Position: Director

Organization: ChildFund 

Location: Delhi

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Job summary

• The Director, Resource Mobilization and Communication will be responsible for providing strategic leadership to ChildFund India on raising sustainable resources from individuals, high net-worth individuals/ businesspeople, corporates, institutions/government, and digital platforms.
• S/he will be responsible for creating, developing, and distributing compelling digital and traditional media content which engages audiences in a dynamic and interactive way and enhances visibility and brand recognition of ChildFund in India. 
• S/he will lead a team of highly motivated professionals to achieve results on the resource mobilization and communication

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategic leadership and fundraising initiatives:

• Develop an integrated Fundraising strategy in line with the objectives of ChildFund India’s Country Strategy Plan (CSP).
• Be responsible for implementation of the fundraising strategy.
• Responsible for delivering quarterly targets of mobilizing resources from various channels –institutions and government, HNIs, corporates, individuals, and digital platforms.
• Ensure alignment of fund-raising opportunities with the CSP and other relevant policies of ChildFund India.
• Conceptualize innovative ideas for raising awareness for garnering support and resources from public at large.
• Develop and implement strategies and campaigns to enhance ChildFund India’s reach on digital platforms to raise resources through organizational branding, program models and success stories.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies and processes in selection of relevant agencies and supporters for various fundraising initiative.

Communication, donor servicing and reporting:

• Develop innovative strategies, plans and systems for improved donor journey and donor retention.
• Lead designing and execution of relevant communication and branding strategies to support fund raising initiatives.
• Work with communications team in planning and implementing campaigns for fundraising and to enhance the impact and outreach of ChildFund’s work with children.
• Guide communication team on developing relevant content for ChildFund India website to make it fundraise oriented in line with organization’s branding guidelines.

• Ensure optimum utilization of organizational digital channels – website, email and social media accounts – for supporter engagement and to raise resource.
• Responsible for high quality donor servicing and regular communications, such as mailers and newsletter, with individual supporters, corporates, and institutions.
• Ensure timely completion and delivery of internal and external reporting requirements.

Team Management:

• In collaboration with HR, be responsible for recruitment and development of teams.
• Orient/train and mentor teams for effective delivery of fundraising and communications plan and targets.
• Responsible for periodic performance review of teams.
• As a member of the Senior Management Team, participate and represent organization in various internal and external forums.
• Any other tasks that may be assigned by the Line Manager from time to time.

QUALIFICATIONS/ EXPERIENCE/ COMPETENCIES:

• Postgraduate in Management /Marketing with sound understanding of issues faced by poor and excluded communities, particularly children.
• Atleast 8-10 years of professional experience in a large organization on fundraising/ direct marketing and communication, out of which at least 5 years must be in leadership position.
• A good team player with demonstrated success in the collaboration, management and development of multi-location, multi-disciplinary teams.
• Sound experience of managing back end/ donor servicing function of fundraising.
• A result-oriented individual with focus on timely delivery of set plans and targets.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills (both internal and external).
• Advanced level aptitude in data management, interpretation, and analytics.
• Strong communication skills in English and Hindi (both verbal and written).
• Have proficiency in all applications of MS Office, especially Word and Excel.
• Willingness to travel as required for work requirements. 
• Be gender sensitive with strong conviction and skills for the empowerment of excluded and disadvantaged children.