Business Development & Fundraising

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 professional 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.

Work arrangement
Hybrid