Role Brief: This role sits within Samhitas Growth Innovation team and supports the expansion of Samhitas Catalytic Finance portfolio, including returnable grant and credit guarantee programmes. The Associate/Senior Associate will support partnerships, fundraising, communications, and stakeholder engagement by developing high-quality proposals, conducting research, coordinating outreach, and creating compelling communication material. The role requires someone who can quickly understand structured financial concepts and communicate them effectively to diverse audiences, including corporate CSR leaders, philanthropic foundations, financial institutions, government agencies, and development partners. This is an excellent prospect for someone who enjoys working across functions, takes ownership of deliverables, and is passionate about scaling innovative financing solutions for inclusive growth. ":"

Responsibilities:

Partnerships and Fundraising:
- Research and identify prospective corporate CSR partners, philanthropic foundations, government agencies, financial institutions,



and individual donors.
- Support the development of partnership proposals, concept notes, pitch decks, and fundraising collateral tailored to different stakeholder groups.
- Coordinate outreach activities, schedule meetings, maintain follow-ups, and support relationship management with existing and prospective partners.
- Assist in preparing responses to grant opportunities, RFPs, and funding applications in collaboration with programme and functional teams.
- Maintain an updated pipeline of prospective partners, funding opportunities, and outreach trackers.
- Support the preparation of partnership reports, meeting briefs, and donor updates.

Communications Thought Leadership
- Develop presentations, case studies, blogs, newsletters, social media content, and explainer notes related to Catalytic Finance initiatives.
- Work closely with the MarComm team to ensure consistent messaging across comm

📌 Associate /Sr. Associate Catalytic Finance (Mumbai)
🏢 Samhita Social Ventures
📍 Mumbai