One of the core areas of focus for Sattva is strengthening nonprofits and social enterprises through a hands-on approach, to help orbit-shifting scale and impact. In the last ten years, Sattva has enabled over 500 organisations to create impact at scale. Within Sattva, the Non-profit advisory vertical aims to enable aspirational organisations create impact at scale. The vertical provides services across three levels; First, the vertical helps build overall strategic clarity through various offerings, such as organisational strategy, new market entry, and retained advisory. Second, through program enablement offerings, the team assesses program readiness and designs pathways and solutions to pilot and scale programs. Third, via institutional building activities such as Monitoring and Evaluation, Fundraising Strategy, Organisational Design, and Talent Advisory, the vertical strategically builds organisational, financial, and legal structures appropriate to achieve objectives and aligned with the vision. In practice, the team keeps evolving its support to nonprofits based on the changing needs on the ground and from communities across all sectors.
The pre-sale analyst/ associate will play a key role in identifying potential clients, developing proposals and end-to-end management of the sales process.
Opportunity identification
Keep abreast of industry trends and support Pre-Sales Consultant and Partner to identify business opportunities for Sattva and evaluate fitment
Organise prospective client meetings and capture key needs and requirements of the client
Proposal Writing
Work closely with the business owners to build and document an understanding of the needs, challenges, and goals of the potential client
Support the Pre-Sales Consultant in developing high-quality proposals (PPT and Word format) that demonstrate Sattva’s ability to support these clients
Leverage secondary research, past proposals and delivered projects to build these proposals
Coordinate with internal teams to ensure smooth operations of proposal development process including content reviews, pricing decisions, and sales closure
Pipeline management and Sales enablement
Manage inbound sales leads for sales/business owners, including coordinating tasks such as updating Sales CRM, scheduling and preparing and executing client meetings
Track key sales metrics such as number of leads, start to end close days, etc and drive governance with internal teams
At Sattva, our goal is realizing the impact on the ground and to drive a collective win by engaging with multiple stakeholders. We are looking for individuals who align with our mission of alleviating poverty in our lifetime. They will therefore need to have the following profile:
Work Experience -
1-3 years of experience in the social impact sector
Experience in a fundraising, sales or consulting role
Skills and Capabilities -
Excellent written and oral communication skills, and the ability to articulate and communicate complex ideas and thoughts effectively
Excellent research and data analysis skills
Proficiency with Google suite and Microsoft Office
Willingness to learn and grow
Self-driven, high-energy, curious and adaptable with the ability to work independently
Proficiency in English
Passionate and driven towards creating long-term, sustainable social impact