Job Opportunity For Lead (Partnerships) At Aga Khan Rural Support Programme In Ahmedabad

Skills & Competencies required:
POSITION OBJECTIVES:

• This position will lead the fund-raising activities of the organization.
• This position is created to support program units in three major functions.
• Developing partnerships with new institutional funding partners and individual philanthropists to match the resource requirement of various strategic programs.
• Developing program briefs which can be communicated effectively to the new or existing donors.
• Support program unit in developing new project proposals whenever required.
• The person in this position will be required to work closely with program teams in the organization both at head office level and field level.
•   The position will also require close liaison with finance and HR departments to get the information related to preparing new project proposals.
   
  Skills : 
• Excellent communication skills for building new partnerships and maintaining existing partnerships with donors.
• Ability to critically analyse and provide constructive recommendations.
• Ability to innovate tools, processes etc.
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent understanding of development sector projects, budgets, budget-heads and norms.
• Willingness to learn, collaborate and transfer knowledge.
• Respect for diversity including regional diversity, gender, religious diversity etc. in the organisation.            
• Willingness to travel to meet various donors for networking purpose. 
• Willingness to travel to field areas to develop new project proposals, whenever needed. 
   
  Job Profile:
• Manage the system for creating funding pipeline based on budget projections of various programs of the organization for next three to five years. 
• Acquire new donors for the organization both who are institutional donors as well as those who are individual donors.
• Completing due diligence process of all new donors to establish their credibility before approaching them for partnerships.
• Keeping track of all major national and international call for proposals by major donors.
• Establishing a system where donor satisfaction is assessed and if required address their concerns.
• Proactive communication with donors on use and impact of their funds by AKRSP(I).
• Communication material or social media campaigns for attracting new donors to AKRSP(I).
• Present summary of progress on partnership development, funding pipeline, Communications, donor satisfaction etc.
• Whenever required help thematic program managers in preparing concept notes, budgets and financial analytics for new project proposals based on available information.
• Update the progress of funding pipelines in various available tools.