About Give Grants :

Give Grants enables large Indian corporations and foundations to deliver maximum social impact. Using a combination of consulting services, operations support and technology platforms, we work with 100+ companies and grantmakers to make their giving journey convenient, compliant and the most impactful it can be. We are a part of Give, Indias largest philanthropic platform. Find out more about us at give.do/givegrants.

About the role :

The CSR Services team is the primary owner of all client relationships (companies / corporate foundations / philanthropic foundations) and is responsible for overall client delight. Our service offerings include strategy and program design, partner identification, KPI mapping, on-ground monitoring and evaluation, and overall impact portfolio management. We also support clients in effectively using our CSR management tech platform.

As a Senior Associate in this team, you will be working with the clients and will be required to understand the day-to-day operational tasks pertaining to the overall deliverables for the various stakeholders. This role will also require a good understanding and appreciation of the CSR / impact ecosystem and applicable standards / laws. At Give Grants, we believe in deriving client value through data-driven insights and the CSR Services team members also require developing a fair understanding of our tech products.

Responsibilities :

1. Program identification and delivery :

- Understand client's CSR vision and co-develop action roadmap aligned to their CSR goals.

- Deliver high-quality reports / insights / updates to clients by regularly engaging with NGO partners and internal teams at Give Grants.

- Keep up with the updates in the CSR ecosystem and social development space to ably guide the clients.

2. Strategic Consulting :

- Help clients to design / restructure programs and program indicators in line with their intent to deliver real, measurable, sustainable impact.

- Analyse data from multiple sources including the technology platform and derive actionable insights for all stakeholders of the CSR programs.

- Share data-backed insights with the clients regarding their programs.

- Undertake secondary research of the CSR / impact landscape / peer research to provide insights and trends to the clients.

- Develop depth of knowledge and expertise within specific sub-verticals of the development landscape.

3. Stakeholder Management :

- Maintain close coordination with the clients and their partners for timely delivery of services as per the agreed scope of work.

- Timely raising of internal requests to ensure that the overall project plan and objectives are met.

- Develop an understanding of our tech products, to provide appropriate guidance to client teams.

- Actively contribute to pre-sales efforts by supporting the development of high-quality collateral and proposals.

- Contribute to ongoing development of thought leadership content through creation of reports, articles, podcasts, and other knowledge products.

Required skills and expertise :

- At Give, we believe in learning through doing. We are looking for self-starters who are willing to learn fast and work towards building an excellent customer-centric experience while providing them with quality support and guidance.

- Graduate/post-graduate from top-tier institutes with strong academic background.

- An academic background in economics / development studies / sociology / social work and other allied streams will be a positive but is not essential.

- Experience : 3 - 5 years preferably with exposure to CSR / development space or equivalent consulting experience.

- Domain knowledge of CSR rules and understanding of the CSR ecosystem in India is essential.

- Knowledge in areas of national priority such as skilling, women empowerment, MCH, climate change will be a strong positive.

- Strong analytical skills, excellent communication, storytelling and presentation skills, backed by strong verbal and written communication along with keen attention to detail.

- Technical Skills : Strong Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Word.

- Strong data analysis capabilities.

- Ability to work with the Google suite of products (Slides, Sheets, Docs).

- Soft Skills : Client communication, project management, relationship building, stakeholder management and client influencing.

- Proven ability to work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic environment with a strong commitment to ethical practices, social justice, and advancing positive social outcomes.

- A bias toward action, ability to manage multiple projects and priorities to deliver on tight deadlines.