Madhi Foundation Hiring for Manager, Fundraising and Resource Development at Chennai Full Time

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About Madhi 

Madhi Foundation was established in 2016 as a non-profit organization committed to the cause of bridging the equity gap in education for children across India. The Foundation draws its inspiration from the Tamil proverb, “Destiny can be conquered with intellect (Madhi)”. Madhi Foundation specifically works to solve the foundational learning crisis in India. Our vision, “Foundational Learning First, so every child is set up for success”, guides our every action and gives our work the purpose and direction it needs.

What we do

Madhi works closely with the Tamil Nadu School Education Department to conceptualise and implement large scale quality improvement programmes in Tamil Nadu’s government schools. Over the course of the next 5 years Madhi will strengthen its existing programmes in the state (as well as undertake new programmes) with the singular aim of ensuring transformative improvement in the quality of school education in Tamil Nadu and beyond.

Ennum Ezhuthum: We are currently also working as the ‘Chief Management Partner’ for Tamil Nadu’s official Foundational Learning Mission, The ‘Ennum Ezhuthum Mission’ – a Rs. 500 Cr Mission of national and regional importance aimed at universalising foundational learning for all children in Tamil Nadu’s 37,000 government schools.

Enjoy English: Enjoy English is a tech-based product-service offering aimed at improving foundational English among children from low-exposure to English contexts. It is one of a kind idea that adopts an oracy first approach to language learning which is different from most programmes that adopt a subject teaching approach to English learning. 

Communities Enabling Foundational Learning (CEFL): CEFL aims to equip the parents with the knowledge, skills and tools to understand the quality of foundational education their children receive in public schools and in turn, start advocating for improving the quality of education with stakeholders such as teachers, administrators and local political leaders. We support parents to establish peer groups and networks of parents and community members to support each other towards educating their child and collectively demand for the same. 

What is the work culture at Madhi like?

The work culture at Madhi is built both organically and inorganically. We articulate our core values and reinforce them through actions consistently. Team members imbibe Madhi’s values and help grow the culture. Our core values (Mission obsession, Empathy, Resilience, Integrity, Inquiry) form the basis of our actions, policy and interactions. Madhi nurtures a collaborative work culture where individual growth and team success go hand in hand. 

Given the nature of our work (our close partnership with the government) we often realise that we work with partners who espouse a work culture that is vastly different from ours which can sometimes create a sense of cultural dissonance. This is not something we are able to change and we expect team members to join us knowing full well that when working with critical partners and stakeholders there would certainly arise a need to adapt and accept the differences and the challenges that come from working in such an environment. We have been fortunate to find team members over the years who have joined us and helped build a strong and purposeful culture and despite our rapid growth we have been able to sustain our culture over time.

Your team (Partnerships and Communication)

The job opening detailed here pertains to the Partnerships team. To know more about the work we do, check out our information brochure at bit.ly/MadhiFdn_LearnMore

The Partnerships team comprises the fundraising and communications team. ‘Madhi envisions building partnerships with potential funders who share the vision and mission of Madhi through its fundraising initiatives and improving Madhi’s brand visibility in the social sector.

About the role

The Manager, Partnerships and Resource Development will be responsible to identify, nurture and expand Madhi’s ties with potential donor partners. They will play an instrumental role in ensuring that the organisation’s funding target is met on time. They will also engage in purposeful and meaningful partnerships with organisations in the sector. It is a role that provides an exciting opportunity to build purposeful collaboration across a wide range of stakeholders.

The Job Description

Below is an indicative set of responsibilities you will be required to lead as part of your role. We believe that a job description is best created collaboratively where the individual joining the team and the senior leadership team together define the role in greater detail so it reflects your aspirations and ambitions as much as it does the organisation’s needs. A detailed description can be jointly created once the selection process has been completed and you have accepted our offer of employment.

In this role, some of your responsibilities will include

Strategy and team management

• Support the team to align with their work by providing them an understanding of organisational initiatives & goals 
• Set the goals for their subvertical and anchor it while being supported by the CEO
• Contribute towards strategizing and reinventing when needed to achieve the fundraising 
• Ensure seamless project and communication management across different verticals
• Manage and monitor partnerships (fundraising) goals and metrics through well-defined systems
• Diagnose problems/gaps in team/project performance and solve for it using effective problem solving tools and methodologies and help the team learn from the experience
• Gather, analyse and feed back learnings from the field to the management and leadership team to improve design and delivery of programmes iteratively  

Fundraising

• Support the CEO in building dedicated and committed network of donors and institutional partners
• Implement the FR strategy and actively network and increase access to potential funders
• Analyse and utilise information from the robust knowledge bank of potential funding partners in the ecosystem and increase the number of potential funders in the pipeline establishing first level of contact with leads generated 
• Deliver pitches to potential small-mid sized ticket funders in the absence of the CEO
• Manage outreach activities to draft compelling grant applications and proposals to secure funding

You will thrive in this role if you: 

• Have worked in the development sector and understand what it takes for nonprofits to collaborate purposefully
• Have outstanding communication skills in English (written and verbal)
• Have proven planning skills and take pride in seeing projects to completion
• Have the ability to adapt and work in a small and dynamic team
• Have strong interpersonal skills
• Have a keen eye for detail and can produce different types of reports with a short turnaround time
• Have the ability to deliver compelling donor pitches

Prerequisites include:

• At least 4 – 6 years of work experience with a minimum of  2 years of people management and project management experience
• A bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject; qualifications in Education would be an added advantage
• At least 2 years of managerial experience with a team span of minimum 3 members
• Experience in the education/development sector is mandatory
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office, G Suite, Digital Survey Tools and Data Visualisation Tools
• Excellent written communication and report writing skills in English
• Ability and willingness to work in a startup non-profit environment

This role will report to: CEO

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Please note: You will be expected to bring your own laptop with updated software (MS Office 2016)

Remuneration: 8 LPA to 10 LPA

Application form link : https://forms.gle/BVNZft5oASRToNUCA