Job Opportunity for Associate, Fundraising at Reap Benefit in Bengaluru

About Reap Benefit

Reap Benefit is in this endeavor of building and growing the solve Ninja Movement – “Solving for India, one street at a time, by activating everyday leaders called solve ninjas”
We are on a mission to enable 1 million citizens to engage in civic & environmental problem solving in their local communities to reshape citizen participation & strengthen local self -governance by 2025.
Till now we have activated 50k + Solve Ninjas (around 80% of them continuing as citizen social intermediaries), who have taken 94k + civic actions, started 3143 campaigns, and built 552 civic innovations to address local civic and public issues across the country.

Who is a Fundraising Associate?

This is a dynamic role for an energetic, entrepreneurial self-starter who is not afraid to take on big challenges. The Fundraising Associate will help strengthen Reap Benefit’s donor portfolio and build long term relationships with donors

Typical day for our Fundraising Associate looks like:

Acquiring new donors

• Develop individual donor research and approach to take with each donor
• Develop collateral and activities to engage new donors
• Manage the relationship building process with each donor
• Support in designing proposals
• Support due diligence and contract signing process
• Prepare reports on goal achievements for internal and external stakeholders
• Develop and curate fundraising campaigns and events

Maintain donor relationships

• Manage reporting cycles for donors
  :: Manage internal communication about donor reporting requirements
  :: Prepare donor reports
• Manage donor visits and employee engagement activities
• Support volunteer/intern management
• Curate opportunities for donor engagement via social media 

Donor Data Management

• Ensure that data is accurately entered and managed in the data management system
• Develop and maintain donor data to aid in fundraising activities

Along with your core responsibilities, each team member in Reap Benefit is expected to play a support role to other teams as per the need in the organisation.

Our Fundraising Associate will need to have:

• Have at least 1-2 years of experience as an associate in fundraising aspects .
• Support execute fundraising strategies for the organisation for the short term, medium-term and long-term through partnerships, HNI’s, domestic and international donors
• Manage all aspects of essential documentation and periodic reporting as per donor requirements, donor visits to our work locations, etc.
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to conduct internal and external coordination
• Knowledgeable in Microsoft Office Suite

It will be a bonus if the Fundraising Associate can also have:

• Have a deep commitment to Reap Benefit’s vision
• Knowledge in Zoho project management tool
• Intent to be a better citizen
• Good Comic sense 🙂