Rupees 15,00,000 - 20,00,000
Education:UG - Any Graduate - Any Specialization PG - Any PG Course - Any Specialization,M.A - Any Specialization,MBA/PGDM - Any Specialization,PG Diploma - Any Specialization
Industry Type:NGO/Social Services
Functional Area:Top Management
To ensure that Save the Children maintains a diverse and growing portfolio of funding for its work in India, and demonstrates consistently high standards in grant fundraising & management
Professional Competencies
? High level skills in capacity building and team development
? Sound knowledge and proven success with new business development, preferably involving past experience fundraising from institutions and/or corporates within the development sector
? Excellent communication skills (written & oral)
? An ability to absorb large amounts of information in short timeframes, identifying key issues, and recalling key details
? Ability to construct and check a complex budget
? Ability to work within and occasionally to lead a virtual team of staff of all levels, without necessarily holding any direct line management authority
? Knowledge of compliance requirements for major donors such as USAID, ECHO, EC, and DFID and skills to establish compliance systems with SC BR staff
? Ability to construct insightful and well-presented MIS data, to allow senior decision makers an immediate picture around core business processes
? Sound Knowledge of core IT applications
? Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles
Personal Qualities
Positive attitude and high energy
Maturity and emotional balance
Tact and sensitivity to the needs of others
Strong influencing skills
Judgment, Decision Making & Problem Solving Ability
Demonstrable ability to work well in a team
Adaptable, flexible, proactive and innovative.
High level of professionalism in conduct
Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines.
Willingness to abide by SC BR’s Child Protection Policy.
Specific Responsibilities
New business prospecting
• To set up and maintain a simple but efficient prospecting function, ensuring that all new calls for proposals from grant-making bodies and donors operating in India are received and considered for their fit with our strategy and expertise
• To maintain a wide network of relevant contacts within Save the Children internationally, particularly focusing on the fundraising teams of other alliance members with a history or potential to secure significant funding for work in India (SC UK, US, Sweden, Finland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Italy, Norway, Netherlands, etc), ensuring that funding opportunities in India are always forefront in their thinking
• To respond promptly to all requests or enquiries from an India-based donor or Save the Children International partner, discussing opportunities with the Programme Team, and setting in motion a proposal development process
Proposal Development
• To ensure that Save the Children has the capacity and the necessary information to produce consistently high quality concept notes and proposals.
• To be responsible for Save the Children’s Grant Management procedures, ensuring that they are followed for all new opportunities, and making any adjustments to the processes as deemed necessary, in consultation with senior colleagues.
• In almost all cases, to set up a virtual team from technical and state-level staff to work on a proposal, agreeing key deliverables and timeframes across a number of different colleagues and teams, bearing in mind other work commitments and likely concurrent proposal processes.
• To line manage and task interns and/or colleagues who are working directly on new proposals
• To work with the Grant Manager to ensure that all compliances and eligibility requirements are met in advance of submission
• To maintain a MIS of all proposals once they are submitted, to allow senior managers a clear picture of the overall financial picture, and to see the success rate of proposal submission
Grant Management
• To work with the Grants Officer and Finance Team to ensure that all major grants are well managed and reported, attaining their objectives, and implemented within agreed budgets and timeframes
• To ensure that sufficient capability and management attention is in place to see that donor reports are submitted on time and to consistently high standards, and are signed off by relevant managers and technical staff.
Save the Children International relationships
(In addition to responsibilities already mentioned)
• To encourage and facilitate visits by Save the Children International colleagues to India, and any of their actual or potential donors
• To act as the focal point within India for any ad hoc or formal working group set within Save the Children International on institutional fundraising
Leadership / representation
• To attend meetings with key institutional donors (EU, ECHO, DfID, US AID etc) with offices in Delhi, accompany field visits etc, in co-ordination with relevant SMT members and state teams
• To lead, manage and motivate all direct reports, ensuring that the team is guided by and fully compliant with the PMS system
• To take on other tasks or responsibilities, as requested by the CEO or SMT
Keywords: Fundraising, Partnerships, Grant, Proposal, Foundation, INGO Save the Children works for children everywhere, with Save the Children organizations in 29 countries, collectively implementing programmes in over 100, and an annual combined income of more than $1bn. Save the Children works for a world which respects and values each child, which listens to children and learns, and where all children have hope and opportunity.Save the Children currently works in 10 states of India, delivering a wide range of projects in health and nutrition, child protection, education, and disaster risk reduction. Save the Children India is committed to responding to all new major emergencies in India, as they arise. Altogether, our programme currently reaches more than 600,000 children directly, and our close collaboration with Government line ministries and service providers gives us the potential to reach far greater numbers. Our programme work contributes to and is strengthened by robust policy analysis, high-level advocacy at state and national level, and a significant media profile. Company Name:
Save the Children (Client of Careerist Management Consultants)
Reference ID:CMC-STC-HoIP-2010-125
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