Fundraising Associate

**Job Title**:Fundraising Associate

**Location**:Based in Mumbai (may require limited travel outside Mumbai)

**Employment Type**:Permanent, Full time, Monday to Friday (2 Saturdays working

in a month)

**Reporting to**:CEO, Apni Shala Foundation

**ABOUT APNI SHALA**

Apni Shala was co-founded in 2013, and has been working since then towards building social and

emotional competencies among individuals to constructively engage with society and have a

harmonious coexistence. We are working towards a 3-fold mission:

- creating promotive and preventive mental health programs in partnership with schools
- offering professional development opportunities to teachers, educators and mental health

professionals
- running a research-based school that integrates academic and social and emotional

competency development.

Apni Shala’s approach to Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is informed by Collaborative of Academic

Social and Emotional Learning Framework(CASEL, USA), Narrative Practices, Diversity & Inclusion,

Constructivist Learning Theory, and Mindfulness. Over a period of 9 years, Apni Shala has worked with

over 8000 young people. Our work is aimed at not just students but also teachers and caregivers in the

ecosystem. Apni Shala is funded by institutional grants, individual donations and revenues through

workshops. We strongly believe that the individual passions of each team member fuel the growth of the

organization and give it direction. Personal and professional development of our staff is therefore

important to us at Apni Shala and it forms a major part of every team member's journey with the

organization.

**WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?**
- Deep commitment to work towards wellbeing and SEL of students and other stakeholders in the

education system
- Ability to adapt and respond to difficult and uncertain circumstances
- Spirit of collaboration and trust in working with and supporting a team
- Inclination and openness to continuous learning, feedback and growth
- Ability to engage with and solve for inequity and exclusion with compassion

Address: 61/C, 1st Floor, Kamgar Nagar, S. G. Barve Marg, Kurla (E), Mumbai - 400 024
Registered under Bombay Public Trust Act No. E-29950(M)
- Commitment to one’s own social emotional development and healing
- Inclination and willingness to explore and design innovative ideas and rigor to put them into

action for fundraising and partnerships
- Ability and willingness to step in for responsibilities above and beyond the assigned role

**ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
- **Partnership Building and Management**
- Strategize, strengthen and work with Apni Shala teams to build paid partnerships for the

organisation
- Manage stakeholder by coordinating meetings, relaying important information, and

facilitating feedback meetings
- Identify and build partnerships with organizations and schools inside and outside Mumbai
- Conduct surveys and interviews as required by the monitoring & evaluation process
- Manage public relations including engaging press and media
- **Fundraising**
- Work with CEO to develop and execute Apni Shala’s Fundraising Strategy
- Actively research and identify CSRs/Grant organizations, initial communication
- Manage donor reports (create, collaborate with team members for data, review and get

reviewed, send to donors)
- Design and lead Apni Shala’s Annual Crowdfunding Campaigns
- Donor relationships - set up visit dates, regular communications
- Actively find and partner print/online media to promote Apni Shala's work
- Develop and organize existing and new fundraising campaigns, initiatives and events
- Identify and work in partnership with CEO to acquire grants and major donations from

philanthropic bodies, government departments, individual donors and the corporate

sector
- Develop donor relations management tools and/or execute the same
- Maintain all funds, accounts, budget, financial bills and donor-related information in

coordination with the accounts team
- Create all communications collateral required for fundraising, including presentations,

project proposals, donor reports and annual reports
- Widen Apni Shala’s visibility within potential donor segments in partnership with other

Address: 61/C, 1st Floor, Kamgar Nagar, S. G. Barve Marg, Kurla (E), Mumbai - 400 024
Registered under Bombay Public Trust Act No. E-29950(M)

team members
- Liaison with photographers/videographers/writers for documenting activities and creating

content for fundraising-related communications collateral
- **Coordination & Supervision**
- Create monthly/periodic progress reports, collate data from partners and present to team
- Coordinate visits for donors, volunteers, and supporters at partner organizations
- Facilitate and assist in implementing fundraising-related capacity-building sessions using

internal and external resources for the team.
- Participate in the performance management processes for all staff that you have worked

with
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