Job Opportunity for Lead, HNI Acquisitions at Teach for India in Chennai

Position Summary

Reporting to: Director, Development

Directly Managing: Acquisitions team (Corporates, Foundations, and HNI) of six members

The Lead, HNI Acquisitions, will lead a team that will secure new partnerships by strategically developing newer fundraising avenues and champions to support Teach For India’s ambitious goals by leading research, producing high-impact communication, developing and executing strategies. 

As a Lead, HNI Acquisitions, you will

• Develop, implement and monitor strategies and action plans to drive pursuits across all work streams – Corporate, Foundations, HNI, as well as build strategic alternative sources of funding e.g. Government, Multilaterals, and Alumni.
• Strong prospect research and intelligence to make recommendations on how we can engage, influence, and inspire potential champions to contribute.
• Produce funding value propositions grounded in our vision and supported/customized by compelling stories and robust evidence. In addition, project manage the writing production process across all work streams.
• Engage Board and Connectors (Staff, Alumni, Teach For All) to build a pipeline of new prospects, as well as service leads generated through the pull factor. 
• Build deep and expansive engagement with key strategic Foundation and HNI partners. This includes managing large scale strategic grants – monthly update calls, quarterly impact reporting.
• Design agile learning systems through spaces to amplify voice and dialogues, surface barriers to execution, problem solve, learn and share, celebrate, collaborate. Support regional leads through strong check-ins that track progress-to-goal, compliance, and processes.
• Manage relevant donor management systems like Salesforce and Team Drives to review progress, track critical tasks, and drive for results.
• Partner with other Vertical Heads and teams (e.g. Alumni Impact, HR, Training & Impact) to maximize Teach For India’s external positioning to support the development goals.

As a People Manager, you will

• Build a robust pipeline of talent to lead the organization.
• Manage and coach the team members to ambitious outcomes.
• Drive engagement, growth, and retention of team members.
• Engineer and oversee a monitoring and evaluation system, coupled with strategic direction, to guide our abilities to continuously improve.

As a Senior Manager at Teach For India you will be

• Contributing to the team goals and priorities beyond individual goals and priorities.
• Driving internal alignment and support for Teach For India’s core Programs.
• Serving as an ambassador of Teach For India and an advocate for our work and for educational equity in our country through both internal and external communication after committing time in our classrooms to understand our work more deeply.
• Supporting with key organizational areas such as Recruitment, Selection, Fundraising, Volunteering, Movement Building. 

Minimum Qualifications, Experiences and Expectations

• Graduate/Postgraduate in any field.
• 5-8 years of relevant work experience in client-facing roles. Previous experience working in the development/education sector or sectoral exposure to corporates/foundations/worked with HNIs with fundraising experiences (preferred).
• Excellent written and verbal communication; prior professional experience writing or editing high-level external communications (preferred).
• Highly developed interpersonal and relationship building skills.
• Strong project management skills (Experience in managing multiple complex projects).
• Experience of having worked with CXOs/Senior Management stakeholders (preferred).
• Teach For India Fellowship experience is preferred.