Department: Office of Development, Chanakya University

Location: Chanakya University campus, with extensive daily travel to corporates across Bengaluru. Full time.

About the Role

Chanakya University's Office of Development is hiring a Fundraising Specialist to drive corporate and CSR fundraising through direct, field-based outreach.

This is a hunting role: the person will spend most days door-knocking companies, pitching to decisionmakers, and converting cold outreach into closed CSR grants and donations. This is a people role, robust pitching, communication, interpersonal skills and closing ability matter a lot. This is a field-based role, you will be spending most days meeting potential donors.

Key Responsibilities
Identify and door-knock corporate offices, CSR foundations, and potential donors to generate new fundraising leads
Convert meetings and cold outreach into confirmed CSR grants, sponsorships, and gifts
Build and manage a live pipeline of prospects; track meetings held, conversion rate, and funds closed. Essentially, design and build end-to-end process from donor identification to conversion
Prepare proposals,



concept notes, and pitch decks tailoring them to each company's CSR policy and Schedule VII (Companies Act) priorities
Represent the university at CSR conclaves and industry networking events

Required Qualifications & Experience
Bachelor's degree required; MBA or postgraduate degree preferred
Minimum 5 years of experience in fundraising, CSR outreach, corporate sales or business development
Proven track record of hitting sales or fundraising targets
Education/nonprofit/CSR sector experience is a plus, but solid sales instinct matters more than sector background

Skills & Attributes
Excellent pitching, persuasion and negotiation skills
Genuinely comfortable with high-volume field work, cold outreach (and frequent rejection)
Self-driven, resilient, target-oriented, works well with minimal supervision
Confident engaging senior stakeholders (CXOs, CSR heads, promoters)
Strong English communication; Kannada a plus

Compensation Competitive, as per industry norms.

📌 Fundraising Specialist Devanahalli
🏢 Chanakya University
📍 Devanahalli