Assistant Director Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR)

Role Purpose:

To lead and institutionalise the University’s ISR agenda through a structured, evidence-led and sustainable community-impact model. The Assistant Director will identify community priorities, translate them into multi-year programmes, mobilise university and external resources, oversee implementation, and measure outcomes and longer-term impact. The role connects academic expertise and student volunteering with validated community needs while ensuring governance, financial stewardship, safeguarding, documentation and institutional reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategy, Policy and Annual Planning

Community Needs Assessment and Programme Design

Programme and Project Management

Partnerships and Resource Mobilisation

Student Engagement and Experiential Learning

Monitoring, Evaluation, Impact and Data Governance

Budget and Resource Stewardship

Governance, Compliance, Ethics and Risk

Reporting, Communication and Institutional Visibility

Team Leadership and Continuous Improvement

Qualifications:

Postgraduate qualification in Social Work, Rural Development, Development Studies, Public Administration, Sociology, Environmental/Sustainability Studies, Management or a related discipline.

Typically, 12-15 years of relevant experience in CSR, community development, NGO/programme management,



sustainability, social impact, public health/education outreach or institutional social responsibility, including project/team leadership. HR may calibrate this to the University grade structure.

Demonstrated experience managing multi-stakeholder projects, community engagement, budgets, partnerships, reporting and field implementation.

Robust written and verbal communication, proposal/report writing, presentation, coordination and problem-solving skills.

Proficiency in Excel/Sheets, dashboards, presentations and structured MIS/reporting; ability to interpret quantitative and qualitative evidence.

Desirable:

Experience in a corporate CSR department, CSR foundation, large NGO, university social-responsibility office or government/community-development programme.

Working knowledge of the Companies Act, 2013 CSR framework and CSR Rules where corporate CSR funding/partnerships are involved; familiarity with SDGs, theory of change, logical frameworks and impact measurement.

Experience in baseline/endline studies, survey design, outcome evaluation, community mapping, grant management or third-party evaluations.

Experience working with rural or peri-urban communities and local institutions.

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📌 Assistant Director (Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar)
🏢 Chandigarh University
📍 Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar