Associate Director - WASH Platform - Fund Raising

Company Profile:

Arthan's client collaborates with companies to develop impactful corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. They shape strategies, design programs, facilitate implementation, and assess the impact of projects.

Our requirement:

Looking for an Associate Director who needs to

1. Set up the WASH platform, lead the team and ensure its end-to-end success in a target oriented environment.

2. Strategize and package the platform and build capacity of the partnerships team to deliver business development targets

3. Facilitate conversations with external stakeholders including international aid agencies, companies, and government and implementation partners

Job Description:

The Associate Director needs to have expertise in these domains:

A. Corporate Partnerships (Business Development, relationship management, branding and marketing)

1. Understand the requirement of the donors & accordingly facilitate successful implementation.

2. Connections with senior leadership or CSR/Social Impact Managers in companies and/or foundations to achieve financial targets & ensure positive cash flow.

3. Ability to package the platform and ensure significant corporate CSR commitments over the next four years:

a) Generate leads

b) Hold meaningful client conversations and meetings

c) Ensure submission of well-articulated and well-packaged proposals

d) Ensure client conversions

e) Manage relationships

4. Proven skills in leveraging non-financial resources from partners such as advertisement deals, publicity deals etc.

B. Government Liaising and Partnership (Ability to work closely with the government on large scale projects)

1. A deep understanding of government priorities in WASH at the State and Central level, state and national policies, challenges and opportunities

2. Demonstrated ability to work with government from block to national levels in planning and implementation of WASH programmes

Skills required:

1. 10+ years- experience in fundraising from the Corporate Sector

2. Ability to build partnerships with multiple stakeholders and facilitate convergence

3. Proven strategy planning and execution abilities

4. Ability to lead and inspire and achieve targets while maintaining a stable culture and good working environment

5. Fluency in English and Hindi. Fluency in other languages, especially Marathi, will be an advantage