Senior Program Associate - Donor Management & Fundraising

Position: Associate / Senior associate, Donor Management and Fund Raising

Location: Delhi NCR

Position Summary

The Senior Programme Associate/Programme Associate: Donor Management and Fundraising is a key cog in the Donor Management and Fundraising vertical and will be a part of the larger partnerships / fund raising/engagement piece. The person will be the go to person for all relationship management with donors and funding partners as well as manage all routine documentation work with partners and donors The role reports to the Programme Manager Donor Management and Fundraising (who reports to the Head of Communications and Strategic Partnerships).

Roles & Responsibilities

• Manage all documentation around existing donors in conjunction with the Manager - Donor Management and Fundraising / partnerships
• Be the single point repository for all documentation around all partners (funding partners and beyond)
• Work in conjunction with the Strategic Narrative and Insights Manager as well as the head of communications on evolving the donor narrative for domestic funding for CEGIS
• Assist the Head - Communications and Strategic Partnerships and the Manager - Donor Management on presentations/reports and updates to existing donors
• Manage the database for dissemination of key documents like the external newsletter and the annual report.
• Work on RFPs and identify (basis secondary research) potential funding partners that CEGIS could apply to and overall strengthen the donor pipeline .

Required Qualifications, Skills and Abilities

• 3-4 years of experience in a donor management /communications role in the not for profit sector with focus on documentation, proposal and report writing.
• Some experience with international donors is a strong advantage.
• Good written and oral communication skills and very well organised in thought and communication.
• Basic knowledge of fundraising ecosystem, processes, necessary approvals and documentation is needed.
• Operationally sound and ability to project manage as needed.
• Undergraduate degree from a reputed university.
• Openness to learning the ToC, programmatic interventions of the organization and other skills required over the course of time.

Personal Characteristics and Desired Qualities

• A self starter who is extremely comfortable dealing with ambiguity.
• Very high on perseverance and resilience.
• Someone used to a high pressure environment who can keep multiple balls in the air at the same time.
• High attention to detail person who has the attitude of whatever it takes to get it done.
• A team player who can influence, prioritise and get things done via others without formal reporting authority.

Pre-reads

• Concept note on CEGIS
• A glimpse into life at CEGIS - CEGIS Retreat 2024
• CEGIS Snapshot 2023-24
• Podcast episodes with Prof. Karthik Muralidharan one each on education and healthcare in India.
• You are also encouraged to read more of Prof. Karthik Muralidharans work here and through his book Accelerating Indias Development: A State-Led Roadmap for Indias Development.

About CEGIS

Centre for Effective Governance of Indian States (CEGIS pronounced See-Jis) aims to improve lives by helping Indian state governments deliver better development outcomes.

The four key characteristics of any high-performing organisation are (a) measuring outcomes through reliable, high quality data that enables goal setting and monitoring progress towards these goals; (b) strategic use of personnel competency based hiring and training, skilling, and performance appraisals to determine job assignments, pay, and promotions to achieve the goals above; (c) strategic budgeting where resource allocation is based on evidence and cost-effectiveness; (d) and creating efficient systems to leverage external actors (including for-profit and nonprofit organisations). The Indian State needs to perform better on all four fronts above, by enhancing its capacity. CEGIS partners with states to improve this capacity by focusing on these four pillars of the State.

Funding Partners

TCF

NATCO

Veddis Foundation

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Michael & Susan Dell Foundation-

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Compensation