Culture team and the Projects team to create written and visual collaterals for internal and external communication needs. This person will be responsible to support the Manager, Partnerships and Communications and the CEO to identify, nurture and expand Madhi’s ties with different stakeholders. They will also engage in meaningful partnerships with other organisations in the sector on behalf of Madhi to set up opportunities for synergistic collaboration. It is a role that provides an exciting opportunity to build purposeful collaboration across a wide range of stakeholders.

The challenges you will help solve in this role

● Madhi’s work is often at the crucial intersection of policy design, expert knowledge, social initiative and political will. Effectively communicating the scope and impact of Madhi’s work in simple and
meaningful terms will be a challenge that the Associate, Partnerships and Communication will lead in
solving.

● Madhi’s projects are designed to suit the context of Tamil Nadu and the stakeholders we interact with. However, our digital presence and brand as a thought leader in the education sector is something that must expand far beyond our geographical bounds. You will be expected to discover and leverage all
channels of communication that could showcase Madhi’s work to a larger audience.

● The art of pitching is as much about storytelling as it is about good research. You will work closely with the Fundraising team to design Madhi’s pitches, and in turn play an integral role in the growth of the organisation’s scale and impact.

● We are sticklers for high quality in writing, for sensitive and contextual tones of communication, and for designing visual collateral that speak volumes of our work. Through this role you will be expected to uphold these standards and contribute to the design of our brand image and communication guidelines.

Associate/Senior Associate, Partnerships and Communication

The work culture at Madhi is built both organically and inorganically. We articulate our core values and reinforce them through actions consistently. Team members imbibe Madhi’s values and help grow the culture. Our core values (Mission obsession, Empathy, Resilience, Integrity, Inquiry) form the basis of our actions, policy and interactions. Madhi nurtures a collaborative work culture where individual growth and team success go hand in hand.

Given the nature of our work (our close partnership with the government) we often realise that we work with partners who espouse a work culture that is vastly different from ours which can sometimes create a sense of cultural dissonance. This is not something we are able to change and we expect team members to join us knowing full well that when working with critical partners and stakeholders there would certainly arise a need to adapt and accept the differences and the challenges that come from working in such an environment. We have been fortunate to find team members over the years who have joined us and helped build a strong and purposeful culture and despite our rapid growth we have been able to sustain our culture over time.

The Job Description

Below is an indicative set of responsibilities you will be required to lead as part of your role. We believe that a job description is best created collaboratively where the individual joining the team and the senior leadership team together define the role in greater detail so it reflects your aspirations and ambitions as much as it does the organisation’s needs. A detailed description will be jointly created once the selection process has been completed and you have accepted our offer of employment.

In this role, some of your responsibilities will include

Partnerships

● Building a robust knowledge bank of potential funding partners in the ecosystem and build databases towards lead generation

● Undertaking outreach activities and supporting the team to draft compelling grant applications and proposals to secure funding

● Creating various fundraising collaterals required for different outreach activities.

● Planning and coordinating funder engagement activities planned for the year to build authentic relationships with the funders increasing retention.

● Tracks progress on various aspects of the fundraising strategy and support the team to implement it effectively

Communication

● Ideate and execute social media campaigns in concurrence with the communications strategy laid out to improve brand reach and visibility

● Create requisite written and visual material for Madhi’s website, and work in partnership with the web development team to maintain the website

● Create visual collaterals such as presentations, posters, short videos, infographics, data visualisations, etc. that communicate Madhi’s work and project details to present to external partners and funders

● Adhere to and build on the communications guidelines for Madhi’s internal and external communications

● Design, review and approve all collaterals to be shared with external stakeholders and ensure they conform to Madhi’s communication guidelines

● Monitor and track Madhi’s website and social media analytics along with other key communication metrics

You will thrive in this role if you:

● Have an entrepreneurial mindset and enjoy solving problems

● Have excellent understanding of social media algorithms and trends Have minimum 2-3 years of experience with managing stakeholders especially in the development sector

● Have an interest and aptitude for design and the creation of visual collaterals

● Have excellent editing and proofreading skills with an exceptional command over English to craft compelling narratives and proposals

● Have designed communication collaterals for organisationsbefore and knows what gains people attention

● Are extremely detail-oriented and meticulous with formal written communication

● Enjoy working with a diverse and highly skilled team

● Truly believe in the power of collaboration over competition

Prerequisites include:

● Have at least 4 years of work experience with at least 2 years in the social sector

● Have managed digital events and run successful social media campaigns for organisations

● Adept at using tools such as Canva, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop or similar content design software

● Know to use Adobe InDesign, Adobe PremierePro or other similar tools for the creation of multimedia content

● Familiar with Mail Chimp and websites like Buffer

This role will report to: Manager, Partnerships and Communications

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Please note: You will be expected to bring your own laptop with updated software (at least MS Office 2016)

Remuneration: 4.8 LPA to 6 LPA