
Head - Fundraising & Partnerships - NGO
About the Role:
We are seeking a mission-driven, results-oriented leader to join as Head - Fundraising & Partnerships. In this high-impact role, you will directly shape and execute the fundraising and partnerships strategy to scale organizational impact. The ideal candidate will bring experience in building long-term donor relationships, securing multi-crore partnerships, and leading high-performing teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Fundraising Strategy & Leadership: Drive implementation of 2-3 year fundraising plans, own annual targets, and manage donor lifecycles from prospecting to reporting.
- Partnership Development: Build and manage a robust pipeline of CSR, philanthropic, and institutional funders while representing the organization at sector forums and events.
- Communications & Storytelling: Oversee proposals, pitch decks, reports, and campaigns to ensure compelling donor-facing narratives.
- Team Leadership: Build, mentor, and lead a strong fundraising team; establish donor management systems, CRM, and compliance frameworks.
- Relationship Management: Cultivate trust-based relationships with key donors, foundations, and corporate leaders.
- Collaboration: Work closely with Programs, Finance, and Impact teams to align fundraising with organizational needs and outcomes.
Qualifications:
- 10-15 years of experience in fundraising, partnerships, or business development within the nonprofit, CSR, or impact investing sector.
- Proven track record of raising - 12 Cr+ through CSR, foundations, or HNIs.
- Strong experience in securing and managing large, multi-year partnerships.
- Excellent communication, storytelling, and proposal-writing skills.
- Strategic mindset with the ability to lead both vision and execution.
- Experience in team leadership, donor management systems, and compliance.
- Strong understanding of India's social impact ecosystem.
Why Join?
Lead fundraising and partnerships strategy at scale.
Help unlock resources for one of India's most scalable and tech-driven education models.
Opportunity to shape high-impact narratives and partnerships.
Flexible remote work with required travel.
Competitive sector salary with long-term growth opportunities.

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Roles and Responsibilities
Financial Controller
1. Leadership and Strategic Planning: Collaborating with senior leadership on
strategic initiatives and providing financial insights
2. Budgeting and Forecasting: Leading the budgeting and forecasting process to
provide accurate financial projections.
3. Cost Control: Implementing/ identify measures to control costs and improve
profitability
4. Team Management: Leading and developing a team to ensure effective
performance and goals achievement
5. Risk Management: Identifying financial risks and implementing strategies to
mitigate them.
6. Hands on experience of fundraising from Institutional Investors and closely
monitor the due diligence process for fundraising.
7. Liaising with financial institutions, regulatory authorities, and other agencies
8. Dealing with Investment Bankers, NBFC, Rating Agencies and Govt authorities
9. Raising long term Debt and short-term funding
10. Interacting with Strategic investor, Private Equity, FIs and NBFCs
Chief Compliance Officer
11. Ensuring compliance with secretarial related matters under Companies Act 2013.
12. Liaison with Stock Exchanges, SEBI and other regulatory authorities and look
after yearly/half yearly returns, audit reports, SEBI enhanced supervision data
and other periodic compliances.
13. Handling of periodic and event-based compliances of Stock Broking, DP, Merchant
Banking, PMS and Market Making. Ensuring timely & accurate regulatory
submission to exchanges, Depositories, various PMS submission etc.
14. Review and defining processes for implementation of various circulars issued by
Exchanges, Depositories, SEBI etc.
15. Query handling in relation to regulatory area of SEBI, Exchanges & Depositories.
16. Handling regulatory & exchange inspections, if any.
17. Assist the Senior Management in overseeing the implementation of the
Compliance Policy, internal codes of conduct, prescriptions in compliance
manuals, etc.
18. Drafting of Annual Report sections relating to secretarial and legal compliances
under Companies Act.

