TAARA www.taara.org

TAARA is working to build a safer world for children and young people through education, awareness and prevention-focused programmes.

We are looking for a Business Development & Fundraising skilled to help us expand our reach by building meaningful partnerships with schools, corporates, retail organisations, and other institutions.

This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys opening doors, starting conversations, following up, building relationships and converting opportunities into partnerships.

What will you do? Business Development & Partnerships

- Build a pipeline of potential schools, corporates, retail organisations, and institutional partners.
- Conduct research to identify relevant organisations and decision-makers.
- Reach out through email, LinkedIn, calls, WhatsApp and other relevant channels.
- Set up and manage meetings with school leaders, corporate teams and potential partners.
- Present TAARA's programmes and partnership opportunities.
- Follow up consistently and move prospects through the partnership pipeline.
- Maintain accurate records of outreach, conversations, meetings and next steps.

School & Corporate Outreach




- Develop relationships with school principals, management teams and other education decision-makers.
- Identify corporate organisations that could engage with TAARA through programmes, employee engagement, partnerships or other opportunities.
- Understand the needs of different stakeholders and adapt the pitch accordingly.

Fundraising & CSR
- As the role develops, take ownership of identifying potential CSR and fundraising opportunities.
- Research companies, foundations and other potential funding partners.
- Identify CSR decision-makers and build relationships with them.
- Support proposal development, presentations and partnership discussions.
- Work towards agreed fundraising and partnership targets.

What are we looking for? We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in:
- Business Development
- Sales
- Fundraising
- Corporate Partnerships
- Institutional Partnerships
- Outreach / Relationship Management
- You should be comfortable with cold outreach, rejection, follow-ups and targets.

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📌 Business Development & Fundraising (Mumbai)
🏢 TAARA
📍 Mumbai