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Brief Position Summary- The office of Alumni & Corporate Relations (ACR) at IIT Madras is involved in raising funds from the corporate sector towards Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) . These funds would be deployed for various socially relevant Causes such as students’ scholarships, research having social impact, and such other projects undertaken by the faculty and Centres of Excellence inside IIT Madras. The Donor Stewardship Team (DST) provides periodic written Reports to the Corporate Donors on the progress of the projects sponsored by them. The reports would typically contain financial data, graphics and accounts of interactions with Principal Investigators (PIs) of the projects, visits to campus, etc. The office of ACR accords great importance to the DST since it reflects the ethos of the office and is crucial to effective corporate engagement and sustained fundraising. The Project Manager - DST Corporate Relations is expected to: - ● Possess excellent English communication skills – both spoken and written. ● Have a good working knowledge of Canva / Photoshop or any other software for generating graphics. ● Work closely with the CSR Fundraising Team to understand the nature of the projects, agreements, the mandatory requirements and clauses under the contract. ● Maintain a healthy, proactive, productive, relationship with the Corporate donors throughout the period of engagement. ● Interact with the various faculty, departments, in IIT Madras to monitor the progress of the CSR project and ensure smooth progress. ● Serve as a liaison between the corporate donors and IIT Madras, coordinate and conduct visits of corporates to IITM, meetings with stakeholders, resolve challenges if any. ● Monitor project deliverables with the PI and generate timely Status Reports independently . ● Be up-to-date and well informed about the various rules, regulations, notifications from various government ministries especially those of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs that are relevant to CSR. ● Update CRM platform ‘ Salesforce ’. ● Assist in the conduct of CSR-themed networking events like seminars, conferences, or workshops. ● Carry out any other duties related to CSR, assigned from time to time. Educational Qualification: An Undergraduate or Master’s Degree in Education, Business Management, Human Resource Management, Business Administration, Communication, Social Science, Business, Marketing or related fields. Experience: An experience of at least 3 years is required. Experience in managing Corporate Relations & experience in CSR in organizations/Development Sector or experience in a similar educational environment is highly desirable. Show more Show less
