Associate, New Partnerships

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

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Job Description:

Job Title: Associate, New Partnerships

Position Reports To : Manager, Corporates & Grants

Department: Resource Mobilization - Institutions

Location:Chennai / Bangalore

Primary Purpose of Job

Develop and implement long term sustainable strategies to raise financial and non-financial resources for WV India programs from , Corporates, National and international funding institutions, Trusts, Organizations that will meet the set targets and objectives for the region.

Key Deliverables:

· Will jointly and collaboratively develop and implement the CSR strategy for RM - Institutions

· Intentionally explore avenues for new CSR alliances with likeminded Corporate houses

· Involve Corporations in sustainable, workable and measureable partnership programs in transforming communities

· Persistent prospecting and submission of high-quality proposals to corporates

• Proactively approach corporates Pan India for establishing new partnerships

Key Accountabilities

Strategic Support

• To take proactive role in the strategic process of developing, implementing and monitoring long term business plans to raise cash, GIK and other resources from Corporates, Major Donors and Key Accounts
• Develop partnerships and strategic engagements with corporate entities across different parts of the country and sectors including CSR Funding, Co-branding, payroll giving etc.
• Lead generation by pitching new companies to secure long term corporate partnership by generating innovative proposals and integrating fundraising and awareness-raising packages.

Fundraising and Business Development:

• Be fluent in current trends of CSR fundraising and develop and implement corporate affinity programmers, and sponsorship agreements.
• Develop and implement marketing and advertising plans to expand scope for raising resources
• Enrol to be active members in forums and corporate bodies to enlarge scope for the ministry, like AIMA, MMA, CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM, etc
• Initiate Corporate database management to manage and maintain contacts with key donors
• Work very closely with the Corporate engagement team and Programme Officer to build suitable proposals and report on the accomplishments

Corporate Outreach

• Work with the director in order to represent World Vision Activities with Corporate Donors.
• Reach out to potential companies and ensure adequate follow-ups.
• Develop project proposals, concept notes etc.
• Conceptualize, plan and execute fundraising events.

Client Servicing:

• Manage relationship with new corporate partners up to 12 months
• Manage updating of the internal management system and ensure that all prospective and current corporate partner details are accurately recorded in the database.
• Undertake monitoring and evaluation of fundraising activities and achievements related to agreed targets and cost/income ratio.

Role Requirement

Knowledge & Qualifications:

• Postgraduate qualification in a relevant discipline
• Strong knowledge of sustainable and transformational development practices
• Familiarity with WV development frameworks, sectoral and cross-cutting themes
• Understanding of Christian principles, demonstrated through personal faith expression

Skills:

• Strong understanding of CSR concepts with the ability to apply them across diverse contexts
• Excellent influencing and communication skills to engage and align stakeholders
• Project management and sales capabilities to drive partnerships and outcomes
• Ability to analyze data and report impact using metrics and insights

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in CSR programs and project management
• Proven ability to build and sustain strong internal and external stakeholder relationships
• Experience in fundraising, partnerships, and corporate engagement environments

Other

• Strong networking capability with corporates, PSUs, and industry bodies
• Active or potential membership with forums such as CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM
• Ability to represent the organization effectively in external forums and engagements

Compensation : 7 to 7.8 LPA

Applicant Types Accepted: