Title: Fundraising and Partnerships Manager

3-5 Years of Experience

Location - Remote work permissible. Bangalore / Delhi preferred

Overview: We are currently looking for a Fundraising and Partnerships Manager to work directly with the Fundraising and Partnerships Lead and the Co-founders in a Senior role. The candidate will be expected to establish, grow and lead partnerships with key investors and stakeholders at a state, national and global level.

Key Results

• Identify and engage in funding and partnership opportunities with international donors, NGOs, and government partners.
• Co-leading relationship management with key ecosystem partners, maintaining excellent relationships and identifying opportunities for mutually beneficial partnerships - shared programmes, learning, insights etc.
• Strong relationships and partnerships built and sustained with key government and civil society officials, stakeholders and advocates through a network map approach.
• Inspire, motivate and support the entire team to see the value and their role in fundraising and partnerships.
  
  

Key Activities

• Co-leading the investor partnerships value chain (ranging across developing specific initiatives with different investors,monitoring implementation, conducting analysis and preparing reports to manage relationships with the investors).
• Developing strategic partnerships and collaborations with governments and innovative organizations in the education space to develop cutting edge solutions.
• Managing relationships and communications with Board members and advisors, impact funds, foundations, HNIs and CSR organizations.
• Develop, implement and maintain a detailed fundraising strategy, pipeline and plan to grow and supplement current revenue streams.
• Actively identify and nurture potential donors and funding windows through landscape mapping, networking and relationship building.
• Build and maintain relationships with previous and potential funding partners and work with them to develop proposals and budgets that align with both our strategy and that of the funder.
• Researching on investors and understanding critical requirements for each investor.
• Representing Rocket Learning at national and international events and symposia to create greater visibility and a partnerships and advocacy pipeline.
• Designing and conducting investor events to develop relationships (financial, knowledge sharing, etc) with new partners and leverage the national focus on foundational skills
• Any other activities required to generate funds and develop partnerships to enable exponential expansion of Rocket Learning.
  
  

Areas of responsibility

• Weekly updates and Quarterly reports
• All communication requirements and protocols
• Being a team player and supporting the team
  
  

Critical Factors for Success

• Seamless communication with the Lead, co-founders, team and colleagues
• Education qualification: Minimum graduate with 3 years of work experience
• Demonstrating leading successful fund-raising/partnership efforts in the ECCE space is critical.
• Close alignment with RL's core values and principles.
• Mission-driven, enthusiastic and optimistic - committed to transformation.
• Enjoyment and ability to handle multiple projects and solve problems in a high growth, entrepreneurial environment.
  
  

If you are interested, please email us at careers@rocketlearning.org with your resume and cover note.

Please mention the Job ID: 51062 in your Subject Line.

Skills: fundraising,partnership management,stakeholder management