Job Opportunity for Fundraising Associate at Apni Shala in Mumbai

Website Apni Shala

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

● Partnership Building and Management

○ Strategize, strengthen and work with Apni Shala teams to build paid partnerships for the organisation

○ Manage stakeholder by coordinating meetings, relaying important information, and facilitating feedback meetings

○ Identify and build partnerships with organizations and schools inside and outside Mumbai

○ Conduct surveys and interviews as required by the monitoring & evaluation process

○ Manage public relations including engaging press and media

● Fundraising

○ Work with CEO to develop and execute Apni Shala’s Fundraising Strategy

○ Actively research and identify CSRs/Grant organizations, initial communication

○ Manage donor reports (create, collaborate with team members for data, review and get reviewed, send to donors)

○ Design and lead Apni Shala’s Annual Crowdfunding Campaigns

○ Donor relationships – set up visit dates, regular communications

○ Actively find and partner print/online media to promote Apni Shala’s work

○ Develop and organize existing and new fundraising campaigns, initiatives and events

○ Identify and work in partnership with CEO to acquire grants and major donations from philanthropic bodies, government departments, individual donors and the corporate sector

○ Develop donor relations management tools and/or execute the same

○ Maintain all funds, accounts, budget, financial bills and donor-related information in coordination with the accounts team

○ Create all communications collateral required for fundraising, including presentations, project proposals, donor reports and annual reports

○ Widen Apni Shala’s visibility within potential donor segments in partnership with other team members

○ Liaison with photographers/videographers/writers for documenting activities and creating content for fundraising-related communications collateral

● Coordination & Supervision

○ Create monthly/periodic progress reports, collate data from partners and present to team

○ Coordinate visits for donors, volunteers, and supporters at partner organizations

○ Facilitate and assist in implementing fundraising-related capacity-building sessions using internal and external resources for the team.

○ Participate in the performance management processes for all staff that you have worked with

○ Supervise Fundraising/communciations interns or volunteers

● Self and Peer Professional Development

○ Work towards personal and professional development (PD) goals by attending organizational PDs and other relevant workshops/courses or reading and researching relevant themes

○ Participate in supervision meetings facilitated by your supervisor aimed at building a practice of reflection, personal and professional development

○ Contribute towards the team’s development by engaging actively in professional development opportunities, co-planning and collective work

○ Support Apni Shala’s fellowship programme and facilitate fellows’ professional development on entrepreneurship, fundraising and resource building

○ Facilitate SEL workshops towards developing a practice informed understanding of Apni Shala’s work

● Organisational Development

○ Work towards expanding organisational visibility in larger ecosystem

○ Participate in resource mobilisation, fundraising, advocacy, communications, culture building and other related activities as guided by the organisation

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

● 1+ years of experience of partnership development and resource building / fundraising

● 1+ years of experience of field work in facilitation or teaching with students (preferred)

● Well developed oral and written communication skills in English and fluency in conversational Hindi

● Well developed project management skills

● Well developed report writing, data analysis skills and ability to represent data and articulate ideas effectively

● Fluency in using Microsoft office, Google Apps (Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides)

● Experience leading, managing or supporting teams

● Ability to analyse finances, draw insights and trends to inform decision making

● Ability to problem solve, recommend and implement solutions

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