Fwd: Requirement for an Outreach Associate, Sattva Media

[Vijay Sharma]

A great BITSian startup doing well in the Social Entrepreneurship space - Sattva. If anyone is interested, I would recco.

Thanks,
Vijay

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From: Rathish Balakrishnan <rat...@sattva.co.in>
Date: Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 3:17 PM
Subject: Requirement for an Outreach Associate, Sattva Media
To: dev-cr...@googlegroups.com

Dear all, 

Sattva is a media and consulting firm with an exclusive focus on social development. While Sattva Consulting works with the emerging ecosystem of social enterprises, Sattva media creates online and offline spaces for civil society to engage on social good. 

We, at Sattva, fundamentally believe that the true impact of creating relevant and engaging content is when it is finally in the hands of those who can act on it. In order to ensure that, Sattva Media seeks to build a strong outreach strategy and approach that combines online channels and face to face interaction. We are looking for an Outreach Associate to manage the offline and outreach engagement around our media products. The Job description below (and attached as a PDF) provides all the relevant details. 

We would love to hear from interested candidates - It will be great if you could circulate this requirement in your circles. 

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Who we are?

SATTVA (www.sattva.co.in) supports and accelerates social development through its work in media, research and consulting. Sattva Consulting and Research focus on strengthening the emerging eco-system of social enterprises and organizations through strategic, operational and financial consulting, knowledge, recruitment and program management services.  Sattva Media creates independent, progressive and dynamic spaces online and offline that engage civil society in social good.

What we do?

The Alternative (www.thealternative.in), our media platform targeted at the mainstream audience, strives to make social good an extension of everyday life by highlighting issues, solutions, and tangible choices we can make to positively impact the world around us.  We provide news, views and insights on socially relevant topics, and ways and means for everyone to actively participate and contribute.

Prayas (www.socialprotectioncommunity.in) targets practitioners engaging in and interested in improving delivery of social protection schemes and facilities for addressing vulnerability of the poor. It aims to bring these stakeholders on one common content and engagement platform to engage in constructive discussion, information exchange, experience sharing, and facilitate action. 

We engage with the community today through our web portals, social media and through focused offline events that bring the community together on topics of common interest.

What we need?

Sattva Media seeks to build a strong outreach strategy and approach that combines online channels and face to face interaction. We aim to build focused and collaborative partnerships with organizations that can leverage the content we create, engage in our online platform and can also share valuable insights on the realities and information needs on the ground.

We are looking for an Outreach Associate to manage the offline and outreach engagement around our products. The Outreach Associate should have a keen interest in social development and media in its various forms today. She / he should build strong partnerships with grassroots development organizations, media institutions, multi-lateral organizations and community collectives.

Specifically, the Outreach Associate should 

• Continuously engage with Sattva Media's target audiences and channels to understand their needs and communicate the value that we can deliver through our products.
• Build relationships with organizations in the space who can subscribe, contribute and engage with the platform
• Actively employ social media and online channels to actively participate and engage in conversations around social issues and build brand
• Design and execute offline events, campaigns and workshops
• Build strategic associations, content partnerships and syndications for Sattva Media's content
• Represent Sattva Media in events and conferences around social development
• Be the “ear to the floor” –  bring valuable inputs from consumers in order to continuously improve the product

Who should apply?

We are looking for individuals who have prior experience / expertise in

• Engaging with stakeholders & managing relationships in the development sector.
• Managing high touch engagements with varied organizations such as NGOs, CSRs, academic institutions and foundations. 
• Handling responsibilities requiring strong operation rigour in terms of putting together required collaterals, following up on leads, ensuring on-time delivery and driving engagements to closure.
• Managing social media engagement, implementing and evolving overall social media strategy

The Outreach Associate should be agile and on-the-ground, thrive in people interactions and should able to identify win-win opportunities for collaboration. The role will be of an individual and independent contributor. Hence, she / he should be self-driven, organized and be able to thrive in high energy, constantly evolving start-up environment.

Location and Remuneration

This is a full-time position and will be based out of Bangalore.  We follow a strong performance-oriented approach towards remuneration.

Contact

Rathish Balakrishnan, Director, Sattva Media and Consulting Pvt. Ltd

rat...@sattva.co.in  / +91 9742 33 33 75

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