Career Opportunities in Corporate Social Responsibility

Career Opportunities in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Fields

What skills or competencies would be required for a CSR role?
This is hard to clarify due to the diverse roles and range of disciplines involved. Though the major skills required for successful CSR Professional are · Business skills (including building insight, communication skills, decision making, commercial awareness, IT, innovation, strategic awareness, leadership, handling complexity and problem solving) · People skills (including adaptability and empathy, developing others, influencing without power, open minded, integrity, political awareness, self-development and learning, building partnerships, team working and questioning “business as usual”)
· Technical skills (including technical expertise, understanding impacts, stakeholder dialogue, internal consultancy, selling the business case, understanding human rights and understanding sustainability).
From above three skills, following 6 core competencies are listed for managers involved with CSR in organizations:
· Understanding society
· Building capacity
· Questioning business as usual
· Stakeholder relations
· Strategic view
· Harnessing diversity

How do I find out more about CSR roles?

· Browse relevant websites and job listings – build up knowledge of what skills, qualifications and experience are being asked for.
·Check out the following reference books in the ?Getting Started? section of the Careers Information Room:

The Ethical Careers Guide – Business Ethics section

The Sustainable Careers Handbook

· Consider joining a CSR network
· Organize an internship, work experience or voluntary placement.
How do I find a job in CSR?
This very much depends on which area of CSR you are interested in and the type of organization you want to work for. Many direct CSR roles require specialist knowledge and business experience and therefore may not be open to those on graduate programmes or just starting out with a company. You may have to take a longer term strategy and build up your skills and experience in relevant areas first. However, there are jobs out there so here are a few tips:

Most of the CSR Jobs are done by NGOs so search out the NGOs having linkages with big corporate.
· Some consultancies have CSR departments and take on people in this area. For environmental consultancies with a CSR interest check out these too.
· Get some CSR experience by securing an internship, work placement or by volunteering to assist an organization with their CSR project.
· Keep up to date with CSR developments. Monitor CSR websites and newspaper articles.

Universities offering degree in Social work/Rural Development
The premier institutes offering degrees/diplomas in Social work and Rural Development is as follows:
Ø Master of Social Work (MSW)/MA Social Work
· Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Trombay Road, Deonar, Mumbai – 400 088

· Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra – 136 119

· Lucknow University, Lucknow

· Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore 452001

· Vikram University,Ujjain 456010

· Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi 221002

· University of Lucknow, Badshah Bagh, Lucknow 226007

· Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Aligarh 202002

· Agra University, Agra 282004 .

· University of Delhi, Delhi 110007

· Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi 110025

· Punjabi University,Patiala 147002

·Benaras Hindu University (BHU) Varansi UP

· Rajasthan Vidyapeth, Udaipur 313001

· Gujarat Vidyapeth,Ahmedabad 380014

· Shivaji University, Vidyanagar, Kolhapur 416004

· Nagpur University, MG Marg, Nagpur 440001

· MS University of Baroda,Vadodhara 390002

· Amravati University, Near Tapowan, Amravati 446002

· University of Bombay, MG Road, Fort, Mumbai 400032

· Nagpur University, MG Marg, Nagpur 440001

· University of Poona,Ganeshkhind, Pune 411007

· Marathwada University, Aurangabad 431004

· Andhra University, Waltair 530003

Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Development (PGDRD)/MBA (Rural Development)
· National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD) Hydrabad
· Institute of Rural Management- Anand-388001.
· Xavier Institute of Social Service Purulia road, Ranchi.
· Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar-751013.
· Institute of Rural Management, IIRM Campus, Mansarovar, Jaipur,
· Gandhi Gram Rural Institute, Gandhi Gram, Dindigul.