CSR Executive
Also known as: CSR Associate · CSR Coordinator · Sustainability Executive
Plans, tracks and reports a company's corporate social responsibility projects with NGO partners.
Starting salary: not added yet.
What you’d do
CSR executives manage the social projects that companies fund, usually in education, health, livelihoods or environment. They sit in a company's CSR team or foundation, or in an NGO or consultancy that runs CSR programmes for companies. Work includes selecting partners, field monitoring, budgets and the annual reporting a company's board needs.
- Track CSR projects run with NGO partners
- Do field visits and check project progress
- Prepare CSR reports and compliance records
- Help screen and onboard implementing NGOs
How you get in
Freshers often start at NGOs or CSR consultancies that implement company programmes, then move into company CSR teams. Many company CSR roles prefer an MSW or a development-studies master's, or two to three years of field experience.
Salary in India
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Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Project monitoring and evaluation
- Field visits and stakeholder meetings
- Budget tracking in Excel
- Writing clear reports for management
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition3
How many graduates enter each year?
BA (all subjects) graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field3
Is it diverse?
Share of women among BA (all subjects) graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- Company CSR teams are often small, so openings are limited.
- Common next steps: CSR manager, programme manager, or sustainability and ESG reporting roles.
- The work sits between business and development, so both sides' language helps.
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