Fundraising Associate

Fundraising Associate - CSR

Organisational Overview

At Cuddles Foundation, our mission is to bring holistic nutritional support to every

child fighting cancer in India. We work through partnerships with 40+ government

and charitable hospitals across India that treat underprivileged children for cancer.

Our Nutritionists, explicitly trained for Paediatric Cancer Nutrition, are placed in these

government hospitals. They monitor the child’s progress, create diet plans and

nutritional charts, counsel their parents and educate them in home-based nutrition.

We provide children undergoing treatment with food, hot meals, nutritional

supplements, and ration baskets as per their requirements so that the kids have the

strength to fight cancer.

Job summary

As a Fundraising Associate for CSR relationships, you will be responsible for

stewarding and building a portfolio of funding corporate relationships for Cuddles

Foundation. You will cultivate these relationships through engagements and sharing

timely utilization/impact reports. By offering them a view into their impact and a

brand built on hope, you will be an innovative, creative and passionate relationship

manager and fundraiser. This role will be critical to developing a portfolio that will

contribute to our long-term growth strategy.

**Responsibilities**:
CSR Partnerships:

- You will be responsible for new mid sized corporate outreach and building a pipeline

and maintaining MIS of the same.
- You will coordinate with the Dy. Head - Fundraising for project proposals and

documentation.
- You will be responsible for coordinating employee engagement activities of these

CSR donors, if any.
- You will be responsible for overseeing the preparation of CSR funds utilization

reports, ensuring accuracy and timely sharing with CSR partners and managing day

to day relationships with CSR partners.
- You will coordinate seamlessly with the programs and finance teams to collect and

consolidate data ensuring consistency and clarity.
- You will prepare detailed reports highlighting the impact, key activities, and

significant milestones, and upload them to Donor Partner Assessment portals for

transparency and accountability wherever required.
- You will drive employee engagement activities for corporates, look for ways to

engage employees meaningfully, drive fundraising initiatives through the Wish Tree

campaign during Daan Utsav and festivities.
- Sending receipts to CSR donors - You will coordinate with the finance team for

generating CSR receipts, update the finance team with pending donor information

and you will be responsible for collating and sending receipts to donors.

Networking and Operations:

- You will ensure all donor related compliances are met with.
- You will ensure all operational formalities like receipts, reports, utilisation,

appreciations etc are done on a timely basis.
- You will coordinate with the Marketing team for any social media posts.

Must-haves:

- MBA / Masters in any specialisation
- 4-5 years of fundraising / sales experience with proven track records of raising large

funds or Relationship servicing with a proven track record of creating loyal customers
- An incredible passion for our mission that invigorates and excites everyone with

whom you share it with.
- Strong verbal and written presentation skills with experience in developing and

delivering sales pitches and written proposals.
- A collaborative mindset and ability to work with teams cross-functionally to deepen

and expand donor engagement.
- Drive and sophistication, excited by the opportunity to help shape the future of the

fundraising department and the organisation as a whole.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills with the presence and personal style to

represent the organisation to multiple constituents.

**Skills**:**You're great with people**:
Working with CEOs, philanthropists, influencers, and other diverse personalities

excite you. You build and develop these productive relationships with intelligence,

maturity, and professionalism.

**You're a deal-maker**:
You're comfortable asking for money and are not afraid to hear no. You possess a

keen ability to sell ideas and close deals. You operate with poise, dignity, and

reliability.

**You can break down essential goals into achievable tasks**:
You can understand and articulate the overall institutional strategy and translate it

into possible functions for yourself and your team.

**You understand the value of our supporters**:
You make sure our supporters know how much they matter to our mission. You’re

able to get anyone excited about what we do and make their experience with us

unique. You’re inviting, discerning, and thoughtful.

**You’re an influencer**:
You are a champ at influencing people using excellent communication skills

and inspiring them to contribute.

**You’re an entrepreneur**:
You’re enthusiastic, creative, a self-starter, and have an entrepreneurial attitude

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