Website United Way Mumbai
Position: Various positions from Executive level to Assistant Manager are open in the team and will be determined as per the candidate’s background and experience.
Reports to: Senior Manager Campaigns
Job Overview:
These positions are a part of the team responsible for ideating, managing, and executing various fundraising platforms and event partnerships at United Way Mumbai. The predominant event is the Tata Mumbai Marathon (TMM). TMM is India’s biggest philanthropic sporting event, annually raising more than INR 46 crores for nearly 300 nonprofits through numerous corporate partners and individuals supporting them.
As the official philanthropy partner of the TMM, we serve as the philanthropic exchange connecting donors to nonprofits by creating and implementing an organized and structured charity platform. UWM also operates the Monthly Giving platform, allowing users to donate funds to various causes seamlessly every month using a variety of digital payment options.
The Executive/Assistant Manager will be closely working with existing nonprofits & developing relationships with new, enabling them to raise funds by crafting fundraising opportunities and building capacities. For the TMM, the team member will be required to build rapport with nonprofits, corporates, key individuals and maintain a consistent engagement and help them deepen their philanthropic involvement. For Monthly Giving, the key metric for success would be to acquire new users and convert existing donors to pledge their funding on a more continuous basis.
Job Responsibilities:
- Develop in-depth, end-to-end knowledge of the Monthly Giving platform and the Philanthropy Structure of the TMM and constantly strive to improve it. This includes research, on competing platforms both in India as well internationally
- Building an understanding of digital marketing and developing strategies to boost new signups and engagement.
- Understanding how, when, and why crowdfunding works and developing strategies around the art and science of crowdfunding and then further sharing the information with nonprofits
- Managing the end to end individual fund cycle – raising, receiving, accounting, reconciling, disbursing, and reporting
- Developing and maintaining an excellent business relationship with the partnered nonprofit’s staff, HNIs, and corporate point of contact from handholding and providing constant motivation to problem-solving any issues that they may face in their campaign
- Contributing to all activities of the campaigns team including working on new event collaborations
Research, recommend, and incorporate best practices to improve team efficiency
Profile Requisites:
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree with a focus on humanities, marketing, communication, or business administration preferred
- Any experience up to a maximum of seven years in client-facing roles in the partnerships, operations, and fundraising team at an NGO or a crowdfunding site would be highly valued.
- Additional digital marketing experience will be an added advantage. Recent graduates are also invited to apply for starting roles.
- Building connections, relationships, and networking
- Good listening skills
- Ability to connect with people and gain trust quickly
- Self-motivated and goal-oriented. Taking initiative and the ability to think out of the box is a required skill for the job
- Great command of MS Office
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Being of a curious mind is a bonus to the position
Remuneration: Subject to relevant qualification, experience & merit; the salary range is INR 3.6 – 7.2 LPA
If you think you might be suitable, apply now and we’ll reach out to you soon.
To apply for this job please visit www.unitedwaymumbai.org.
