VP - Development - Fundraising - NGO

Role Objective:

Plan, Develop and Execute organization's fund mobilization strategy, including developing initiatives to better position the organization for strategic and sustainable growth of funds and facilitating partnerships to enable this.

Responsibilities:

I. Planning & Strategic Management:

- Working with the Board member /Director to develop the resource mobilization strategy in keeping with the organizational strategy plan

- Contribute to the development of strategy and have direct responsibility of executing plans for the timely mobilization of resources

- Work closely with project teams at of the company to understand their resource requirements (Cash and kind)

- Strategically use the identified resource gaps and priorities identified by projects team to mobilize funding in a targeted way, so as to ensure annual funding for all programs and the long-term financial health of the organization.

II. Fundraising

- Responsible for conducting survey of potential corporate and industry segments for fund raising.

- Building long term relationships with current and prospective donor partners and establishing the infrastructure and brand positioning required for the same.

- Tracking the external funding environment and inflow of type/amount of funds, suggesting necessary adjustments to fund-raising strategies, to reach set targets.

- Ensuring set up of support infrastructure, including donor software; online donations, registration with fund-raising mediating agencies; liaising with vendors/telemarketers, etc.

- Maintaining records of all procedures, proposals donor database & reports as documentation for institutional learning - Identifying and researching potential donors outside India to expand the potential income.

- Personally lead the corporate marketing initiatives in assigned corporate with special focus on closing donations and achieving set targets

III. Team

- Monitor achievement of Corporate Fund Raising targets.

- Obtain and share information on best practices/success stories with team members to motivate them, build capabilities to deliver results and increase fund generation.

IV. Proposal & Reports

- Drafting proposal for grant application and monitoring their compliance to donor policy, priorities and requirements.

- Working with mass media to promote fundraising events, creating reports related to organizations activities.

- Overseeing project closure through financial and narrative reporting in coordination with other team members as required.

- To report monthly results and to monitor income and expenditure accordingly to plan annual budget.

Requirement:

- Management degree in marketing

- Demonstrable experience leading and managing team

- Highly creative with experience in identifying target audiences and devising fund raising campaigns

- Minimum 10 years of total experience with atleast 5 years of Fund raising experience in an NGO

- Up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in Fundraising

Competencies:

- Negotiation/Influencing skills

- Persistence & resilience

- Strategic Vision & Agility.

- Attention to detail. - Networking & building sustainable relationships - Presentation Skills

Reporting To: Executive Director