Job Opportunity for Communications & Outreach Lead at Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies in Bengaluru

We are looking to expand our team!

Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies is a grant-making organisation seeking to create and strengthen communities that work for their own betterment. We do this by supporting ground-breaking work that is anchored in networks and movements and often sits at the intersection of Samaaj, Sarkaar and Bazaar. RNP operationalises its intent by making grants primarily in four big areas: Environment, Biodiversity and Conservation, Gender Equality, Active Citizenship and Access to Justice.

As a member of this team, you will support all functions across the organisation and have the opportunity to initiate new approaches and projects in alignment with the overall direction of the philanthropy. We are a lean and self-starting team and believe that people do best when they are enabled to bring their own ways of thinking and being to their work. Our Philanthropic approach is best captured in this interview with Rohini Nilekani.

We operate from a place of trust where every team member enjoys autonomy. Experimentation is encouraged with the understanding that each member will approach it with a sense of ownership and responsibility.

About the role:

At Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies, we see our purpose as naming, connecting, nourishing and illuminating. To find the social-change leaders/partners and connect them to each other. To create the conditions in which we can nourish each other with wisdom, relationships and resources that they need. The purpose of the Communications role is to illuminate their stories so that many others can join in and find them.

The Communications & Outreach Lead will be responsible for a few things:

Communications:

● Lead the Foundation’s overarching approach to communications, including media relations, public engagement, brand strategy, program advocacy communications and publications.

● Work closely with the Philanthropy team to execute a strategic communications plan that include speaker opportunities, media interactions, writing and public engagement.

● Manage internal communication by preparing, reviewing and sharing reports within the team. Community Engagement:

● Engage with RNP partners regularly to better understand and support their work.

● Create spaces for engagement with and within the community members through convening, learning sessions and other such initiatives.

● Find avenues and mediums to thoughtfully amplify the work of our partners.

● Conceptualise and run outreach initiatives across portfolios and key stakeholders of the philanthropy.

● Participate in field visits and create communication outcomes to distill and share our learnings/findings.

Sense Making:

● Design and execute parts of any event hosted by RNP: these will include meet-ups at the portfolio level as well as gatherings at the philanthropy level.

● Work closely with the philanthropy team to design a steady output of communications collaterals that are anchored in seeing and learning – these would include opinion pieces, publications, videos, newsletters, etc.

Social Media:

● Manage the philanthropy’s social media pages such that it reflects the value of upholding and uplifting the stories of our partners.

You should consider applying if you:

● Are interested in working on unstructured problems

● Have the ability to manage multiple work streams at the same time

● Have strong spoken and written communication skills

● Possess a Master’s degree (in any discipline) and 5-7 years of work experience in the development sector

● Looking for a place to build a body of work over the next 3-5 years

Specifications:

Location: Bangalore

Salary: A threshold compensation of INR 20 Lakhs

Apply by: 26th Aug, 2022

Application process:

Please share your resume via email [careers@rohininilekaniphilanthropies.org] with the subject “Application: Communications Lead”. Please include links to any decks/PPTs you have made, websites you run, your social media handles, published works and other projects you have done that can be shared. If these are already part of your resume, you can omit them from the email. Else, please add them in to the email.

If you have any queries, please write in to careers@rohininilekaniphilanthropies.org