Community Manager

Newton School; Sonipat; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Newton School is seeking a Community Manager to own the campus experience from orientation to graduation, leading the campus team and collaborating with other campus leads.

You will build clubs, manage events, coordinate with university stakeholders, and create opportunities for NST students through masterclasses, hackathons, and external competitions.

Qualifications

• Experience in community, events, or program management roles.
• Strong student-facing communication and relationship-building skills.
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving, startup-like environment.
• Genuine interest in building student community culture from the ground up.

Responsibilities

• Own and govern the student body, maintaining an active and engaged campus community.
• Manage and mentor student leads across clubs and community workstreams.
• Lead new student orientation, managing the full experience for incoming batches.
• Drive student achievement recognition through policy-level execution of the Student Grant.
• Track, collect, and publish student wins - sole campus owner of this record.
• University stakeholder management is vital.
• Build and manage the student clubs ecosystem with the Student Body.
• Support student leads in running clubs with consistency and quality.
• Plan and execute masterclasses and guest lectures with a practical, industry-relevant approach.
• Lead techfest planning and delivery in collaboration with the student body.
• Oversee cultural events, student-led activities, and campus celebrations.
• Manage Student Houses and house competitions - tech and cultural.
• Run peer learning sessions, workshops, hackathons, and curiosity-building activities.
• Enable student participation in external college fest competitions.
• Identify international and domestic competitions, conferences, and forums relevant to NST students.
• Build a pipeline, ensuring students actively apply and represent NST to prestigious competitions.
• Continuously discover and create new exposure opportunities for students beyond defined academics.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with university administration, faculty, and leadership - acting as the primary point of contact for all community and student experience matters on campus.
• Navigate institutional processes, approvals, and campus-specific requirements to ensure smooth programme delivery.
• Coordinate closely with Campus Community Managers across all NST campuses to align on shared initiatives, share learnings, and maintain consistency in student experience standards.
• Work in active collaboration with the Central HQ team on centrally-driven programmes, immersions, industry initiatives, and cross-campus projects - ensuring the campus contributes to and benefits from the broader NST community ecosystem.

Skills

Multitask management

Student-facing communication

Community management

Events planning

Startup mindset

Job description

About Newton School of Technology:

Newton School of Technology (NST) is a new-age institution redefining technical education in India. Founded by IIT alumni, NST offers a 4-year B.Tech in Computer Science and AI, focused on hands-on learning and deep industry integration. Within two years, over 93% of students have secured paid internships with companies like Razorpay, SarvamAI, and DRDO, along with global exposure through tech treks to Singapore and Silicon Valley. Led by a distinguished faculty comprising ICPC World Finalists and ex-professionals from ISRO, Microsoft, MakeMyTrip, and several other leading tech organizations, NST is building a scalable, high-impact model that produces industry-ready talent for the worlds most advanced technology roles.

About the role

The Community Manager owns the full community charter for their campus. This is a leadership role responsible for designing, executing, and continuously improving the student experience - from orientation through graduation. The CM leads the campus team and collaborates closely with other campus leads.

Responsibilities

Student Body Community

• Own and govern the student body, maintaining an active and engaged campus community
• Manage and mentor student leads across clubs and community workstreams
• Lead new student orientation, managing the full experience for incoming batches
• Drive student achievement recognition through management and policy-level execution of the Student Grant
• Track, collect, and publish student wins - sole campus owner of this record
• University stakeholder management is vital

Clubs Ecosystem

• Build and manage the student clubs ecosystem with the Student Body
• Support student leads in running clubs with consistency and quality

Events Programmes

• Plan and execute masterclasses and guest lectures with a practical, industry-relevant approach
• Lead techfest planning and delivery in collaboration with the student body
• Oversee cultural events, student-led activities, and campus celebrations
• Manage Student Houses and house competitions - tech and cultural
• Run peer learning sessions, workshops, hackathons, and curiosity-building activities
• Enable student participation in external college fest competitions

Exposure Competitions

• Identify international and domestic competitions, conferences, and forums relevant to NST students
• Build a pipeline, ensuring students actively apply and represent NST to prestigious competitions
• Continuously discover and create new exposure opportunities for students beyond defined academics

Stakeholder Management

• Build and maintain strong working relationships with university administration, faculty, and leadership - acting as the primary point of contact for all community and student experience matters on campus
• Navigate institutional processes, approvals, and campus-specific requirements to ensure smooth programme delivery
• Coordinate closely with Campus Community Managers across all NST campuses to align on shared initiatives, share learnings, and maintain consistency in student experience standards
• Work in active collaboration with the Central HQ team on centrally-driven programmes, immersions, industry initiatives, and cross-campus projects - ensuring the campus contributes to and benefits from the broader NST community ecosystem

What were looking for

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple workstreams independently
• Strong student-facing communication and relationship-building skills
• Experience in community, events, or program management roles
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving, startup-like environment
• Genuine interest in building student community culture from the ground up

About Newton School of Technology:

Newton School of Technology (NST) is a new-age institution redefining technical education