Assistant Manager – Social Immersions

WHO ARE WE: Tata Steel Foundation (TSF), section 8 company and wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Steel Limited, which anchors diverse social impact portfolio impacting more than 7 million lives annually. It has a growing presence across Odisha, Jharkhand, Bengal, Maharashtra, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh with over 1,800 colleagues working with the collective vision of create an

enlightened and equitable society. It is committed towards directly implementing long term impact programmes which address core societal challenges, using this experience to build evidence, knowhow and theory, converging private and public systems and embedding societal perspective in business systems in a manner which stands by those who may be the most vulnerable and

marginalized. TSF is committed to meaningfully contributing to India's sustainable development.

Reporting Relationship: Assistant Manager – Social Immersions ---> Lead – Social Immersions

Purpose of the Role: This role is responsible for turning the Unurum Programme (Social Immersions) strategy into well-planned, well-coordinated, and effectively executed programs while ensuring quality, safety, stakeholder alignment, and strong documentation. As the role involves overnight community immersions, the individual must be comfortable engaging closely with both participants and community members.

Key Deliverables:

1. Program Planning & Design - Develop end-to-end program plans, schedules, budgets, and learning pathways for all Unurum immersions.

2. Institutional & Partner Coordination – Set-up and alignment meetings with academic/corporate partners, manages approvals, documentation (MoU/LoU, concept notes, budgets), and ensures clarity of expectations.

3. Community & Field Preparation - Conduct recce visits, assesses village readiness, engages local leaders, and finalizes homestays, vendors, and immersion locations.

4. Safety & Risk Management - Implement safety SOPs, conducts risk assessments, validates emergency preparedness, and ensures compliance with safety, gender, child-protection, and digital-safety protocols.

5. Cultural & Community Engagement Quality - Ensure culturally sensitive conduct, respectful community engagement, and adherence to community etiquette and behavioural guidelines.

6. Facilitator & Area Coordinator Oversight - Select briefs and supervise Area Coordinators and Local Facilitators; ensure role clarity, their full-time availability during immersions, and quality of facilitation.

7. Immersion Execution & On-Ground Leadership - Oversee Day-0 to closure program flow, solve escalated issues, ensure smooth travel and homestay experience, and drive learning outcomes through debriefs and reflections.

8. Logistics, Procurement & Finance Coordination – Ensure compliance of procurement processes (SR/TR/PR), manages vendor coordination, verifies bills, and supports financial closure and invoicing.

9. Monitoring, Documentation & MIS Management - Ensure accurate MIS updates, program reports, safety logs, documentation, and archival of all program data.

10. Continuous Improvement & Stakeholder Feedback - Digitize participant and host family feedback, audits field processes and homestays, and suggest improvements across program quality, safety, logistics, and community engagement.

Minimum Qualification: Any Graduate. Preference will be given to post-graduates in Social Work, Rural Development or related fields.

Work experience in years: 0-4 years of experience. Preference will be given to experience in facilitation.

Technical Skill Sets:

• Excellent knowledge of MS Excel Skills and proficiency in MS Office is a must.
• Vendor Management, Negotiation skills, Administrative Skills

Behavioral Skill Sets:

1. Aligned to Tata Values as per Tata Code of Conduct (TCOC).

2. Good English communication (written and verbal) is a must.

3. Interpersonal skills, with ability to effectively interact with senior management officials.

4. Attention to detail, multi-tasking.