Sales Development Representative (SDR)

We’re Hiring: Digital Support Executive 📍 Location: Ahmedabad 🕒 Time: 9:30 AM – 6:30 PM | 6 Days Working 💼 Exp: 0–5 years 🗣️ Excellent Communication Skills Required Key Responsibilities: 📞 Reach out to fresh & follow-up leads (outbound calls) 💻 Guide clients via call/video/webinar 🎯 Achieve daily call targets & assigned tasks 🤝 Build & maintain client relationships 📝 Maintain accurate records & follow-ups 🚀 Take initiative & drive results 👉 Interested? Please share your resume

About the Organisation

NeevJivan Foundation is a socially driven NGO dedicated to empowering marginalized communities in rural Maharashtra through skill development, vocational training, and entrepreneurship programs. Our goal is to create sustainable livelihoods and reduce income inequality by offering underprivileged individuals the tools to succeed in the modern economy.

We have already seen success in Jawhar and Dahanu talukas in Palghar district and plan to scale further.

Role Overview

The Fundraising Associate will be responsible for researching and identifying funding opportunities, managing donor relationships, and ensuring effective communication with donors. The role involves corporate fundraising, crowdfunding campaigns, donor stewardship, and database management. The associate will play a key role in securing funds for NeevJivan Foundation’s programs and ensuring donor retention.

Role & Responsibilities

Fundraising & Donor Research

● Conduct research to identify potential corporate donors based on thematic areas (livelihood, skill development, women empowerment) and geographic focus.

● Identify key contacts through LinkedIn, websites, and other platforms for outreach.

● Initiate cold email outreach and follow up to convert leads into potential funders.

● Develop outreach strategies for identified donor prospects based on the research.

Donor Outreach & Engagement

● Send out initial communication and nurture relationships with potential donors.

● Manage the donor pipeline, ensuring seamless transitions from outreach to field visits and proposal submissions.

● Organize donor field visits and ensure engagement with NeevJivan’s initiatives.

● Maintain donor relationships through personalized communication, reporting, and timely acknowledgment (thank you letters, 80G receipts, etc.).

Grant & CSR Fundraising

● Coordinate the due diligence documentation required for donor partnerships.

● Develop and update fundraising collaterals, including narratives, reports, and storytelling materials.

● Explore new funding sources, such as domestic foundations and grants, and expand donor outreach.

● Facilitate the signing of multi-year contracts and MoUs with donors.

Crowdfunding & Event Management

● Organize and manage crowdfunding campaigns, leveraging digital marketing strategies.

● Plan and execute fundraising events to engage supporters and attract new donors.

● Coordinate with marketing and program teams to showcase impact stories and promote fundraising initiatives.

Donor Management & Reporting

● Generate donor reports, utilization certificates, and impact reports to ensure transparency.

● Maintain and update donor databases using CRM tools like Zoho.

● Ensure all donor-related documentation is completed efficiently and submitted on time.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

● Identify 15-20 relevant donors annually with at least 30% conversion.

● Establish multi-year funding contracts and MoUs.

● Retain existing donors through strong relationship management.

● Expand donor outreach and secure new funding sources.

● Maintain an organized and updated donor database with streamlined reporting.

Skills & Competencies

Technical Skills

● Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

● Strong verbal and written communication skills.

● Ability to prepare detailed reports and presentations.

● Basic knowledge of sales and marketing

Soft Skills

● Strong negotiation and relationship-building abilities.

● Detail-oriented and highly organized.

● Proactive, energetic, and results-driven.

● Ability to engage with senior-level stakeholders.

● Strategic thinking and problem-solving mindset.

Desirable

● Experience with CRM software (Zoho preferred) for donor management.

● Prior experience of B2B sales.

Collaboration & Reporting

● Work closely with program teams for field visits and donor engagement.

● Coordinate with finance teams for fund utilization reports.

● Collaborate with marketing teams for storytelling and donor reports.

● Report directly to the Founder and Director of NeevJivan Foundation.

Opportunities for growth

● Navigating donor priorities and shifting funding landscapes requires one to keep ears to the ground, and this role will foster the growth of sectoral knowledge.

● Securing positive responses from potential funders requires patience and persistence. This role will build the agility and flexibility required to change work approaches and styles based on the changing organisational and donor priorities.

● Opportunity to lead fundraising initiatives and gain entrepreneurial experience by working closely with the Founder.

● Potential career growth into strategic Development roles.

Education & Experience

● Minimum: Graduate (MBA in Marketing preferred).

● Experience: Minimum 2 years in fundraising, sales, or B2B engagement (mandatory). Social sector experience preferred.

Location & Compensation

● Location: Dahanu Taluka, Palghar District, Maharashtra.

● Salary: Competitive and aligned with industry standards based on experience.

NeevJivan Foundation is an equal-opportunity employer. We encourage passionate individuals who believe in sustainable social impact to apply.

We're Nagarro. We are a Digital Product Engineering company that is scaling in a big way! We build products, services, and experiences that inspire, excite, and delight. We work at scale — across all devices and digital mediums, and our people exist everywhere in the world (18000+ experts across 32 countries, to be exact). Our work culture is dynamic and non-hierarchical. We're looking for great new colleagues. That's where you come in!

Must Have Skills: Digital products, Industry 4.0, RFP, Agile

WHAT MAKES YOU A GOOD FIT FOR THIS ROLE:

• Should have experience in Supply chain/Data analytics/IOT domains.

• Must have experience as a consultant in one or more of the following domains: manufacturing, light engineering industry, heavy engineering, automotive, chemical, food & beverages, consumer goods, agriculture.

• Good experience in implementing IoT use cases across Edge and Cloud by leveraging standard out of the box platforms or creating bespoke solutions.

• Candidate should be fluent in agile delivery model with experience in working with any of the agile product management tool, preferably JIRA.

• Ability to create an understanding of customer business and customer value chain to identify the AS-IS process and digital gaps and create a TO-BE process.

• Must have experience in creating digital products / software / digital platforms.

• Must have experience in conducting customer workshops and ability to engage with them to elicit their business requirements and product requirements.

• Must have experience as a product owner especially in – creating and championing customer and product vision, identifying and documenting customer needs, managing the product backlog, prioritizing the requirements, planning and creating roadmaps for MVP.

• Should have experience of creating responses to customer RFP and RFI proposals.

• Must have ability to make and effectively communicate decisions. The candidate should know how to disagree, how to address opposition/rejection, how to navigate the conflicts in multi stakeholder requirement and how to build consensus.

• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills and demonstrated ability to work with a global team.

WHAT ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensuring short term and long-term success of the account

• Identifying opportunities in the current engagement to cross sell or up sell Nagarro’s offerings

• Interacting with other Center of Competence (CoE) architects and teams, and providing solutions from a software perspective

• Analyzing applications, both pre-production and post-production

• Participating in process studies or pre-sales process of responding to RFI, RFPs and proposals

• Leading business and technical analysis sessions to support new development efforts to meet current and projected business needs

• Quickly understanding the business issues and data challenges of client’s organization and industry

• Providing expertise on the systems capabilities/limitations as it relates to business goals

• Preparing impact and opportunity assessments regarding the cost/benefit of proposed projects

• Driving the implementation of technology and process solutions from concept to completion

• Providing analysis and support for the project management, application development, and QA teams throughout the development lifecycle

• Good understanding of clients’ accounts, client database and business projects

• Conceptualizing and executing workshops internally and with customers on technology and business topics to identify new solution areas and use cases

• Effectively managing program(s) through development of robust schedules, change control, and risk mitigation

• Owning the health of the account on all key metrics (risk, scope, schedule, quality, resources, finance, and customer satisfaction)

• Showcasing a consulting mindset by acting as a solution provider rather than an order taker

• Identifying project/service stakeholders at an early stage and working with them to ensure that the deliverables are in sync with the benefits defined in the business case

• Mentoring and managing team members, by giving constant on the job feedback, and by providing guidance

Job Description:

• Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery)
• Knowledge of  back-end languages (e.g. C#, Java, PHP, Python) 
• JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Node.js)
• Familiarity with databases (e.g. MySQL, MongoDB), web servers (e.g. Apache) and UI/UX design
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Great attention to detail.

• Consultant/freelancing role
• Design and build advanced high-quality applications in .Net,.Net Core, Azure or AWS. hands on programming on C#, Web API, NOSQL DB and Azure, AWS.
• Knowledge of software development life cycle.
• Able to handle and manage the projects independently.
• Should be hands on developer and write production level code flawlessly
• Will be involved in client interactions and gathering project requirements, suggest best solutions considering NFRs insights
• Someone with an ability to ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
• Ability to work within a rapidly evolving environment.
• Eager to learn and adapt to new technologies.
• Bring new ideas and technologies to the team that can improve our product or process.
• Help maintain code quality, unit test cases, documentation, etc