Senior Associate – Fundraising

You will need to have grounding in or knowledge of issues of fundraising, development, and sustainability.

Communicate and amplify WRI India’s work and main messages

Manage external connections to cultivate valuable new ideas, opportunities, and outcome, team player, and professional.

Develop Relations with donor for WRI India

Identify funding opportunities for collaboration with the donors for WRI India programs, looking for funding opportunities.

Together with directors and managers, develop the donor pipeline for corporate donors

Support in donor cultivation efforts, including developing contacts and relationships with current and potential donors, organizing meetings, leading preparatory efforts for important meetings, and tracking donor engagement with an emphasis on improving donor efforts. building relationships.

Follow WRI India’s values and goals statements, develop an outreach and engagement strategy resulting in joint projects/workshops with companies to build WRI India’s profile

Review proposal pre-requisites in Request for Proposals (RFPs) and EOI (Expression of Interests) and guidance documents

Collaborate with program teams in preparation of technical proposal notes by drafting concept notes and proposals (including project goals, approach and methodology, outcomes, workplan, staffing, budget, MEL and other requirements)

Develop/Manage and use previous proposal databases to create proposal responses

Review and obtain approvals for the proposal from decision makers

Maintain accurate and up-to date records of donors and track use of funds using Salesforce

Ensure adherence to WRI’s support guidelines and procedures, working with colleagues in WRI India and in Washington

Develop management reports on fundraising activities.

Work with program teams to learn the intricacies of our projects, structure, and deepen the focus areas for financial support, become resourceful and contribute to the success of these projects.

Communications materials for development (including PPTs, capabilities statements, project references)

Coordinate with Communications team and Knowledge Manager to collect and produce case studies and program stories for donor-centric communications and marketing materials.

5-7 years of experience working in the development sector

Track record in fundraising or business development

Manage own workflow after ensuring understanding of expectations.

Solve range of general problems independently and provide input to complex and sensitive problems.

Proficiency in MS-Office required, experience with fundraising databases such as Salesforce is preferred.

Excellent written and oral communication skills, able to distill important points from large amounts of information, tailor presentations to different audiences, and able to communicate processes with colleagues

Proficiency in MS-Office required including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook 

A committed team player and an ability to prioritize and achieve commitments;