Business Development Associate

Job Description — Grant Proposal Writer / Grants Manager

Location: New Delhi (hybrid) | Remote-friendly within India

Employment Type: Full-time (12-month probation; long-term extension based on performance). Contract/consulting arrangements may be considered.

Reports to: CEO (Co-founder)

Start date: ASAP

Role summary

You will lead end-to-end grant fundraising and stewardship across government schemes, CSR programs, foundations, and international donors. The role blends technical comprehension of water/environmental technologies with proven grant writing, budgeting, and post-award management. You will translate lab and pilot evidence into donor-grade narratives, build partnerships, and ensure compliant delivery of funded projects.

Key responsibilities

Opportunity identification:

1. Maintain an active pipeline of relevant funding opportunities (central/state schemes, Jal Jeevan Mission, CSR portals, multilateral donors, foundations, and corporate CSR calls).
2. Assess fit, prioritize opportunities, prepare opportunity briefs and submission timelines.

Proposal development:

1. Lead drafting, editing and submission of concept notes, full proposals, technical annexes, budgets, log frames, M&E frameworks and compliance attachments.
2. Convert technical data (lab results, pilot metrics) into clear problem–solution–impact narratives tailored to each donor.
3. Prepare robust budgets, cost justifications, procurement plans, risk registers and milestone schedules aligned with organizational capacity.

Post-award management:

1. Lead grant acceptance, set up project accounts, draft implementation plans and ensure timely delivery, financial reporting and audit readiness.
2. Manage donor communications, site visits, progress and final reporting.

Capacity building & institutionalization:

1. Build a grants playbook (template proposals, budgets, boilerplate language, checklists).
2. Train staff on donor processes and documentation.

Additional duties (as requested)

1. Conduct small technical or field studies relevant to our work—e.g., measuring emissions reduction, health impacts, and market positioning—and synthesize results for proposals and reports.
2. Proactively apply for grants and funding opportunities that accelerate product development, pilots and market entry.
3. Represent and present DetoXyFi’s work to government and non-government stakeholders, including ULBs, CSR teams and international donors.

Required qualifications & experience

1. Education: Bachelor’s or master’s in environmental engineering, Environmental Science, Water Resources, Public Policy, Development Studies or related field. Technical degree strongly preferred.
2. Experience: Minimum 1 year of professional experience writing and managing grants for tech/science/NGO/enterprise projects. Proven track record of winning at least one grant (government, CSR, foundation or multilateral).
3. Technical skills: Comfortable interpreting technical reports (lab/pilot data) and converting them into donor-grade writing. Strong budgeting skills, including line-item budgets and indirect cost calculations.
4. Communication: Exceptional English writing and editing ability; strong presentation skills.
5. Tools: Proficient in MS Office / Google Workspace; familiarity with grants databases and project management tools is a plus.

Preferred (nice-to-have)

1. Prior experience in water-technology startups, environmental engineering or public health projects.

Application requirements

Please submit:

1. CV
2. Cover letter describing at least one successful grant you authored and how will you conduct small studies relevant to our work in providing clean drinking water and measuring across emissions reduction, health impact, market position.

JD | Senior Software Engineer (J2EE/JEE Full Stack)

Summary

Looking for a senior developer who has strong skills in front-end and back-end technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, JSP, Servlets, Ajax, SQL, Database Stored Procedures, and J2EE frameworks.

This position requires J2EE Full Stack development experience of 2 to 6 years. Further it requires good multitasking and communication skills. Further it requires good communication skills - written and spoken, and good multi-tasking skills where he/she can manage multiple tasks with high productivity. The candidate should also have good aptitude, should be able to learn iTech’ s cloud-based products within a reasonable time, hardworking and should have the ability to go the extra mile to complete the assigned tasks on time.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop the various modules, features and reports in our products using JEE and database technologies/frameworks
• Take responsibility and work with peer developers in the team in completing the features/tasks assigned.
• Perform code review with peer developers on various features in the product.
• Handle the support tickets which requires development effort and fix them.
• Learning and implementing new front-end and back-end technologies.
• Mentor and guide junior developers.
• Involve in building and deploying the product version in UAT and Production environment.
• Work on multiple versions of the projects in parallel.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Tech/B. E./MCA/M. Tech with 2 to 6 years of related work experience
• Working knowledge in front-end and back-end technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, JSP, Servlets, Ajax, SQL, Database Stored Procedures, and frameworks such as Spring, Bootstrap, jQuery.
• Exposure to SOAP/RESTful Web Services, XML/JSON technologies, JBoss/WildFly Application Server, PostgreSQL database is a bonus
• Knowledge in any tools including Eclipse IDE, Source Code Control Systems such as Git, and Software Configuration Management systems would be a plus.

• Design and develop mobile applications in true service oriented architecture.
• Building mobile applications on Android platform using Java, Kotlin, etc
• Worked on major architectures like MVVM, MVP

• Core knowledge of PHP and Laravel frameworks

• Fundamental understanding of front-end technologies like HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. Check if the CSS, HTML, and JavaScript are accurate and consistent across different apps

• Basic knowledge in SQL and NoSQL databases is a plus.

• Build and maintain innovative web applications and websites using modern development tools.

• Document and continuously update the development process, project components, and task progress based on Organization requirements

• Solid experience working with PHP, the latest Laravel version.

• Design and maintain databases.

• Optimize performance by performing UI and back-end tests

• Scale, expand and improve our websites and applications, Perform debugging and troubleshooting on apps.

• Effectively communicate with clients and other teams when needed

• Update on current industry trends and emerging technologies and apply them to the development process

• Timely receipt and processing of telecom orders and changes to services (i.e. device orders, service plan changes) via provider portals or email.
• Data maintenance in the system as well as resolving data issues.
• Professional and solution-oriented communication in English language with telecom providers, end-users, and telecom admins via emails or within the system.
• Track work tasks and status in the system
• Follow a set process for processing customer orders within contracted SLA’s
• Utilize internal help desk software systems to accurately document all support activity
• Work closely and cross collaboratively with client internal Operations department

• Excellent communication skills
• Comfortable to work in night shifts
• Exposure to global customers
• Good team player

• Achieve growth and hit sales targets by successfully managing the sales team
• Design and implement a strategic business plan that expands company’s customer base and ensure it’s strong presence
• Own recruiting, objectives setting, coaching and performance monitoring of sales representatives
• Build and promote strong, long-lasting customer relationships by partnering with them and understanding their needs
• Present sales, revenue and expenses reports and realistic forecasts to the management team
• Identify emerging markets and market shifts while being fully aware of new products and competition status