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Since 2016, ISDM has worked across three strategic pillars: preparing talent, influencing practice, and building knowledge for Development Management.\nWith the rapid growth of India's economy and the rapid growth of development capital in the country, there is a huge opportunity to make a difference to over a billion people over the next couple of decades. However, this burgeoning development capital will need high-quality leadership and management talent to translate this possibility into real impact - talent that understands the complex nature of society and the complexities of driving social change, that can design interventions within these complexities, and that has the knowledge and skills to build and lead development organisations and translate their work into deep, sustained impact at scale.\nDevelopment Management needs to bring the head, heart, and hand together to engage with diverse communities, build on their agency, work with limited resources and divergent societal aspirations, and move towards a shared vision of a desirable society. India needs Development Management talent and capabilities across the Samaaj, Sarkaar, and Bazaar to translate this opportunity into reality on the ground, transforming the lives of over a billion people in the country, and eventually offering this discipline to countries across the Global South.\nISDM invites individuals who share its vision to join in creating a dynamic, catalytic ecosystem and positioning India as a thought leader in Development Management, ultimately enabling sustainable social impact at scale. Know more at www.isdm.org.in.\nJob Role\nThe Senior Associate - Partnerships will be responsible for developing and stewarding strategic partnerships that advance the Global Knowledge Hub's (GKH) mission of strengthening Development Management through knowledge generation, systems strengthening, research, and capacity building. The role works across GKH's Centres of Excellence and Projects to identify, cultivate, and manage relationships with philanthropic, government, academic, civil society, research and ecosystem partners.\nThe position will contribute to co-developing partnership solutions, concept notes, proposals, partner engagement and resource mobilisation opportunities. The position requires strong relationship management, analytical thinking, proposal development, and the ability to translate institutional priorities into high-value collaborations.\nKey Responsibilities\nStrategic Partnerships: Co-develop and steward a portfolio of institutional partnerships across GKH's Centres of Excellence by identifying opportunities, cultivating relationships, supporting negotiations, and strengthening long-term institutional engagement.\nPartner Stewardship: Manage the partnership lifecycle, including outreach, engagement planning, proposal coordination, internal alignment, implementation support, reporting, and relationship continuity.\nPartnership Solutions: Co-develop concept notes, proposals, partnership strategies, and resource mobilisation opportunities by aligning partner priorities with GKH's knowledge, research, and capacity-building capabilities.\nResearch & Ecosystem Intelligence: Support the Centre through ecosystem scans, philanthropy research, stakeholder mapping, synthesis of sector trends, and development of knowledge products that inform strategic engagement.\nKnowledge & Coordination: Maintain partnership intelligence systems, pipelines, dashboards, documentation, and reporting while enabling cross-centre coordination and institutional learning.\nInter collaboration: Co-drive internal collaborations on partnership, funding opportunities and knowledge sharing.\nCollaboration & Influencing: Builds trusted relationships with diverse stakeholders, aligns interests, and enables collaborative outcomes without relying on formal authority.\nEducational Qualifications & Experience Required\nMaster's/Bachelor's degree in Development Studies, Social Work, Public Policy, Management, Social Sciences, Public Administration, International Development, Communications, or a related discipline.\n4-6 years of experience in strategic partnerships, institutional fundraising, business development, programme development, ecosystem engagement, or donor relations.\nExperience working with philanthropy, government, CSR, academia, multilateral agencies, or development organisations is desirable.\nExperience supporting research partnerships, knowledge initiatives, or institutional collaborations is an advantage.\nExperience working with philanthropic foundations or institutional donors/ CSRs.\nExperience in proposal writing and grant development.\nFamiliarity with CRM or partnership management platforms.\nExperience contributing to research publications or knowledge products.\nSkills Required-:\nFunctional SkillsPartnership development and stakeholder management\nInstitutional fundraising and resource mobilisation\nProposal, concept note, and partnership solution development\nStakeholder mapping and ecosystem analysis\nPartnership pipeline management\nResearch synthesis and insight generation\nProject coordination, reporting, and documentation\nExcellent written and verbal communication\n\nDomain KnowledgeIndian development and philanthropy ecosystem\nGovernment and public systems\nCSR Ecosystem\nResearch and knowledge partnerships\n\n Soft SkillsRelationship-building and stakeholder engagement skills.\nStrong analytical and synthesis capabilities.\nAbility to translate ecosystem insights into partnership opportunities.\nStrong planning, organisation, and project management skills.\nAbility to manage multiple priorities while maintaining quality and timelines.\n\nRemuneration for this role will be commensurate with qualifications & experience. To learn more about us and apply, check out isdm.org.in/careers.\nISDM is an equal-opportunity organization with a particular emphasis on affirmative action. 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