Website Diksha Foundation

Job Title: Coordinator – Resource Generation

Organization: Diksha Foundation

Location: Patna

Email :hr@dikshafoundation.org

About Diksha Foundation

Diksha Foundation offers holistic education to learners from socially and economically marginalized communities in India. Since 2010, Diksha’s movement has been towards creating “transformative learning spaces”. Our idea of education is not confined to mere literacy alone, we focus on the holistic education of the learner by looking at the social, creative, and moral development of each student. Holistic education stresses on the overall development of an individual which includes core academics, emotional development, social skills with civic understanding, critical thinking skills, conflict resolution skills, personality development and knowledge about self. While seeking to educate the whole person the basic three R’s – Relationships, Responsibility and Reverence for all life, are taken into consideration. We believe that education is a journey of self-discovery, self-love and self-esteem, and that it is a process of change from within, a change in one’s habits and world views and one’s Relationships and Responsibilities towards the community.

Job Purpose

Fundraisers organize events and campaigns to raise money and other donations for the organization. They may design promotional materials and increase awareness of an organisation’s work, goals and financial needs.

Primary roles and responsibilities:

Research funding opportunities and prospective donors.
Write grant application to charitable trusts or statutory bodies.
Create a strong fundraising message that appeals to potential donors
Conduct fundraising strategies for organization
Organize a campaign or event that will lead to soliciting donations
Build relationships with major donors or companies and make presentations
Manage information and record the profile and fundraising activity of donors on a database
Ensuring major donors or companies are happy with their donation and are kept informed of progress and milestones
Spot fundraising opportunities and raise awareness of the organisation’s work

Requirements

Knowledge skills and attitude required:

Need excellent communication skills, both verbal and written in English and Hindi.
Good interpersonal and communication skills.
Need to be good at researching and devising strategies and opportunistically taking advantage of donation possibilities
Must be adept at people management, building long-term relationships with potential donors or volunteers and persuasively explaining their charity’s cause
Ability to manage budgets and hit fundraising targets are important, as are organization and IT skills.
An interest in, and commitment to, the cause you are raising funds for is essential.
Willingness to travel to the project areas as per requirement

Qualifications: