Job Opportunity for Fundraising Manager at YODA in Mumbai

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop strategy and approach around donor acquisition – donor retention – fundraising communication to achieve fund-raising targets
• Develop ecosystem funding to sponsor welfare programs, medical treatment, rehabilitation, adoption etc
• Plan, execute and attend fundraising activities and programs across individual, corporate and government entities
• Preparation of effective proposals for grants / donations as well as generate fundraising marketing material and content
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to develop brochures, marketing strategy and pitch material, annual reports and various dashboards reports for institutional fundraising
• Ensure reporting requirements for all grants and donors are met and reports be completed.
• Maintain relationships with existing/new donors and respond to their requests regularly and keep updating them about the work of the organisation along with where the donations are being utilised
• The candidate shall also lead donor relationship management and guide the operations team on creating donor MIS and communications
• The candidate will be responsible for meeting annual, personal fundraising targets

Job Requirements:

• Passionate about working for animal welfare and making a huge difference to the lives of animals with an acute entrepreneurial mindset to exercise empowerment and build structured processes
• At least 6+ years of experience in fundraising activities in NGO/ Trusts / Corporate fundraising platforms and a proven track record of raising large funds are preferred
• Must have proven record of successful applications for substantial funding from Donors/ Trusts / Sponsors/ philanthropists nationally or internationally
• Possess a strong network of leads and ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with Donors/ Sponsors
• Ability to organise donor visits, donor management and compliance
• The candidate must have a highly developed subjective knowledge of various types of retail, offline and online retail fundraising operations.
• Outstanding collaboration skills, working across a diverse organisation
• Sound organisational and people management skills
• Excellent communication, influencing, negotiating, strategic planning, proposal writing and presentation skills.
• Graduate from a reputed University. MBA from a premier university a plus

To be a successful applicant:

• Compassion: Love of animals and kindness toward them and their helpers, fosters, and potential owners is a must for this type of position

• Organisational skills: Well organised, presentable, planned and well-spoken. Can collaborate with other parts of the organisation at all levels from worker to management

• Target driven: Structures achievable targets and produced MIS reports on donors and amount of funding raised

• Passionate: Energetic and go-getter attitude. Works with full accountability and willingness to achieve targets