Associate Consultant, CSR – Sattva

Sattva We are an organization driven by the mission to end poverty in our lifetime. Our work focuses on scalable solutions for sustainable social impact. We work with our clients – corporations, philanthropists, foundations, and social organizations – to achieve social impact goals effectively and maximize the social return on their investment. Deep understanding across sectors and collaboration with multiple stakeholders drive our work. This approach helps us and our clients develop holistic solutions for solving critical societal problems.

We are driven by impact and powered by knowledge. We bring the right balance of head-heart-hand to our work.

Our work is powered by the passionate energy of our mission-driven young team, guided by the strong leadership and advisory board who bring in multi-dimensional experience in business and social sectors. Our team of 400 (and growing rapidly) across offices in Bangalore, Mumbai, and Delhi come with stellar professional credentials from diverse backgrounds and are bound together by our common commitment to social impact.

No. of Open positions: 4

The opportunity

The Associate Consultant will be an integral part of a team that works on designing and building solutions that address our CSR customer needs and create measurable social impact. In this role, you will be a part of the team that works with the corporate sector in India building our work in social impact consulting. You will get to be a part of our business development conversations in the ecosystem. The exposure and work will cut across all thematic areas that corporates work on.

• Ensure effective and frequent communication with internal and external stakeholders through sharing detailed work plans, project governance decks, and minutes
• Lead primary and secondary research to arrive at insights required to solve problems
• Contribute to problem-solving and ideating for solutions through different frameworks, creating and validating hypotheses
• Program monitoring of mid-to-large sized programs within CSR portfolio
• Document and prepare key project artifacts notes/decks/databases/excels to ensure efficient delivery of quality client-facing products
• Create reports and tools to inform the effectiveness of the project.
• Document learnings to create reusable knowledge from the project
• Contribute to the creation of proposals after understanding project financials at a headline level
• Go beyond own deliverables to support others in the team or the larger organization where required

Key qualifications and experiences:

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:

• A minimum of 2+ years of work experience in consulting, CSR project management & complex operations, stakeholder management in a corporate environment or in social enterprise along with a postgraduate degree
• Strong problem-solving skills, agility, and speed.
• Ability to demonstrate ownership, and work in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment as part of a closely-knit  team  (showcasing patience,  tenacity, and  grace  under pressure)
• Should have proven experience of working in complex projects involving multiple stakeholders, partners, etc
• Should have experience in primary and secondary research.
• Should have financial/budgetary analysis expertise and intermediate data analysis skills (Excel)
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills with exceptional attention to detail
• Proficiency in concise communication, making presentations, and data analysis
• Highly effective interpersonal skills

We cultivate a supportive and inclusive work environment for all our employees and reinforce diversity in our workplace. All applications regardless of race, religion, caste, color, place of origin, gender, sexuality, disability, and age will be welcome and will be fairly evaluated as per the requirements of the role.