Livelihood Ecosystem

Senior Associate/ Associate manager, Indian Administrative Fellowship, Jharkhand

Ranchi, Jharkhand
Work Type: Full Time

About The/Nudge: 


The/Nudge is an action institute building resilient livelihoods to alleviate poverty. We work with women, farmers, tribals and youth on rural development, agriculture, skilling and economic inclusion, along with 15+ central and state government partners.


Our economic inclusion journey for 25 million Indians, has reached 10 states with $250M of government funding to cover 1.25M people. Our incubator, accelerator and grand challenges have supported 200+ social entrepreneurs including 17 Forbes 30U30, 3 EarthShot Prize winners, 1 Time Magazine cover and more.


Set up with support from 100+ eminent philanthropists , 40+ corporates and 15+ foundations including Gates, Mackenzie Scott, Vinod Khosla, Nandan Nilekani, Tata Trusts, Skoll, Meta, LinkedIn, HDFC, Mphasis, KPMG and L'Oreal, we are contributing towards a "poverty-free India, within our lifetime".


About the Team: 

The Indian Administrative Fellowship is an initiative of The/Nudge Institute to accelerate the adoption of technological innovation by leveraging the strengths and capabilities of visionary civil servants across public systems and senior socially conscious and spirited executives from the corporate sector (Fellows) to deliver transformative positive impact. Each Fellow brings strong experience in leading transformational initiatives anchored in technology, strategic acumen, entrepreneurial drive as well as execution capability to steer large-scale multi-stakeholder programs. Fellows are assigned to work with civil servants (Secretary or above) for 18-month full time cohort engagements on designing and delivering interventions at the intersection of technological innovation and resilient livelihoods. 

Currently, the Fellowship is in progress with the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt of India and Govt of Karnataka. Recently, we completed a cohort with the Govt of Punjab.


We are looking for highly energetic, meticulous, diligent, passionate, and high ownership early team members. The team is outcome-focussed and committed to supporting India’s governance ecosystem through the fellowship and the person would be extensively supporting the team with mission-critical operations support through the fellowship lifecycle. 

You will flourish on this team if you are: collaborative, analytical, results-driven, self-starter, love to continuously improve, and have fun while working hard.


What will you do? 

 

  • Assist the State Head and program on operations to ensure smooth launch of the fellowship in Jharkhand, organize and execute high-impact events including Bootcamps, Field-visits, Donor Meetings, Huddles, etc. 

  •  Coordinate and manage external stakeholders like Govt of Jharkhand officials to ensure smooth operations through the fellowship lifecycle

  • Gather, assess and suggest measures to provide a solution for improving the state performance on welfare metrics across departments 

  • Conduct primary and secondary research as required to suggest policy measures as a solution, and support for execution. 


Apply if you have:


  • Are a graduate/ postgraduate and a professional with 3-6 years of overall work experience for Associate/ Senior Associate/ Associate Manager role. 

  •  Are a high-performer with a successful track record in driving through tasks end-to-end and multi stakeholder relationship

  • Can stretch beyond the call of duty, are a self-starter, motivated person responsible for outcomes

  • Are proficient on MS Office especially Excel, preparing reports and presentations

  • Are having good spoken and written skills in Hindi and English

  • Excellent organizational and multitasking skills

  • Ability to work and problem solve under uncertainty 

  • Excellent interpersonal skills and great written and oral communication skills 

  • Strong passion for social impact 

  • Have prior experience in operations, handling formulation and execution of plans on high-stake initiatives

  • Have prior experience of working with Govt or Govt Programs

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