State CSR Fund Raising Expert

Palladium: Make It Possible; Mumbai; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Palladium: Make It Possible in Mumbai is looking for a State CSR Fund Raising Expert to lead fundraising efforts and ensure project implementation. This client-facing role will involve coordinating with stakeholders, farmers, and team members to achieve project objectives within budget and timeline.

The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 4 years of experience in fundraising and a postgraduate degree in a relevant field. Proficiency in Hindi, English, and Marathi is required for effective communication.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of experience in fundraising.
• Post-Graduate degree in a relevant field.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the implementation of the project to raise CSR funds.
• Prepare and manage databases of potential CSR funding sources.
• Coordinate and monitor project deliverables and outcomes.

Skills

Fundraising

Communication

Project Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Post-Graduate in Economics / Finance / MBA / Rural Development / Social Science / Social Work

Job description

Project Overview:

Palladium India is implementing projects with Hon. Balasaheb Thackeray Agribusiness & Rural Transformation Project, SMART where Palladium as Technical Support Agency (TSA) is providing handholding support for PIU- Village Social Transformation Foundation (VSTF) with an objective ‘to support the development of inclusive and competitive agriculture value chains, focusing on smallholder farmers and Agri-entrepreneurs in Maharashtra.

Job Summary:

State CSR Fund Raising Expert will oversee the successful implementation of the project. This role includes promoting agribusiness, fund raising through CSR, supervising, coordinating, and ensuring the efficient execution of project. State CSR Fund Raising Expert will work closely with stakeholders, farmers, and other project team members to ensure that objectives are met on time and within budget.

This role is a client facing role as well as backend support role and the selected candidate shall be expected to work closely with the client, internal Palladium teams as well as experts onboarded from time to time. The candidate shall be allotted work related to this project or any other project activity in Palladium. The candidate is expected to assist Palladium in driving the project ensuring preparation of quality deliverables as well as assist in day-to-day operations including

• Preparation and updating exhaustive database of potential CSR, Corporates, multilateral and bilateral agencies to make fund raising strategies
• Facilitate in raising Rs. 65.70 Cr of CSR funds for PP & CII subprojects from various corporates
• Facilitate in raising additional Rs. 10.00 Cr of CSR funds for 06 Commodity Stewardship Councils (CSCs) formed under the project.
• Facilitate in organizing meetings, investor meets, workshops of corporates to raise the CSR funds.
• Support in the procurement of works, goods, and services- which includes publishing advertisements, preparation of tender documents and BoQs, technical and financial evaluation, issuing work orders, contract agreements
• Establish a synergy in the activities of ongoing interventions of PIUs having common objectives in order to achieve the overall objectives of empowerment, capacity building & economic upliftment of target groups.
• Facilitate, coordinate and monitor the functioning of the TSA by synchronizing the interface between TSA and the CBOs to obtain important results and also continue the handholding support to the CBOs after the project period
• Support the TSA at the district/block/cluster level for the implementation of activities.
• Conduct overall monitoring of assignments for ensuring adherence to timeline and quality parameters
• Support Project in monitoring of project deliverables, outcomes, and milestones.
• Conduct periodic review of schemes, budgetary outlays, expenditure patterns etc. for all programs/ schemes in Agriculture & allied sector
• Facilitate communication, coordination, and information sharing to enable effective project implementation
• Attend regular meetings with project staff to ensure smooth communication and problem-solving.
• Assist in maintaining records and other documentation required for audit and progress reporting purposes.
• Assist in negotiating with bidders, as and when required, and preparing contract documents, for approval by the concerned authorities.
• Other related activities

Required Qualification

• Minimum 4 years of experience in fund raising
• Post-Graduate in Economics / Finance / MBA/ Rural Development / Social Science / Social Work (MSW) or Equivalent

Language:

• Hindi, English and Marathi

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status. Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at [e-mail] and we will be in touch to discuss.