Team Lead

About Dasra:

Dasra’s bold aspiration is a transformed India where a billion thrive with dignity and equity. Established in 1999, Dasra is India’s leading strategic philanthropy foundation, working with philanthropists and high-impact social entrepreneurs to bring together knowledge, funding, and talent as a catalyst for social change. Dasra was founded on the simple premise that supporting non-profits in their growth will scale their impact on the vulnerable lives they serve. Beginning with incubating NGOs like Magic Bus and Villgro and enabling them to scale, two decades later this theory of change continues to thrive at Dasra. It now encompasses strengthening leading NGOs, magnifying philanthropists’ impact, and enabling government to better serve communities.Dasra embraces diversity across people and communities through multiplicity in composition integrated with structures, culture and policies, enhancing inclusion and belonging for all in letter and spirit. We envision a team that includes people across caste, religion, gender, economic status, geography, disability and other underrepresented communities, supported by organizational structures that enable collective, transparent and fair decision making, guided by policies that facilitate growth and authenticity within an environment of openness and listening.We believe that GEDI in our institutional and programmatic endeavours will enhance, drive and accelerate social impact and social change through an integration of the worldviews of the most marginalized, recognition of their vulnerabilities, rights and potentials and through prioritization of their needs.

About GivingPi:

GivingPi, is India’s first and exclusive, invite-only family philanthropy network of its kind, for leading philanthropic families to learn, share and collaborate with each other. GivingPi, incubated under the aegis of Dasra, aims to be a one-stop hub to support families within the network on all their philanthropy focussed needs, while also providing access to bespoke advisory, events, peer networking and knowledge & insights that aims to accelerate their giving journeys.

Experience Required:

7 – 8 years

Type of Role:

Full-time

Location:

Dasra Office, Mumbai, India

Summary of Responsibilities:

The candidate will work closely with the GivingPi leadership to execute key initiatives that drive the expansion and engagement of the GivingPi network in India and globally. This includes supporting relationship and partnership management and co-leading the planning and execution of high-quality events that foster connection, learning, and collaboration across the network.

Key Responsibilities:

• Understand and leverage network insights to design and implement engagement pathways for the network of members to unlock impact
• Manage and mobilize a portfolio of stakeholders, building long-term, trust-based relationships
• Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to execute bespoke projects and experiences
• Support in conceptualizing and managing special projects, partnerships, or convenings
• Contribute to overall team operations including reporting, knowledge documentation, and coordination with internal functions
• Support the communications and media team in amplifying media presence and spotlighting the network’s achievements
  

Skills Required:

• Minimum 5 years of experience with demonstrated strengths in stakeholder management, strategic communications, project management, and partnership building
• Project Management: End-to-end project management, ensuring timely execution, cross-functional coordination, and delivery of high-quality outcomes
• Relationship Management: Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders across seniority levels Engages external and internal stakeholders with trust and confidence and is able to manage relationships towards several goals/ projects/ deliverables.
• Partnership Management: The candidate must have the ability to foster strategic partnerships with the aim of accelerating GivingPi’s reach and visibility.
• Written & Communication skills: Ability to draw linkages from content and communicate a compelling narrative
• Research & Data Analytics: Ability to draw connections across data, insights, and networks to inform strategy and decision-making
• Comfort with ambiguity, a bias toward action, and a collaborative approach to problem-solving
  

Remuneration:

Competitive as per development sector benchmarks in IndiaThink you have what it takes but not sure you check every box? Apply to the role anyway. We'd love the opportunity to determine whether you could be a great fit.