Assistant Manager / Manager

Position: Assistant Manager / Manager\- Fundraising Reporting Manager: Head\- Fundraising and S trategic Partnerships Who we are The NS Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial\\nLearning (NSRCEL) is IIM Bangalore’s\\nstartup hub and incubation centre. The centre is structured as a section\-8\\nnot\-for\-profit entity. NSRCEL’s mission is to support ventures\\nin the start\-up ecosystem that demonstrate potential to create significant economic and societal impact. This financial year alone NSRCEL has engaged\\nwith 1106 ventures through 13 unique program tracks across 82 towns in the\\ncountry. NSRCEL is supported by Department of Science and Technology and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.\\nNSRCEL has partners with corporates like Alstom, Capgemini, Goldman Sachs,\\nKotak Mahindra Bank and Maruti Suzuki among others to support idea stage and\\nearly\-revenue stage entrepreneurs and startups in focussed themes of climate\-tech, women\\nentrepreneurship, and soc ial impact. What\\nyou will be doing Turn\\ndonor priorities into compelling, on\-brand proposals and close partnerships.\\nUnderstand donor needs, translate this into pitch decks, concept notes and\\nproposals. Build relationships with internal stakeholders to enrich proposals\\nand pitches. • Execute fundraising activities including identifying target partners, initiating contact, pitch presentations and proposals,\\nand negotiating partnership agreements ​ • Develop and maintaining a pipeline of prospects and partners • Research and understand donor\\npriorities, funding guidelines, budgets, compliance environment\\nand decision process. • Use consultative conversations\\nto uncover donor goals and match them to the NSRCEL’s programs • Work with programme, finance, M&E,\\ncommunications and leadership teams to gather inputs and align with donor’s\\nmission. • Independently manage a\\nportfolio of small\-ticket donors from first contact through renewal. Requirements What you will need to bring to the table You will ideally: • Be an MBA, CA or post\-graduate from a Tier 1 institution with 4+ years of experience • Understand the entrepreneurial ecosystem in India, have a passion for the science of entrepreneurship • Be experienced in fund raising, business development and engagement management with Fortune 500 corporates,\\nfoundations, philanthropy and Government • Have managed key account relationships • Excellent\\nattention to detail in writing, numbers and formatting. • Possess executive\-level\\ncommunication skills • Bring strong enterprise sales and marketing experience, financial acumen. Have a bias for action