Job Description

Position: Consultant
Time Commitment: Full-time
Location: Gurgaon

About Sattva

We are an organisation driven by the mission to end poverty in our lifetime. Our work focuses on scalable solutions for sustainable social impact. We work with our clients - corporations, philanthropists, foundations and social organisations - to achieve social impact goals effectively and maximise the social return on their investment. Deep understanding across sectors and collaboration with multiple stakeholders drive our work. This approach helps us, and our clients develop holistic solutions for solving critical societal problems.

We are driven by impact and powered by knowledge. We bring the right balance of the head-heart-hand to our work. Our work is powered by the passionate energy of our mission-driven young team, guided by the strong leadership and advisory board with multi-dimensional experience in business and social sectors.

Our team of 400 (and growing rapidly) across offices in Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi comes with stellar professional credentials from diverse backgrounds and is bound together by our common commitment to social impact.

Foundations : Ecosystem and Policy Advisory

Sattva has ongoing work with several leading Global, Regional, Domestic Foundations and Multilateral organisations to create evidence and curate dialogue for policy action. Sattva’s Ecosystem and Policy Advisory practice enables foundations to amplify their influence and impact through ecosystem engagement and policy research and advisory. We enhance portfolio performance for funders, engage ecosystem through convenings, knowledge creation and dissemination, facilitate collaboration between funders, implementation organisations, and facilitate policy research, advisory and policy engagement and communication with Central, State and District Governments. Sattva has experience in a range of ecosystem and policy advisory work - thematic and landscape studies, narrative building, policy analysis and briefs, government engagement and facilitating partnerships— supported by leading foundations. Sattva has created strategic partnerships and influence by building data and evidence backed advisory, key stakeholder relationships in education, gender equality, healthcare, water and sanitation, and financial inclusion.

The Opportunity

The Consultant will play a key role in Ecosystem and Policy Advisory projects at the Foundations Unit in Sattva. In this role, they will work closely with an Engagement Manager, to conceptualize and create knowledge products, curate meaningful ecosystem engagement in the philanthropic and corporate ecosystems, and work to support the policy advocacy and ecosystem engagement work of leading Foundations with government institutions, administrative cadre, and regional governments.

Key responsibilities

At Sattva we believe in an outcome-orientated approach in everything we do. The key responsibilities and expectations for this role include:

• Problem Solving:
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    Frames complex problems correctly and concisely; is able to work with a team to translate problem statements into questions effectively
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    Identifies relevant data and information, and builds strategic narratives for communicating research insights to key stakeholders
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    Owns the problem, bringing in high bias for execution and client focus; asks relevant stakeholders for help when required

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  Delivery Excellence:
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    Collaborates well with internal and external stakeholders and effectively manages resources in order to deliver on time and at a high level of quality
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    Ensures proper time management and works effectively to achieve all their deliverables
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    Tracks overall project progress and is able to flag when things are not on track
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    Ensure creation and adoption of high quality assets, methods and standards created during delivery

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  Stakeholder Engagement:
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    Establishes a deep rapport with the key stakeholders of the client organization through constant engagement and personal credibility
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    Listens actively to clients and understands both articulated and unarticulated needs
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    Presents own point of view convincingly using relevant information, arguments and examples

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  Project Management:
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    Plans day to day responsibilities effectively at an individual level
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    Proactively monitors and reports any risk in individual/project milestones
  • Maintains thorough documentation of key project knowledge assets
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  Key qualifications and experiences:
  We are looking for individuals who align with our mission and meet the following requirements::
  • 4-6 years of experience in consulting or policy research and advisory roles in social enterprises, consulting firms or global foundations
  • Master’s degree in economics, development studies, public policy or any degree with a focus on international development
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    Experience in agriculture and livelihoods development
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    Strong quantitative skills, demonstrated through experience working in data analysis
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    Strong writing and reporting expertise demonstrated through white papers and research reports
  • Prior experience in a client facing role
  • Exceptional advisory skills, along with strong presentation and analytical abilities
  • Experience in organising public events and facilitating meetings with senior management
  • Agility and adaptability to deliver quality work in short timelines
  • Ability to organize own work and manage own time with minimal supervision
  • Display humility, willingness to learn by doing, excitement and entrepreneurial drive to learn