Lead/Manager – Communication & Donor Reporting

Position Requirement :

Only candidates with exceptional written English communication skills with a willingness to work in the development sector may apply. 

 

Position: Lead/Manager – Communication & Donor Reporting

Organization: Vidya & Child

Job Location: Khasra no. 340,Barola, Sector 49, Noida - 201301.

Time : 9 am to 6 pm (full time, physical presence)

 

Position Profile:

This is an exciting opportunity for a creative, self-driven and extremely organized individual who can play an important role in overall communication for a leading NGO working in the field of education.

 

About Vidya & Child:

Vidya & Child is a 24 years old NGO based out of Noida (Delhi NCR). It works to provide opportunities for long term growth and development for each child.

It enables and supports children from marginalized communities through their education life cycle. Child centric, value integrated, holistic learning and a shared vision with each parent enables the child to identify and explore the uniqueness within.

Vidya & Child has established a model of engagement to ensure that each child completes school education, is skill enabled through professional or vocational education.

The organization’s work currently focuses in Noida (Delhi, NCR), India, with funding from international and national corporate through CSR funds, funding organizations and individual donors. 

Vidya& Child – A persistent effort

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbEWo4ciOT4

 

Communication & Donor Reporting – Significance of the Role

 

Communication & Donor Reporting are one of the KEY support functions in Vidya & Child. It is an important aspect that establishes organizational connect with the external world. It is significantly related to the work that the organization does at the ground level and how the same can be conveyed to an external audience in an engaging manner with the corporate as well as the individual donor. It requires a consistent and organized approach to ensure that all the communication needs of the organization are met including timely and accurate reporting which is the key to building trust and confidence in the donor about our work with all our stakeholders.

 

Reporting and Departmental Interfaces:

Reporting to: Associate Director

 

Departmental Interface with:

• Finance and Accounts
• Admin

• Programme Teams

• HR
• Members of the Core group of Vidya & Child

 

Responsibilities:

 

Communication Strategy and Planning

• Lead the planning of the annual communication plan of the organization for its corporate and individual donors, across all categories including all social media platforms for an effective and well spread presence and connect with the donors through the year ensuring special focus during fundraising campaigns. 
• Annual and monthly planning of developing and distributing communication material (internally and externally)
• Working on strategies to increase visibility of Vidya & Child in external space – existing donors and partners, social media platforms etc.

 

Communication Material Development and Distribution

• Be creative and hands-on across all digital art, social media and mailing platforms so as to be able to create target driven, effective communication like annual report, mailers, newsletters, posts etc.. for visibility through the year for all donor segments and partners.
• Managing the mailing database of the organization to ensure that campaign mailing analysis is always up to date. 
• Supporting the HR department with placement of recruitment ads across social media, print ads and creation of other collaterals like Posters, Pamphlets etc.
• Support the Core Group by leading the communication strategy of the organization to help achieve long term organizational goals.   
• Working on standard fund raising documents like profiles, brochures, presentations etc.
• Working on proposal documents or grant documents, presentations, case studies as required for funding opportunities
• Supporting in the content creation for website design / re-design as required

 

Donor Reporting

• Ensure thorough understanding of the ground level work of the organizations day to day running and translating the same into donor reporting as per formats highlighting key deliverables and impact in a clear and creative manner.
• Complete hands on approach for data collection, sourcing of information and compilation of reports as per requirements in a creative and effective manner.
• Archiving and Maintaining of data, photos and case studies used for making reports in an organized manner that is easily retrievable. Handholding the team to follow and strengthen the existing archiving process.

• Creating a process for easy collection of data, co-ordinating with different teams, visiting all schools on rotation for information and handholding them for data presentation where required. 
• Managing the donor reporting process independently, tracking timelines and ensuring adherence to the same along with prescribed formats as per donor MOU requirements. 

 

 

Essentials:

• Minimum 3-4 years of experience in designing and creating communication collaterals and Report/Journal writing / Content Writing 

(Experience in the development sector will be preferred however candidates with relevant corporate experience may also apply)

• Exceptional creative and communication skills are a must. Should be able to ideate and translate her/his thoughts to a design across different media and platforms with ease.
• Knowledge / experience on SEO and related parameters will be preferable
• Strong command over written English language is an absolute essential.

• Experience in writing reports and proposals and/or business writing and communications will be sought.
• Thorough knowledge of computers Microsoft Office – Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Outlook, different creating tools like Canva, Photoshop and Mailing platforms like Mailchimp etc. and skilled in using social media marketing tools across Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram.
• Should be an organized and hands on person who is able to conceptualise and implement.  
• Should be sincere and self driven to work in an individual capacity.

 

Qualifications:

• Ideally a communications design graduate with a flair for written communication in English.
• Any graduate with creation skills across different media and platforms along with good written English communication.

 

Remuneration:

• 30,000 - 35,000

 

Interested candidates should apply through: jobs@vidyaandchild.org

 

Interested candidates should apply through: jobs@vidyaandchild.org

 

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