Major Donors Officer

Posted date: 15-Jul-2010

Location: Mumbai/ New Delhi/ Bangalore

Major Donors Officer

About Oxfam India Oxfam India is a result of the merger of the different Oxfam’s th
at have been operating in India for the last fifty years as separate entities: Oxfam Trust, Oxfam GB, Oxfam Novib, Oxfam Australia, Oxfam Hong Kong and Intermon Oxfam (Spain). It undertakes all the activities of an Oxfam affiliate: international and national rights-based programming, international and national advocacy and campaigning, humanitarian response and fundraising. As a national member of an international confederation, it plays a strategic role in campaigns and advocacy, both domestically and internationally. Oxfam India aims to be a role model for promoting gender equality and diversity.

Oxfam India is an equal opportunities employer.

Job Title Major Donors Officer
Department Marketing & Communications
Location Mumbai/ New Delhi/ Bangalore
Level / Pay Band L-4
Contract 3 Year Fixed Term
Reports To Fundraising Coordinator - Retention, Channels & Servicing
Scope of Position
To help Oxfam India work on raising revenue from the individuals in the region through major contributions

Key Responsibilities
Fundraising – Major Donors:
- To develop and implement a dynamic and effective major donors plan for existing and new high value donors in the region
- Take initiative to increase income and results that could lead to up scaling to new cities and/or ramping up the team in Mumbai.
- Prepare and deliver creative and professional fundraising proposals and presentations to decision makers including senior management of corporates.
- Work closely together with program department to translate existing projects into creative proposals.
- Use existing donor database and create bonding / trust with the donors.
- Improve contact with donors to introduce new product like trusts and wills.
- Create activities to recruit new high value donors.
- Designing all necessary materials in collaboration with communications team.
- Organize the agreed arrangements, reports and meetings back to the high value donors.
- Graduating existing donors towards Legacy givers.

Monitoring and reporting:
- Weekly work plan to line manager
- MIS through monthly report on monthly basis to line manager

Other Fundraising activities:
- Participate in new fundraising strategies, overall annual plans, taking up other fundraising activities wherever and whenever needed.

Qualifications and Experience
- Minimum Qualification Graduation from any stream
- Total 4 years experience required in Fundraising
- At least 2 years experience in development sector would be desirable.
- Have a Social Entrepreneur Approach to non- profit sustainability.
- Highly performance oriented/ target oriented.
- Excellent team player, with the ability works in a collaborative and consultative manner.
- Innovative, Aggressive & persistent.
- Assumes responsibility and accountability for performance.
- Confident, pleasing personality.
- Good Communication Skill in English (both verbal and written).
- Result driven to reach ambitious growth.
- Understanding of different fundraising channels like DRTV, Face 2 Face, Telemarketing, Direct Mail, online, etc.

Relocation
During the course of employment the post holder may be required to move base on a temporary or permanent basis to any workplace controlled by Oxfam India

Travel Ability to travel within country and abroad as required.
Date Issued 12th July 2010
Approved By Ratna Vishwanathan

1. All applications should be sent to Vacanciesoxfamindia.org
2. All applicants to put “Ref. Name of the Position” as the subject line
3. All applications should have the covering letter and the CV as a single document , in a word format.
4. The deadline for receiving applications is 18 July 2010

Date Issued 12th July 2010