Sr. Associate - Catalytic Finance

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 communication channels.
• Support planning and execution of webinars, conferences, stakeholder meetings, and knowledge-sharing events.
• Conduct secondary research on trends in catalytic finance, blended finance, impact investing, and financial inclusion to support thought leadership initiatives.

Programme & Operations

• Support the Catalytic Finance team in executing strategic initiatives and partnership activities.
• Prepare reports, dashboards, meeting minutes, and periodic updates for internal and external stakeholders.
• Track deliverables, timelines, and stakeholder commitments to ensure smooth execution.
• Leverage AI tools to improve efficiency in research, proposal development, presentation creation, and content drafting.
• Collaborate effectively with programme, partnerships, finance, communications, and MEL teams to ensure timely execution of deliverables.