Name of the organization: Save the Children, Bal Raksha, Bharat

Location: New Delhi, with travel

Job purpose:

To assist the Director Marketing & Fundraising to build financial sustainability of SC BR and to develop and implement the marketing strategy to substantially raise funds from individuals within India and abroad.

Main responsibilities:

• Assist the Director Marketing & Fundraising to develop and implement SC BR’s individual donor marketing strategy, a marketing plan which will include clear returns and channels, ensuring that long-term growth targets are met.
• To liaise with key supporters of SC BR, such as major individual donors, to build strong relationships and maximize support.
• Develop fundraising communication materials for various media: electronic and print, making proposals, presentations to potential donors as needed.
• Identify fundraising service agencies in India and initiate pilot marketing activities with them and, where successful, implement a scale up strategy. Writing contracts, producing materials and conducting training to support them in delivering to SC BR’s targets.
• Assessing the individual donor market in India to project trends and opportunities.
• Manage fundraising / marketing events and campaigns through to implementation of customer / donor care operations and data management.
• To manage the marketing budget and ensure that controls are in place to monitor and report on income and expenditure, track donor/market trends and report to funders. Establish systems and processes which optimize efficiency in donation processing and monitoring of income over expenditure.
• To promote SC BR’s work – communicating, both internally and externally, in an accurate, sensitive and motivating fashion. This would include contributing to development of the website as a primary communication tool.
• To ensure that all marketing activities comply with applicable law at all times, including compliance with data protection legislation
• Ensure compliance with SC BR’s policies and practices, including the Child Protection Policy

Educational qualification: Post graduate degree in Marketing/Sales Management from a recognized institute.

Experience:  5-6 years of relevant experience in a competitive market environment based on identified job requirements.

Professional Competencies:

• Ability to develop long term plans and strategies, to analyze and assess performance.
• Ability to think laterally and respond rapidly to changing environments.
• Strong business acumen, with an understanding of systems and procedures required to support an ambitious marketing initiative.
• A sound understanding of marketing principles and the application of relationship marketing concepts to a voluntary organisation.
• Experience of managing strategic marketing partners/suppliers to achieve agreed results.
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Excellent knowledge of Office IT packages: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Strong analytical ability and confidence with budget preparation
• Strong managerial experience to recruit and train in a newly formed team
• Willingness to travel within India and possibly internationally
• Willingness to work irregular hours when the job dictates (such as for events, in emergency response times etc)
• Strong commitment to and understanding of SC BR’s values, vision and mission

Website:  www.savethechildren.in

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