Associate Consultant, Employee Volunteering Program (CSR)

Location: Gurgaon

The Associate Consultant will be an integral part of our CSR Advisory team that advises corporate clients on their CSR strategy. The focus of our CSR Advisory is to help our clients achieve their vision and goals for social impact. Our spectrum of services ranges from strategic advisory, implementation – pilot and prove, scale up, assessments and audits, organizational development. Our consulting services team works in collaboration with the community-based organisations and multiple stakeholders to co-create inclusive models on the ground

As an Associate Consultant, you will work closely with the team in designing the strategies of employee volunteering programs to meet our customers' needs and will have the following responsibilities:

• Lead the employee volunteering program by building strong relationships with the client and working with the team to always deliver superior quality services.

• Synthesize complex information, ideas and actively enabling avenues to co-create solutions with the client’s team which are aligned to their needs

• Take accountability of overall delivery of the project and bring in sense of collaboration, trust and support to drive the team members to achieve success

• Engage with multiple stakeholders such as 3rd party vendors, field partners, sectoral experts and build strong working relationships with them

• Ensure that project activity, outcomes are aligned to business guidelines of Sattva

• Oversee the coordination and administration of all aspects of an ongoing project including planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling project activities

At Sattva, our goal is to realize 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 and have the following profile:

• Postgraduate in business management or an undergraduate degree in development studies or equivalent

• 2-4 years of experience in business consulting or in a fast-paced social enterprise

• Candidates should have experience managing large-scale programs (Pan-India)

• Prior experience with corporates in event management, volunteering or CSR activities, or with organisations involving volunteer activities

• Proven record of delivery results in a medium- to large-scale projects with a variety of stakeholders

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with exceptional attention to details

• Ability to work in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment as part of a closely-knit team (demonstrating patience, tenacity and grace under pressure)