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Senior Manager – Fundraising
Organization: North South Foundation (NSF)
Apply By: 24 Apr 2025
Location: Hyderabad(Telangana)
Job Title: Senior Manager – Fundraising
Employment Type: Full-time
Salary: CTC 12-14 LPA
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana
About North South Foundation (NSF)
North South Foundation (NSF) is a volunteer-driven non-profit organisation supporting educational initiatives in India and the USA. In India, we support bright but economically disadvantaged students to pursue higher education by providing scholarships. Also, NSF provides free online assessments for government schools and affordable solutions for private institutions through its NCL education initiative that reaches 1,250+ schools and 2,20,000 students.
More details: https://ncl.northsouth.org/
Role Overview
We seek an experienced Senior Manager – Fundraising to secure funding from diverse sources, manage donor relationships, and ensure transparent reporting. This leadership role requires strategic planning, strong networking, and a passion for education.
Key Responsibilities
1. Understand NSF vision, initiatives, ways of working- Acquire a deep understanding of NSF Vision, values, NSF Scholarships and NCL educational initiatives, objectives, activities and practices
- Establish positive and collaborative relationships with the management and internal teams
- Make visits to NSF Scholarships & NCL field areas, participate in team meetings and with concerned stakeholders, to understand the context and field level challenges that need to be addressed in the process of scaling the program.
- Observations from such meetings should feed into developing relevant grant proposals and suggested intervention plan
- Study the current funding arrangements and planned future fund mobilisation requirements NSF
- Study other NGOs offering similar services as NSF and understand NSF value addition and how to pitch its case for fund mobilisation.
- Develop comprehensive grant proposals that match NSF/NCL’s objectives and areas of work and execute fundraising strategies to secure funds from Corporates, charitable foundations, High Net worth Individuals (HNWIs), and crowd funding support.
- Research, write, and submit compelling proposals and grant applications.
- Diversify funding sources through innovative fundraising approaches.
- Identify and segment potential donors (e.g., individual donors, corporate sponsors, foundations, etc.) and study their current commitments/funding of education projects similar to NSF initiatives and assess the scope for partnerships with NSF
- Build long-term relationships with corporate sponsors, Foundations, and Government agencies and Higher Education academic institutions.
- Develop donor engagement plans, maintain accurate records, and create impact reports.
- Organize donor meetings, networking events, and appreciation initiatives.
- Manage the full grant lifecycle—identification, submission, fund allocation, and reporting.
- Ensure transparent fund utilization and compliance as per donor requirements.
- Collaborate with marketing team to create fundraising communication materials (brochures, presentations, flyers, visuals, infographics, data charts, short video clips, reports, newsletters, social media campaigns).
- Represent NSF at corporate meetings, fundraising events, and industry conferences, alumni meet of higher education institutions, relevant educational events, etc.
Reporting & Leadership Structure
- Lead and mentor the fundraising team and leverage external resources as needed
- Report to the Managing Trustee and collaborate with the Board Committee on fundraising
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Leads Generated – Number of potential donors identified.
- Conversion Rate – Percentage of successful funding deals from total pitches.
- Pitches Made – Total number of proposals and presentations delivered.
- Segment-wise Money Raised – Funds secured from corporates, Foundations, High Net worth Individuals (HNWIs), grants, crowdfunding, etc
• 5+ years of direct experience in non-profit marketing for fundraising, managing donor relations, and attracting CSR funding.
• Master’s degree in Business, Marketing, Non-profit Management, or related field. (preferable)
• Additional skills in digital funding and crowdfunding, proposal writing and negotiation are desirable
• A proven track record in securing grants, CSR partnerships, and corporate funding is a bonus.
• Candidates who do not exactly match but are confident in their ability to learn quickly and achieve success are also encouraged to apply.
Why Join NSF?
• Impact-driven role in education and student empowerment.
• Competitive salary.
• Collaborative work culture.
• Be part of our expanding team and grow with us
Submit your resume, cover letter, and relevant project portfolios showcasing your fundraising successes at careers.nsfindia@northsouth.org
Join us at North South Foundation and help shape the future of education in India!
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