Job Opportunity for Fundraising and Volunteering Officer at Quest Alliance in Delhi/Bengaluru

QUEST Alliance works towards enabling individuals to build self-learning pathways in order to make meaning of their lives. 

We are a not-for-profit trust that focuses on research-led innovation and advocacy in the field of teaching and learning. We engage with educators, civil society, government institutions and corporate organizations to demonstrate and enable scalable and replicable solutions in school education and vocational training

At QUEST you will get the opportunity to apply your skills and contribute to addressing issues around education and skills training. The organization would give you the space to learn and grow in a fun and engaging environment.  We have an eclectic group of people working at QUEST drawn from diverse disciplines including Education, Technology, Design, Youth Development and Business. 

QUEST is in an expansion phase and is looking for a dynamic individual to assist in managing and growing QUEST’s growing list of corporate partners and foundations. 

In this role, you will get an opportunity to engage with corporations and potential funders of QUEST. 

Roles and Responsibilities will include: 

Research and Proposal Building

• Generate regular leads on potential funders – corporations and foundations that are aligned to QUEST’s vision and goals
• Be well versed with all of Quest programs and their value proposition.
• Work with various internal teams like program, finance, operations and lead due diligence, proposal writing for new projects. 

Relationship Management – Stakeholders (Internal &/ External)  

• Build relationships with existing and prospective funders
• Position Quest as an organization of choice through regular communication and sharing insights from the ground/ knowledge from research
• Co-create events that can be forums to engage existing and potential funders
• Ensure engagement areas with existing funders like regular cadence calls, participation in thought leadership events
• Work with marketing and communications team to plan the visibility on social media and other channels for funders
• Attend forums, conferences and events to present, network and share possibilities of collaboration with Quest 

Employee Engagement:

• Work with funders and internal stakeholders to create employee engagement plans
• Lead the implementation of employee engagement across projects
• Work with funders and teams to get feedback, insights and recommendations on the engagement activities
• Work with communications team to plan social media posts on the engagement activities

Requirements

We are looking for people who: 

• Are passionate and have an understanding about the challenges India is facing in education and employability domain
• Have 1-2 years of work experience – experience with communications and/or fundraising is a plus
• Diligent in their work and able to work with multiple teams to get things done.
• Can work independently, with minimal supervision and is a go-getter and enjoys interacting with corporate India and is a great communicator
• Can deal with ambiguity and proactively explore solutions
• Have good communication skills – both verbal and written
• Are proficient in tools such as Google Suite, Powerpoint