Business Development & Fundraising

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.

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.

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.