GM/AVP - CSR Fundraising (Delhi-NCR)

IIT-Madras is seeking candidates for the position of General Manager / Asst Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Fundraising for its Office of Institutional Advancement (OIA). The position is in the IIT Madras Alumni Charitable Trust, an organization that closely works with IIT Madras to help with fundraising and corporate / alumni engagement. The successful candidate would be based at Delhi NCR. This is a full-time position, and the candidate would be required to visit IIT Madras for meetings/interactions as and when required.

Responsibilities

The chosen candidate would be interacting closely with Corporates, Foundations and Trusts to raise funds for various 'Causes' (social/welfare oriented projects, research) aligned with the CSR guidelines and framework. The role would be supported by the office team based out of IIT Madras. Please note that this is a purely fund-raising role. ONLY candidates who have sufficient experience in fundraising need to apply. Other aspects of CSR such as Project Management or CSR Donor reporting are NOT part of the main JD.

The broad responsibilities would be: -

1. Identify Corporates with substantial CSR spends and engage them to fund education, research, support innovation and create infrastructure in IIT Madras.

2. To keep up to date on all notifications from various government ministries especially Ministry of Corporate Affairs that are relevant to CSR.

3. Identify and engage with large Trusts, Foundations, Global Capability Centres, and enable them to fund scientific and educational initiatives in IIT Madras.

4. Work with large corporates on funding for various infrastructures like labs, buildings etc. with naming rights benefit.

5.Enable meetings between CSR corporates and the senior management team from IIT Madras.

6. Maintain a database of socially relevant projects (SRP) at IIT Madras by networking with IIT Madras faculty and other staff and eliciting SRP proposals from them.

7.Organize and conduct CSR-themed networking events like seminars, conferences or workshops for IITM Faculty, potential donors and existing donors.

Qualifications and Experience

Graduate (Engineering preferred, but not mandatory). MBA (sales & marketing) desirable.

· A total of 10+ years of experience in managing client-facing roles.

· Experience of about 3 - 5 years in fundraising through engagement with ‘Family’ offices, and/or philanthropic organizations is mandatory.

· The role involves developing active engagement with senior corporate officials and would need excellent communication and networking capabilities.

· Candidates must possess the ability to understand the latest developments in technology and keep abreast of contemporary topics driving CSR spends, such as - sustainable engineering, interdisciplinary research (eg. medical science - Tech, Finance-Tech, Sports-Science), AI/Data Science, etc.

· Proficiency in using CRM software like Salesforce is desirable.