Community Engagement and CSR Head

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**About The Business:** Tata Electronics Pvt. Ltd. is a prominent global player in the electronics manufacturing industry, with fast-emerging capabilities in Electronics Manufacturing Services, Semiconductor Assembly & Test, Semiconductor Foundry, and Design Services. Established in 2020 as a greenfield venture of the Tata Group, the company aims to serve global customers through integrated offerings across a trusted electronics and semiconductor value chain. With a rapidly growing workforce, the company currently employs over 90,000 people and has significant operations in Gujarat, Assam, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka, India. Tata Electronics is committed to creating a socioeconomic footprint by employing many women in its workforce and actively supporting local communities through initiatives in environment, education, healthcare, sports and livelihood. **Responsibilities:** - Build needs-led community engagement around TEPL – Hosur manufacturing locations. - Strengthen TEPL’s social license through structured local stakeholder engagement. - Integrate CER/CSR priorities with plant leadership, EHS and sustainability needs. - Define theory of change, baseline indicators and outcomes before program sanction. - Govern the full CSR program lifecycle from concept to closure. - Good Knowledge of Government development community programs to bolster the TEPL program efforts. - Drive environment, circular economy, water, energy and community resilience programs. - Align CSR strategy with TEPL’s ESG, sustainability and BRSR commitments. - Translate Board-approved CSR vision into a multi-year, Schedule VII-aligned portfolio. - Focus CSR geographies around TEPL plants, supplier ecosystems and aspirational districts. - Create vocational pathways for electronics manufacturing, automation and green jobs. - Balance plant-neighborhood investments, flagship initiatives and scalable national partnerships. - Institutionalize partner appraisal, due diligence, sanction and milestone-based disbursements. - Build future-ready communities through STEM, digital education and Industry 4.0 skilling. - Coordinate with Finance, Legal and Compliance for robust partner governance. - Own CSR budgeting, utilization monitoring and two-percent obligation compliance. - Ensure CSR Rule compliance, unspent tracking and statutory disclosure readiness. - Commission independent impact assessments for eligible CSR programs. - Curate credible NGO, academic, ITI, polytechnic and government partnerships. - Build partner capability in governance, finance, reporting and outcome measurement. - Scale employee and skills-based volunteering through TEPL’s technical talent. - Develop crisis-response CSR protocols for community emergencies and local disruptions. - Position TEPL as a responsible technology-manufacturing employer through credible social impact. - Drive communication of CSR impact stories for leadership, employees and external stakeholders. **Essential Attributes:** - Strong ethical judgement in balancing community expectations and business priorities. - High cultural sensitivity while engaging diverse local communities and stakeholders. - Ability to influence senior leaders without formal authority. - Strong crisis-readiness for community, reputational or compliance-sensitive situations. - Customer-centric mindset with dedication to delivering exceptional customer satisfaction. - Entrepreneurial mindset to identify scalable, innovation-led CSR opportunities. **Qualifications and Experience:** - Proven experience & demonstrated results in community engagement - Post-graduate degree in social work, development studies, rural management, public policy or management. - 15 years + experience in CSR, sustainability, development sector or social-impact advisory. - Minimum 7+ years in CSR leadership, portfolio ownership or program governance roles. - Experience in corporate CSR, dealing with large NGOs, donor agencies or development advisory organizations. - Proven experience managing multi-crore CSR budgets across partners, themes and geographies. - Prior exposure to manufacturing, plant-community engagement or industrial ecosystems is preferred. - Strong knowledge of Section 135, Schedule VII, CSR Rules and Form CSR-2. - Domain depth in TEPL-relevant themes like STEM, skilling, Agriculture, watershed program, circular economy or environment. - Ability to engage Board, regulators, plant leadership and senior external partners credibly. **Location** : Hosur, Tamil Nadu