Senior Associate – Fundraising

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About the Organization

World Resources Institute (WRI) is an independent global research organization that turns big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity and human well-being. Our work focuses on building sustainable and livable cities and working towards a low carbon economy. Through research, analysis, and recommendations, World Resources Institute puts ideas into action to build transformative solutions to protect the earth, promote livelihoods, and enhance human well-being.

Job Description

The position will help advance the WRI India work plan, and at the same time deliver both flexible unrestricted and project funding from sources that do not conflict with WRI India values and mission Specifically, the individual will:

• The ideal candidate will have strong grounding in or knowledge of issues of fundraising, development, and sustainability.
• Communicate and amplify WRI India’s work and key messages
• Manage external connections to cultivate valuable new ideas, opportunities, and outcomes
• Excellent communicator, strong team player, and highly motivated professional.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop Relations with donor for WRI India
• Identify funding opportunities for collaboration with the donors for WRI India projects or programs, seeking funding opportunities.
• In conjunction with directors and managers, develop and manage the donor pipeline for corporate donors
• Support in donor cultivation efforts, including developing contacts and relationships with current and potential donors, organizing meetings, leading preparatory efforts for key meetings, and tracking donor engagement with an emphasis on improving donor efforts. building relationships.
• In accordance with WRI India’s values and objectives statements, develop an outreach and engagement strategy resulting in joint projects/workshops with companies to build WRI India’s profile

Proposal Writing

• Review proposal pre-requisites in Request for Proposals (RFPs) and EOI (Expression of Interests) and guidance documents
• Collaborate with program teams in preparation of technical proposal notes by drafting concept notes and proposals (including project objectives, approach and methodology, outcomes, workplan, staffing, budget, MEL and other requirements)
• Develop/Manage and utilize previous proposal databases to create proposal responses
• Review and obtain approvals for the proposal from decision makers

 Administration, logistics and management 

• Maintain accurate and up-to date records of donors and track utilization of funds using Salesforce
• Ensure adherence to WRI’s support guidelines and procedures, working with colleagues in WRI India and in Washington
• Develop effective management reports on fundraising activities.

Communications 

• Work closely with program teams to learn the intricacies of our projects, structure, and deepen the focus areas for financial support, become resourceful and contribute to the success of these initiatives;
• Communications materials for development (including PPTs, capabilities statements, project references, etc.)
• Coordinate with Communications team and Knowledge Manager to collect and produce case studies and program stories for donor-centric communications and marketing materials.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• 5-7 years of experience of working in the development sector
• Proven track record in fundraising or business development
• Able to effectively manage own workflow after ensuring understanding of expectations.
• Demonstrated ability to solve range of general problems independently and provide input to complex and sensitive problems;
• Proficiency in MS-Office required, experience with fundraising databases such as Salesforce is preferred;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, able to distill key points from large amounts of information, tailor presentations to different audiences, and able to communicate processes with colleagues
• Proficiency in MS-Office required including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• A committed team player and an ability to prioritize and deliver on commitments;

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