About the role

Sevalaya is seeking a passionate and results-driven

Senior Fundraiser to lead fundraising initiatives and build long-term relationships with donors, corporate partners, CSR teams, foundations, and philanthropists. The ideal candidate will have a strong track record in resource mobilization, donor engagement, proposal development, and achieving fundraising targets for social impact initiatives.

Key responsibilities

- Develop and implement fundraising strategies to achieve annual fundraising targets.

- Identify, approach, and secure funding from individual donors, corporate CSR partners, foundations, trusts, and institutional donors

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- Build and maintain strong relationships with existing and prospective donors.

- Prepare compelling funding proposals, concept notes, presentations, grant applications, and donor reports

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- Manage the complete donor lifecycle, including prospecting, cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, and retention.

- Collaborate with program teams to understand project requirements and develop funding opportunities.

- Organize donor meetings, fundraising campaigns, CSR engagement events, and networking initiatives.

- Ensure timely reporting, compliance, documentation, and utilization updates for funded projects.

- Maintain donor databases, fundraising pipelines, and performance trackers.

- Monitor fundraising trends, CSR priorities, and grant opportunities.





- Represent the organization at corporate meetings, conferences, donor forums, and partnership events.

Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in any discipline; a Master’s degree in Management, Social Work, Communications, Public Policy, or a related field is preferred.

- 6–10 years of experience in fundraising, donor relations, CSR partnerships, business development, or grant management

, preferably in the NGO or development sector.

- Demonstrated success in raising funds from corporate CSR programs, foundations, HNIs, and institutional donors.

Required skills

- Strong networking and relationship management abilities.

- Excellent proposal writing and presentation skills.

- Robust communication and negotiation skills.

- Ability to independently develop donor pipelines and close funding opportunities.

- Knowledge of CSR regulations, grant management, and nonprofit fundraising practices.

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and CRM or donor management systems.

- Willingness to travel for donor meetings and partnership development.

Key performance indicators (KPIs)

- Annual fundraising target achieved.

- Number of new donor and CSR partnerships secured.

- Value of grants and donations mobilized.

- Donor retention and engagement rates.

- Timely submission of proposals and donor reports.

- Growth of the fundraising pipeline.

📌 Senior Fundraising (Mylapore)
🏢 Sevalaya
📍 Mylapore