Position: Chief Growth Officer (CGO)

Organization: RightWalk Foundation

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Areas of responsibility
The list mentioned below provides more detailed descriptions of the role to be performed. It is not exhaustive
but illustrates the scope of responsibilities and provides insight into other tasks that may be required or
assigned as per need.
1. Work closely with the CEO to develop a fundraising strategy for supporting RightWalk’s programs
2. Identify and research suitable new prospects - foundations, corporates and individuals - for RWF, and cultivate these relationships on behalf of the organization
3. Manage the end-to-end fundraising cycle with each prospective donor: Identifying high-value, prospective donors, initiating leads, calls and meetings, making presentations, writing proposals and closing agreements
4. Create tools, systems and processes to manage the past/current/plausible donor base of the organization and create year long funder pipeline
5. Maintain relationships with existing donors and respond to their requests regularly and keep updating them about RWF’s work
6. Coordinate with Strategic Communication Team to organize fundraising events for the organization (including digital campaigns)
7. Collaborate with the operations and communications team to draft proposals, applications, reports, and updates for current and prospective supporter
8. Create budgets for new projects with support from the Strategy and Finance team and support the program team in program management
9. Analyze and use data from M&E to create high quality impact reports for supporting board level reviews, creating grant applications and for external communications
10. Represent RWF and be a visible part of a successful organization at forums involving stakeholders such as other non-profits, foundation and government agencies
11. Review and advice on communication materials including website, brochures, posters, infographics and other print and digital collateral material, as required
12. Represent RWF’s fundraising externally, and enjoy visibility in an impactful organization
13. Prepares presentation by evaluating text, graphics, and binding and coordinating printing

14. Maintains quality results by using templates; following proposal-writing standards including readability, consistency,  andtone; maintaining proposal support databases
15. Improves proposal-writing results by evaluating and re-designing processes, approach, coordination, and boilerplate

Required Qualifications, Skills and Abilities
• Post Graduate in a relevant field. Candidates with an MBA will be preferred, but not essential
• 4 to 5 years of fundraising/business development experience
• Top-shelf research skills
• Ability to understand the needs of both the agency in need of funding and the organization that is offering the grant money
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, strong presentation skills
• Ability to work independently and proactively, without support staff and with little supervision
• Strong planning and organizational skills, and an ability to be able to set priorities, plan timelines and meet deadlines
• Experience of working with a wide range of funders - including high net worth individuals, foundations and CSR roles will be considered as relevant background
• Good track record of maintaining key donor relationships as well as establishing new partnerships
• Proven experience of negotiating with senior stakeholders, both internally and externally
• Ability to craft compelling opportunities for a wide range of potential supporters

Desired Qualities
1. Entrepreneurial spirit and ‘get-it-done’ attitude
2. Operating style suited to working in a small organization setting, where teamwork and resourcefulness are highly valued.
3. Excellent leadership skills, including ability to manage multiple projects at a time.

Personal Attributes
1. Strong alignment with RWF’s mission of driving Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice in building stronger education ecosystems in India
2. Results-focused with a strong sense of ownership
3. Enjoys working under pressure: flexible, highly organized and able to prioritize work to meet deadlines
4. Self-motivated and a good team player
5. Openness to listen, learn and contribute beyond the confines of this role

Compensation
Remuneration will be competitive and will depend upon the candidate’s experience level.