Department
ReBuild
Job posted on
Feb 24, 2025
Employment type
Full Time
Rebuild – Communications, Manager
About Dasra:
Dasra’s bold aspiration is a transformed India where a billion thrive with dignity and equity. Established in 1999, Dasra is India’s leading strategic philanthropy foundation, working with philanthropists and high-impact social entrepreneurs to bring together knowledge, funding, and talent as a catalyst for social change. Dasra nurtures strategic philanthropy for India and focuses on impactful programs such as empowering adolescent girls, urban sanitation, inclusive economies, and child protection and care. With 25 years of experience in the sector, a depth of knowledge gained from working with over 1,000 non-profits, and having brought $100 million in funding to organizations, Dasra drives collaborative action to accelerate social change in India.
Dasra embraces diversity across people and communities through multiplicity in composition integrated with structures, culture and policies, enhancing inclusion and belonging for all in letter and spirit. We envision a team that includes people across caste, religion, gender, economic status, geography, disability and other underrepresented communities, supported by organizational structures that enable collective, transparent and fair decision making, guided by policies that facilitate growth and authenticity within an environment of openness and listening.
We believe that GEDI in our institutional and programmatic endeavours will enhance, drive and accelerate social impact and social change through an integration of the worldviews of the most marginalized, recognition of their vulnerabilities, rights and potentials and through prioritization of their needs.
About Rebuild:
Rebuild India Fund, launched by Dasra and Tarsadia Foundation in 2021, is a movement to support grassroots NGOs with long-term, flexible funding and need-based capacity building. The Fund is anchored by proximate leaders driving local solutions to systemic challenges while strengthening their organizations’ institutional, programmatic, and financial resilience to break the cycle of vulnerability.
At its mid-point, the Fund is supporting 200+ locally led, community-rooted NGOs and is progressing toward its ambitious goal of reaching 500 NGOs. As we enter this new and unique chapter of our work, we are excited to build the team that will help drive this vision forward. We are seeking driven, passionate, and empathetic individuals who are committed to supporting locally led, small, community-rooted NGOs across India, are excited by the prospect of creating a groundbreaking movement to challenge the status quo, and have a deep desire to see a more equitable India.
About the role:
We are looking for a dynamic Communications Manager with 10+ years of experience, who can craft compelling narratives, manage digital and offline communications, and enhance Rebuild’s visibility in the development ecosystem. This role requires a mix of deep understanding of the social sector, creativity and strategic thinking. If you are passionate about amplifying the voices of grassroots leaders, driving engagement through storytelling, and building a movement for locally led change, we want to hear from you!
Additionally, the Communications Manager should have existing relationships with PR agencies and media professionals and come with strong connections in the industry. These relationships will be crucial in positioning Rebuild as a thought leader and ensuring greater visibility for the Fund and its partners.
Programmatic Responsibilities:
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- Develop and implement a comprehensive communications strategy to enhance the visibility and impact of the Rebuild India Fund.
- Ensure alignment with Dasra’s broader communication goals while maintaining a distinct and recognizable identity for Rebuild.
- Lead messaging, positioning, and storytelling to drive the Fund’s growth and expansion.
- Oversee the editorial direction, design, production, and effective dissemination of all organizational publications and platforms, including the website, annual report, newsletters, and philanthropy/development content.
- Identify and create speaking opportunities for Dasra’s senior leadership, philanthropists, and non-profit partners at national and global events to amplify thought leadership and engage new audiences.
- Develop and manage short- and long-term plans and budgets for the marketing, communications, and public relations efforts, ensuring timely execution, adherence to goals, and impact evaluation.
- Design and implement a Communications & Amplification Plan to track the effectiveness of communication efforts, leveraging insights and engaging external agencies when necessary.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams across Dasra, ensuring synergies with other communication verticals to maximize outreach and engagement. Lead capacity-building initiatives to strengthen the communications and digital presence of grassroots organizations, enhancing their visibility and influence.
Management Responsibilities:
- Mentor and lead a team of individuals working in social media, PR, research and thought leadership to execute the communications strategy effectively.
- Contribute to team and organizational growth, including staffing, hiring, financial planning, reporting, and fostering a collaborative team culture.
- Lead network teams, leveraging resources across the organization to deliver a high-quality, impactful experience for donors and stakeholders.
- Support a peer group in strategic planning, risk assessment, problem-solving, and prioritization related to Rebuild’s communication activities.
- Duration: Full time
- Location: Mumbai
Requirements:
We are looking for someone who is sales oriented, customer focused, with high energy levels, and who naturally builds relationships. Candidate should be result oriented with a strong sense of ownership.
We’ve been described as sitting at the nexus of philanthropy and capitalism and we need you to walk between both worlds with equal agility. Specifically, we are looking for someone with:
- 10+ years of professional experience in communications, research, PR, media, brand management or marketing.
- Demonstrated skills, knowledge and experience in the design and execution of marketing, communications and public relations activities
- Strong creative, strategic, analytical, organizational and marketing skills. Experience in supporting with developing and managing budgets, and hiring, developing, supervising and appraising personnel.
- Have a highly collaborative style; experience developing and implementing communications strategies with the ability to take knowledge and transform it into exciting and useful messages, and disseminate it to the right audiences through the best distribution channels.
- Entrepreneurial attitude with a willingness to build systems and processes, able to work independently, motivate and lead teams, as well as the ability to think and act creatively in a resource constrained environment.
- Excellent writing, editing, storytelling and verbal communication skills.
- Experience in managing a cross functional team and managing relationships with senior management, key clients as well as with a wider horizontal team – a relationship builder with the flexibility and finesse to “manage by influence”.
Think you have what it takes but not sure you check every box? Apply to the role anyway. We’d love the opportunity to determine whether you could be a great fit.
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