Corporate Social Responsibility

PwC India is Hiring | Associate/AM – Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

At PwC India, our Corporate Sustainability & Social Responsibility team works towards creating meaningful social impact across youth education, social inclusion, and environmental initiatives. We are looking for a passionate professional to join us and drive impactful programs at a regional level.

Key Responsibilities

Project Management:

· Project identified using the allocated budget for the Pune office is to be empaneled through the mandatory selection criteria and policy formed by PwC India Foundation.

· Liaise with NGO partners, review ongoing work and enable enhancing effectiveness of the projects and communicate regularly with all stake holders and report to the Central CR team periodically.

· Periodic review of due diligence, grant agreement & reports to be completed and shared with the central CR team.

· Create outcome assessment formats for the projects. Prepare project visit reports and update them with the Central CR team periodically.

· Additionally, assist the Central CR team in conducting research, plan and expand the activities by identifying opportunities within the PwC India Foundation's thrust areas.

· Stay informed about emerging trends and best practices in CSR and sustainability.

Stakeholder Management:

· Work Closely with internal teams, including senior management and external partners like NGO's, NFP and Local communities to ensure the successful execution of CSR Projects.

Budget Management:

· Prepare and manage the CSR Budget allocated to the region. Monitor and allocate funds effectively to various initiatives while ensuring the financial accountability.

Volunteer Engagement:

· Drive Employee participations in CR Initiatives by designing volunteer programs that align with social Objectives.

· The incumbent will organize CR events for employees from the Bangalore office and support the CR spocs from other south offices in organizing CR activities.

· CR initiatives to be organized through innovative means and are to be in line with PwC India Foundation's strategic theme areas.

· Identify effective strategies of improving employee volunteering hours for the south offices and encourage them to book their time in the appropriate CR job code.

· Organize quarterly visits for employees through various CR activities to project sites. Organize CR events for employees with the allocated volunteering budget and also ensure participation of Regional Managing Partner and Regional CR Oversight Partner periodically.

· Apart from the general and skilled volunteering events, initiate, support and complete pro bono volunteering projects for each office in the South region. Also create unique CR campaigns within the firm, like blood donation camp, energy optimization drive, collection (old clothes, books, newspaper) drive, etc.

Communication:

· Managing internal and external communication piece for the region. Ensure that the volunteering activities organized in the South offices are covered as stories on the internal portal and external social media platforms with the support from the Central CR, communication and social media teams.

· Prepare necessary content for press release during project inaugurations at the South offices with the support from the Communications and PR team. Ensure good photo from the events are taken and shared with the Central CR team periodically.

· Promote CSR activities within the company through reports, presentations and public relations efforts to enhance the reputation as a responsible Coordinator.

Central Reporting Responsibilities:

· Ensuring review of Project Reports (Quarterly / Annual / Management & CA Certification along with OP Approvals to monitor the outcomes and impact, identify challenges, and propose solutions for continuous improvement.

· Ensure review of Payment requests subject to completion of objectives and share with the operational team for release of funds to the grantee.

· Ensure visits are carried out by the team for project observations/launch etc. and reports are timely submitted in a qualitative manner.

· Highlighting/ Escalating delays or exceptions noted during the monitoring if any to the seniors to address any associated challenges with monitoring of projects.

· Keep track of the Project/Operational Budget utilization of the regions and fund disbursement on a timely basis.

· Ensure smooth onboarding and induction of the new members in the team. Transition should be able to effectively manage the transitions in the team if any along with the existing responsibilities. · Liaison with central team to manage internal audit requests on quarterly basis related to project/visit reports

Global Responsibility:

· Review of Time data on quarterly basis for all the regions to ensure proper classification of data and hours.

· Review of Expense data on quarterly basis for all the regions to ensure proper classification of data and utilization of budget.

· Global submissions once a year in July pertaining to CSR reporting subject to internal audit process.

· Participate/Represent PwC India Foundation in the Global communication meetings. · Review and monitor Visit report monitoring process

Years of experience required: 4+ years

Educationqualification: Master's in social work, BA, B.Com, Bachelor's in social work, MBA, PGDM, M.Com, BJMC, Master's in Literature