Associate, Philanthropy Labs

Philanthropy Labs- Job posted on- Nov 08, 2024- Employment type- Full Time**About Dasra**: Dasra’s bold aspiration is a transformed India where a billion thrive with dignity and equity. Established in 1999, Dasra is India’s leading strategic philanthropy foundation, working with philanthropists and high impact social entrepreneurs to bring together knowledge, funding and talent as a catalyst for social change. Dasra was founded on the simple premise that supporting non-profits in their growth will scale their impact on the vulnerable lives they serve. Beginning with incubating NGOs like Magic Bus and Villgro and enabling them to scale, two decades later this theory of change continues to thrive at Dasra. It now encompasses strengthening leading NGOs, magnifying philanthropists’ impact and enabling government to better serve communities. Dasra is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

**About Philanthropy Labs**: The Philanthropy Labs team at Dasra works on strengthening India’s family philanthropy infrastructure and ecosystem to accelerate equitable giving for India’s most marginalized communities. The team focusses on building networks and communities of practice of philanthropists (HNIs/UHNIs/Billionaires) and Nonprofit community in parallel to drive narrative change around family philanthropy, investing in leadership and institutional capacity building. Labs works on strengthening non-profit institutions through curated cohort engagement programs focused on areas of leadership, talent, narrative building, data, systems change, collaboration, fundraising and sector resilience. Through these cohorts based projects, we aim to create safe spaces and platforms for diverse stakeholders to exchange of learning, collaborate and create an ecosystem for a billion Indians to thrive with equity and dignity.

**About the Role**:
Associates at Dasra are responsible for planning, implementing, and overseeing the design and execution of various projects. With 3-5 years of experience and strong management skills, you will be responsible for ensuring effective project planning and delivery, driving impactful decision-making and nurturing talent within the organization.

**Job Title**: Associate, Dasra Social Impact Experience Required: 3-5 years Type of Role: Full-time; Residential cohort engagement programs **Location**: Dasra Office, Mumbai, India**Key Responsibilities**:

- Support the team in co-designing cohort-based capacity building programs for different stakeholders primarily non-profits leaders around topics of leadership, talent, communications/ narrative building, data, systems change, collaboration, fundraising and resilience 2. Under mínimal supervision perform complex assignments involving working with multiple stakeholders and fulfil broad responsibilities where outcomes are defined, but methods and procedures may vary based on professional judgement/ precedent
- Independently create project plans and manage delivery for timely and quality program implementation; consisting of key activities such as outreach & cohort selection, participant on-boarding, workshop planning and delivery, and donor reporting
- Liaison with key stakeholders both internal and external including participants, sector experts, knowledge and venue partners and building trust based relationships for continued partnerships
- Brainstorm and contribute towards content creation and session design as well as facilitate smaller cohort discussions. Also, support in business development activities including grant writing and budget creation/ planning
- Contribute to team
- and organization-level management activities such as staffing, reporting, internal taskforces. Translate insights into team level learnings and efficiencies to nurture talent and build internal capabilities

**Skills Required**:

- 3-5 years of in the Indian development sector with demonstrated skills in project management, stakeholder management, capacity building, research, communications, and multi-stakeholder engagement.
- Sharp written and communication skills, and able to build frameworks to communicate a compelling narrative with some, but mínimal guidance
- Strong project management skills, including the ability to define project scopes, plan with some support and guidance, manage the project team and ensure work efficiency and quality while managing budgets, and adhering to deadlines.
- Able to engage stakeholders including senior nonprofit leaders, intermediaries and funders with trust and confidence
- Ability to make things happen, while dealing with ambiguity in a dynamic environment
- Openness to learn and flexibility to work in team collaboratively to develop a culture of learning and strong commitment to nurture talentEntrepreneurial attitude with a willingness and ability to build systems and processes, work independently, bring structure, as well as think a