Place of Posting- Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Engagement Type- Contractual
About The/Nudge:
The/Nudge is an action institute working towards a poverty-free India, within our lifetime. We partner with governments, markets, and civil society to build resilient livelihoods for all. We are a collective of some of India’s best leaders and entrepreneurs from across the industry, academia, government, and development sectors, and our work is organized across three impact streams:
Centre for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (CSDE): exists to enable underprivileged youth to lead flourishing lives
Centre for Rural Development (CRD): exists to enable families to come out of poverty
Centre for Social Innovation (CSI): exists to nudge top talent to solve India’s biggest challenges
What are we solving for?
We are solving for households in poverty who are also financially and socially vulnerable through a targeted, multi-faceted, and sequenced model called the graduation approach, which has demonstrated that we can durably pull households out of poverty.
At The/Nudge Institute, we have been piloting this program for the past 3 years and are in the process of catalyzing the propagation of the same. Our purpose is to contribute to ending poverty in India.:
continue to implement on its own to iterate the design for impact at scale
enable more NGOs to adopt technical and capacity-building support
enable govt to adopt by providing research, design, and implementation support
continue to generate data on poverty and evidence on graduation approach to nudge governments to adopt at-scale
build technology solutions for NGOs and governments to adopt and implement at scale & with quality.
Position Overview:
The/Nudge is working with the Gujarat Livelihood Promotion Company Limited (GLPC), Government of Gujarat, to help increase adoption of the graduation approach by targeting Antyodaya Anna Yojana card holder women in identified Aspirational Blocks in the state. As part of this effort, a State Project Management Unit (SPMU) is being set up at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, to help the GLPC to design and implement the special program. This position is for the SPMU Lead at Ahmedabad, and will report to the State Lead.
At The/Nudge Institute, you will :
Own the implementation and outcomes of the program in Gujarat
Provide leadership and managerial support to the field team, mainly to the District and Block professionals.
Manage District and Block professionals to ensure quality implementation on the ground through regular meetings and field visits
Develop processes and systems for onboarding and continuous capacity building of District and Block professionals
Develop process and system for regular monitoring and cont. feedback
Work closely with The/Nudge’s financial unit to develop budgets and ensure timely and effective of such budget
Work closely with the GLPC in developing the annual budget and preparing financial plans
Support GLPC in the research and development of a strategy and program design to target the vulnerable households through the graduation approach built on top of community institutions enabled by the NRLM
Support GLPC in the implementation of action research of the graduation approach through a special project based on the strategy and design developed in consultation with key stakeholders
Enable convergence of various state initiatives (social security, livelihood promotion, financial inclusion, social empowerment) and programs towards the end goal of graduating women and their households living in poverty out of it
Support GLPC to review the progress of the program periodically in order to iterate and scale
Support the mission on the use of data and technology to ensure continuous flow of data from the field
Build relationships with key government departments and support the successful adoption of strategies targeting the poor
The ideal candidate for the role has:
About 10-12 years of experience and is a Postgraduate
demonstrated a growth mindset - learning/improving constantly
demonstrated success in starting and leading initiatives, working under uncertainty & able to articulate vision and secure buy-in from stakeholders
excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills. Fluent in English & Hindi.
strong analytical and critical thinking skills
the ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholder groups in a fast-paced environment
set aside personal bias to do what is right for the community
experience in designing/managing multi-stakeholder development sector programs designed around (or with) SHGs, Community Institutions and SRLMs
an openness to travel extensively and live in designated districts/blocks/panchayats as per the needs of the program’s goals
a passion for serving those in need with humility & sensitivity.
We aspire to be an inclusive and diverse organization and encourage qualified individuals, irrespective of their religion, caste, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, age, or any other dimension of identity, to apply.