*Opportunity to Make A Difference!* Want to make a difference to the world and not yet sure what the best use of your skills would be? Struggling to decide whether you shd "create wealth" or "create change"?
*www.GiveIndia. org <http://www.giveindia.org/>* is India's first "philanthropy exchange", that hopes to catalyse a "giving culture" in India [to get an idea of what a "giving culture" looks like, pls see http://images. businessweek. com/ss/07/ 11/1115_philanth ropy/index_ 01.htm <http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/11/1115_philanthropy/index_01.htm>]. Founded in 2000, it already connects >50,000 Indian donors with over 150 NGOs in India, working on a wide range of causes from health, education, disability to livelihoods, environment and gender issues. Channelling over Rs15cr p.a., GiveIndia impacts over 100,000 people's lives every year, and is probably the 3rd largest fund-channelling intermediary in India behind CRY and Helpage. In a sector where "retail fundraising costs" range from 30-50% of the funds raised even among the leading players, GiveIndia operates at a 9% cost of funds raised. This is made possible by a committed team of professionals who've quit mainstream corporate jobs to work full time for the cause, thus enabling the use of innovative strategies, efficient, IT driven processes and systems to bring about this difference. They are equally backed by a great team of dedicated volunteers who spend between 2-60 hours a week volunteering pro bono :-). The team has alumni from IIMs, IITs, ISB, TISS and several other reputed institutions. GiveIndia is the official charity partner for the Mumbai Marathon and the Delhi Half Marathon. It's flagship Payroll Giving Programme now reaches almost 20,000 employees across companies like the ICICI Group, HDFC, HSBC, Deutsche, Yes Banks, NDTV, StarTV, ZeeTV, Genpact, WNS, Piramals, Thermax and several other companies. As India shines for some of us, it gets bleaker for others. Basic "equal opportunity" rights like education, health, water and sanitation are increasingly getting privatised, leaving more than 300 million people without even a fair chance to earn a decent lifestyle. And yet, never before have the well-off Indians been more ready to "give back" and do their bit to help. What is missing is the link- the connection that will help those who want to give reach out to those who need their help, in as efficient and effective a manner as possible. Which is where you come in :-). GiveIndia is poised to scale up significantly and reach 1 million donors by 2010. But to do so, it needs a team of committed, high quality professionals to take on key roles such as driving "outreach" or "sales", conceptualising and implementing communication strategies, leveraging the internet to drive giving and greater donor engagement, building and managing robust financial and MIS systems to constantly improve organisational efficiency, strengthening NGO due diligence models and means to gather and share relevant "NGO performance" information with donors, creating and sustaining an IT infrastructure that can act as the "nervous system" of the organisation, and so on. This is a great opportunity to take on lots of responsibility, and to grow and learn fast. It involves intellectually challenging and emotionally rewarding hard work. The money is not great, but you can get by comfortably, and easily catch up if you head back to the corporate sector in a few years with the skills and exposure you will gain. Most positions are based in Mumbai, though possibilities exist in Delhi, Pune and Bangalore as well. We're small enough as an organisation to be able to customise a role that leverages your skills best, but big enough to do so only if you are exceptionally talented :-). If you have an amazing track record, are from a top ranking institute, and seek a CXO position or wish to create a "division" of your own, please write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] org<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. If you or someone you know wants a career in the nonprofit sector, but is more suited for a middle or entry level position, please check out the positions listed at www.giveindia. org <http://www.giveindia.org/> and apply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] org <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. regards venkat Venkat Krishnan N Director- GiveIndia 3rd floor, Khetwadi Lane # 5 Mun School Mumbai 400004 Make a difference at www.GiveIndia. org <http://www.giveindia.org/> There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread. - Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) -- "The future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made. And the activity of making them changes both the maker and their destination." -- John Schaar
