1. Cultivate and develop relationships with the existing institutional donors - foundations and CSR partners - to ensure renewal of grants, and strengthening and deepening of the existing relationships, including beyond funding
2. Conduct research on and identify suitable potential new funding opportunities and partners in India and abroad (institutional, CSR, etc.) and secure new institutional funding partnerships, as required
3. Network and build relationships with existing and potential new donors
4. Write quality funding proposals/online grant applications, in collaboration with relevant team members
5. Develop budgets for funding proposals in collaboration with a financial coordinator
6. Work on developing MOU, preparing plans and work orders, and managing and overseeing the programs.
7. Ensure timely, accurate, and high-quality reporting to existing donors
8. Collaborate with the research, advocacy, and communications team on the evaluation of programs and their impact, and ensure these take into consideration donors' needs and expectations, as relevant
9. Oversee and manage all communications with existing donors, including through social media, email, and offline; ensure strong engagement with supporters on social media
10. Introduce new and develop existing processes and protocols for recruitment and management of volunteers to ensure volunteers efficiently contribute and have a good volunteering experience in the organization
11. Work with teams and their strategic partners, identify and develop volunteer/internship roles required, and proactively source volunteers/interns for these roles
12. Prepare annual plans and budgets for the team and report against the same; regularly report internally to the core team and the board
13. Undertake travel to other centers, partners, and for relevant activities, as required
Required:
1. Extremely good at oral and written communication skills
2. Creative presentation skills - making creative PowerPoints
3. Advanced Excel working skills
4. MSW graduates
Agastya is a transformative educational foundation. Since its formation in 1999, Agastya is actively engaged in propagating hands-on learning among poor rural children and teachers. It streams its vision and mission to rural India through a variety of channels including a creativity lab located on a 172-acre campus near Bangalore, 105 mobile labs spread across 14 states in India, and 45 science centers spread across Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Its advisors and members include entrepreneurs, scientists, educators, philanthropists, and teachers. To date, it has directly reached (face-to-face) 20 million children and 300,000 teachers through our continued efforts.
Agastya's hands-on program aims to spark curiosity and addresses significant gaps in the education system viz. lack of practical exposure to science concepts and poor teacher-student interaction. The main goal is to provide access to attract and retain vulnerable and disadvantaged children to quality educational programs.