About Save The Quest

Save The Quest (STQ) is a New Delhi-based non-profit working since 2013 to make education and examinations accessible for visually impaired students. Our flagship initiative, The Scribe Bank, is India's first platform connecting visually impaired students with trained volunteer scribes, so that no student misses an exam for want of a writer.

We have supported 5,000+ students and have been featured in The Hindu, YourStory and Edex Live. With The Scribe Bank app now live and scribe approvals paperless at partner universities, we are taking the model pan-India with leading PSUs and corporates under their CSR programmes.

The Role

You will be accountable for on-ground delivery of every CSR project in STQ's portfolio, including The Scribe Bank: on scope, on schedule, within budget and fully audit-ready. You will convert signed MoUs and DIPs into monthly work plans, run the field and operations team, and produce the evidence donors use to release funds. You will also be the Head – Programmes & CSR's right hand on proposals and the primary contact for CSR/PSU partners on running projects.

What You'll Do

- Planning & execution: Translate MoUs/DIPs into activity plans; maintain a single master tracker of milestones, tranches and reporting deadlines; run weekly reviews and escalate slippage with a recovery plan.
- Proposals & donor engagement: Write CSR proposals, concept notes, budgets, logframes and DIPs in PSU/corporate formats; handle empanelment and due-diligence requests; build partner relationships that lead to renewals and scale-up.
- Donor reporting & fund release: Prepare quarterly,



annual and milestone reports; compile tranche documentation including Utilisation Certificates with Accounts and the CA.
- Financial discipline: Track budget vs actual by head every month; zero cross-project or cross-head use of restricted funds.
- Procurement & vendors: Run transparent tender/RFP processes and maintain complete procurement files.
- Field operations: Lead State Coordinators on scribe/volunteer recruitment, training and deployment, and beneficiary onboarding; build partnerships with universities, exam centres, NSS/NCC units and NGOs.
- Technology: Programme-side owner of The Scribe Bank platform: define requirements, coordinate UAT, ensure accessibility is tested with visually impaired users.
- M&E;: Run the M&E; framework, keep data DPDP Act-compliant, run grievance redressal and capture impact stories.
- Team, risk & compliance: Set targets for field staff, maintain a project risk register, and keep every project audit-ready within 24 hours.

What We're Looking For

- Postgraduate degree in Social Work, Development Studies, Management, Public Policy or related field
- 6–10 years in CSR / development-sector programme management, incl. 3+ years on a multi-state or multi-location project
- Has independently managed at least one CSR project of ₹5–10 Cr+ end-to-end, from proposal to closure
- Mandatory:



PSU CSR experience: tranche-based fund releases, UCs and quarterly donor reporting
- Track record of funded CSR proposals (samples on request)
- Comfortable presenting to CSR heads and PSU committees
- Working knowledge of Section 135, Companies Act 2013, CSR Rules and NGO financial compliance
- Experience managing field teams and volunteer programmes
- Strong written English, working Hindi, advanced Excel / Google Sheets

Good to Have

- Experience in disability inclusion, education or volunteer-led programmes
- Familiarity with the RPwD Act 2016, scribe guidelines and screen readers
- Exposure to tech-enabled programmes (UAT, dashboards)
- PMP / PRINCE2 certification

Why STQ

Build something that did not exist before: technology, volunteers and institutions working together so that disability is never a barrier to education. Small, fast-moving team where your work directly shapes outcomes for thousands of students.

Compensation: Negotiable, based on experience and suitability

Location: New Delhi (Kalkaji office), with travel to project states, partner institutions and exam centres

How to Apply

Share your CV with [email protected] and [email protected] (mark both), subject line "Application – Programme Manager (CSR Projects)". Highlight CSR projects managed (with value), PSU partnerships, proposals written and funded, donor reporting/UC experience, team size and geographies covered.

Learn more: https://savethequest.org

Save The Quest is an equal prospect employer. Candidates with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

📌 Programme Manager – CSR Projects (Delhi)
🏢 Save The Quest
📍 Delhi