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A young girl can complete her secondary education, and the little ones can take off towards a bright education future.
Even as the world is at the grips of a pandemic, SRDS continues to move forward with your support. Adapting to the times, we are pivoting our methods to ensure we reach children and youth in these difficult times by overcoming barriers through communication and technology. Over the past few months, we have reached children in 12,000+ communities directly, engaged 80,000 youth, mobilized over 100,000 volunteers, and built partnerships at scale.

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JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Below listed are the vacant positions at SRDS. Click on the link to learn more about that profile.
Note: Due to the large number of applications we receive, we will only be in contact with shortlisted candidates. We do not entertain individual enquiries regarding job application status.
Resource Mobilizations Officer
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka

Job Description

This position is expected to maintain a relationship with existing donors of SRDS and also explore new funding based on the strengths of SRDS work. Resources can be raised from various sources. The main categories of resource mobilization are institutional, community, corporate, trusts, and events. The role is expected to build successful relationships and network with current and prospective donors/ links to donors.
Typical work activities may vary, but typically include:
• Exploring new ways of fundraising in addition to traditional/institutional fundraising. for example- crowd fundraising through campaigns which might attract individual donors
• increasing funds by researching and targeting donors (international and national) whose criteria match the SRDS values and work
• managing and updating databases to record donor contact and focus areas of work
• Making risk analyses and balancing time-cost ratios to focus effort upon the most appropriate fundraising activities with the highest chance of success.
• diversify funding of the organization with an appropriate basket of small, medium and large donors as a strategy
• design existing/old programmes of the organization in a manner to attract new funding/donors (this could be based on a study of current donor scenarios – national and international)
• being in regular communication with programme staff to understand the programme and to explore new issues emerging from the field /elsewhere for new programme development
• prepare donor reports on existing programmes
• Continuously be updated on the latest developments in the development and funding scene.
• Assist the field programmes to carry out local resource mobilization
Organizational Setting and Reporting Relationships:
The Resource Mobilization Officer is accountable to the Director- Of advocacy and Fund Raising. The Resource Mobilizations Officer also works in close collaboration with the programme staff and Financial Officer.

Experience:

A minimum of five years of relevant professional experience in fundraising and resource mobilization preferably for a child rights-based organization.

Qualifications

A post-graduate degree in Development Studies, Marketing or Media/ Communications, or any related field.

Languages

Fluency in English is required.

Remuneration

Commensurate with experience and Shantiniketan rural development society salary scales

Application Deadline:

If you wish to apply please e-mail your cover letter and CV to srdskarnataka@gmail.com referring to ‘Resource Mobilization Officer in the subject line. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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MANAGER – ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS, SRDS

Underprivileged communities, especially children and women. SRDS was initiated to evolve information and make the linkage between the villagers and the government. We believed that knowledge would lead to awareness, which would further lead to self-development, empowerment and action.