Role Purpose: The Senior Manager, Fundraising will be responsible for leading strategic fundraising initiatives, cultivating high-value partnerships, and driving revenue growth to support the organisation s mission. Building on our existing portfolio, this role will focus on donor scouting and stewardship - leading to multi-year funding relationships with institutional donors, corporates, high-net-worth individuals, and philanthropic foundations.

Key Responsibilities:

- Develop and implement a comprehensive fundraising strategy aligned to organisational priorities

- Identify new revenue streams, diversify funding sources and focus on generating new funds for the organisation

- Lead the development and submission of critical grant proposals, ensuring alignment with funder priorities and internal strategy

2. Donor Cultivation & Relationship Management

- Build and maintain strong relationships with institutional donors, corporate CSR teams and philanthropic foundations.

- Represent the organisation at donor meetings, networking events, and sector forums.

- Oversee timely and high-quality donor stewardship activities.

3. Donor Communications:

- Work with the communications team to design communication strategies to position Quest as a thought leader with existing and potential donors

- Enable visibility and celebration of grants and their impact effectively through internal and external channels

- Anchor events and spaces that enable network activation and engage with Funding partners

3. Collaboration and Leadership:

- Work closely with the Executive team, and other staff members to align fundraising efforts with the overall organizational and program strategy.

- Build connections,



networks with potential donors

- Pitch Quest s work to potential donors and be able to have strategic conversations in line with Quest priority areas

- Represent Quest in forums, events, networking conferences and be a spokesperson for Quest s work

4. Practice Continuous Learning and Collaboration

- Use data, feedback, field insights, and reflection to improve the quality and impact of work.

- Actively engage in self-learning, knowledge sharing, and capability building for self and others.

- Document learnings, surface emerging opportunities or risks, and contribute to a culture of experimentation, adaptation, and continuous improvement.

5. Operational Excellence, Compliance & Professional Growth

- Ensure adherence to organisational policies, financial procedures, systems, and reporting requirements.

- Participate actively in team reviews, planning processes, staff engagement activities, and performance management processes.

- Take ownership of personal learning goals and continuously build capabilities to improve programme effectiveness and professional growth.

Required Experiences & Skills:

- 10+ years of experience, min 5 years in Fundraising and Business Development within Indian Non-profit and social impact organizations

- Robust portfolio of work with Institutional donors and other categories of revene sources

- Ability to have strategic and big picture conversations with funders

- Can work independently and is a go

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📌 Senior Manager, Fundraising (Bengaluru)
🏢 Quest Alliance
📍 Bengaluru