Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) Looking For Partnerships Officer, India at Delhi Cantonment, Delhi, Full Time

Support the Business Manager and CIFF India leadership team to build deep, long-term partnerships with domestic philanthropies to nurture the ecosystem of giving and build local capacity for transformative giving develop. The Partnerships officer will be expected to work with the Business Manager across multiple internal and external stakeholders to manage critical relationships, facilitate partnerships development and support a range of thought leadership and field building initiatives.

Key Role: Co-funding and Partnerships

Build and manage critical relationships for co-funding and partnerships mechanisms including the development of ambitious, high-value or complex co-funding models and special purpose vehicles (e.g., impact funds, giving platforms etc) building on global, regional, and national expertise, and ensuring the highest quality product. This includes supporting the Business Manager in managing the overall process, developing the co-funding and partnerships calendar, supporting the design of co-funding models, assigning roles, facilitating workshops, and ensuring inputs from staff are timely, competitive, and compliant.

• Identify, research, track, design, and disseminate information on new co-funding and partnerships opportunities with governments, bilateral, multi-lateral and other institutional funders, regional bodies, private sector, and non-traditional donors in line with the India 2.0
• Contribute towards developing and implementing a fundraising strategy to leverage domestic philanthropy working with Business Manager and India leadership to lead research and identify potential donors to support our co-funding and partnerships vision
• Support in the development of high-quality knowledge products such as inspiring case studies, presentations, impact stories, concept notes, business cases and investment memos
• Maintain co-funding tracking systems as well as measurement against the India strategy and annual targets, and revise/track annual co-funding targets and forecasts accordingly. Regularly report on opportunities and metrics to relevant managers and directors
• Support in pro-actively seeking donor intelligence on prospective new opportunities for co-funding and partnerships. Support in co-funding analysis to identify and strategically invest in partnerships to advance country office strategies. Document information in trackers, reports, teasers or presentations which will be used for communication to the leadership and external audience
• Maintain an ongoing and regularly updated knowledge management system inclusive of context analysis, opportunities, and other resource relevant for future co-funding and partnerships proposal development (gender equality, risks analysis, assessments, data, social impact, cost effectiveness etc.) for effective capture planning
• Engage and provide regular updates to the Business Manager and leadership on the status of the co-funding portfolio, and key trends to monitor. Actively track trends and support in advising leadership on strategic opportunities, relationships, and pivots necessary to grow
• Support the Business Manager to develop & manage critical investments support that aim to strengthen the philanthropic ecosystem, including development of knowledge products, strengthening existing platforms networks, thought leadership, and generation of data, evidence, and insights to accelerate philanthropy in India

Key Role: Strategic Engagement

• Build and manage critical relationships with national and local governments, bilateral and multilateral donors, regional bodies, private sector, domestic funders, strategic grantees, partners, and co-funders (e.g., diaspora platforms, individual remittances programmes, giving groups, high net-worth individuals, corporate and family foundations, co-investment platforms for Indian Philanthropy) to align CIFF’s mission and strategies
• Provide active support to the Business Manager, India Executive Director and other India Directors to initiate and maintain co-funding and partnerships contacts, plan, and prepare for meetings and strategic in line with the broader India strategy
• Support in identifying and representing CIFF at critical platforms, convenings and other networking opportunities to build visibility of CIFF amongst Indian philanthropy
• Ensure key contacts, required formats and donor strategies are kept up-to-date. Maintain updated capacity statements, factsheets, brochures, and visibility materials.
• Support in developing and maintain systems and tools to track contacts, external positioning opportunities, and donor engagements
• Support Business Manager to cultivate business relationships with government, corporates, and other funders for large scale or strategic co-funding and partnerships opportunities
• As needed provide high quality support to CIFF India team on other projects and initiatives in line with delivering the CIFF India strategy

Requirements

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in, private financing, fundraising and/or partnerships roles
• Strong knowledge of the India development sector and the philanthropic ecosystem in India. Existing networks within the Indian philanthropic ecosystem is an advantage
• Experience in establishing, maintaining, and converting collaborative relationships and opportunities with bilateral and multilateral donors, regional bodies, development partners, private sector, philanthropic foundations, and other funders
• Proven ability to work across multiple teams and stakeholders with flexibility, efficiency, and diplomacy in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work well independently, a motivated self-starter, with good initiative and problem-solving skills

Key working relationships

• CIFF India Executive Director and the India leadership team (India Directors)
• External affairs and communications team
• Various India sector teams

Management dimensions

• No direct budget or people management accountability

Benefits

Alongside a competitive salary, we offer a generous benefits package here at CIFF that includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Annual leave – 25 days per annum. Increasing by 1 day after each year of service, to a maximum of 30 days
• Bonus – CIFF currently operates a discretionary bonus scheme
• Training allowance
• Wellbeing allowance
• Life insurance
• Medical insurance

Please submit your application on or before 23 August 2023.