- Identify and engage in funding and partnership opportunities with international donors, NGOs, and government partners.
- Co-leading relationship management with key ecosystem partners, maintaining excellent relationships and identifying opportunities for mutually beneficial partnerships - shared programs, learning, insights etc.
- Strong relationships and partnerships built and sustained with key government and civil society officials, stakeholders and advocates through a network map approach.
- Inspire, motivate and support the entire team to see the value and their role in fundraising and partnerships.
Key Activities
- Co-leading the investor partnerships value chain (ranging across developing specific initiatives with different investors, monitoring implementation, conducting analysis and preparing reports to manage relationships with the investors).
- Developing strategic partnerships and collaborations with governments and innovative organizations in the education space to develop cutting edge solutions.
- Managing relationships and communications with Board members and advisors, impact funds, foundations, HNIs and CSR organizations.
- Develop, implement and maintain a detailed fundraising strategy, pipeline and plan to grow and supplement current revenue streams.
- Actively identify and nurture potential donors and funding windows through landscape mapping, networking and relationship building.
- Build and maintain relationships with previous and potential funding partners and work with them to develop proposals and budgets that align with both our strategy and that of the funder.
- Researching on investors and understanding critical requirements for each investor.
- Representing Rocket Learning at national and international events and symposia to create greater visibility and a partnerships and advocacy pipeline.
- Designing and conducting investor events to develop relationships (financial, knowledge sharing, etc) with new partners and leverage the national focus on foundational skills
- Any other activities required to generate funds and develop partnerships to enable exponential expansion of Rocket Learning.
Areas of responsibility
- Weekly updates and Quarterly reports
- All communication requirements and protocols
- Being a team player and supporting the team
Critical Factors for Success
- Seamless communication with the Lead, co-founders, team and colleagues
- Education qualification: Minimum graduate with 3 years of work experience
- Demonstrating leading successful fund-raising/partnership efforts in the ECCE space is critical.
- Close alignment with RLs core values and principles.
- Mission-driven, enthusiastic and optimistic - committed to transformation.
- Enjoyment and ability to handle multiple projects and solve problems in a high growth, entrepreneurial environment.
