Job Description

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\xe2\x80\x99s 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 extreme poverty
• Centre for Social Innovation (CSI): exists to nudge top talent to solve India\xe2\x80\x99s biggest challenges

What are we solving for in the End Ultra Poverty program? End Ultra Poverty (EUP) program is solving for households in ultra-poverty through a targeted, multi-faceted and sequenced model called the graduation approach which has demonstrated that ultra-poverty can be conquered. At The/Nudge we have been piloting this program for the past 3 years and are in the process of catalyzing propagation of the same. Our purpose is to contribute to ending ultra-poverty in India. EUP will:

• 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 ultra-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.

At The/Nudge you will:

• Write/analyse reports of research findings and summaries/reviews of current policies to feed into national strategy on ultra-poverty
• Prepare quality presentations, reports, and proposals for a range of stakeholders (internal and external) for policy and action
• Manage individual projects through regular reviews with implementation/delivery teams, field visits and provision of the required technical support
• Enable smooth coordination with internal and external stakeholders for program delivery and strong representation of TNI strategic interests

Apply if you have:

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s or Master\xe2\x80\x99s Degree in social sciences or aligned fields
• 4-5 years of program management experience
• Experience in contributing to action/policy research
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  Basic understanding of products and services underpinning stakeholder relationships in the government
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  Skills in management and delivery of projects; proficiency in use of project management tools
• Eye for detail: ensuring effective quality assurance and the overall integrity of the program.
• Willingness to travel and stay in remote-location rural areas, as and when required.
• Skills in documentation, analysis, and research
• Excellent skills in both spoken and written communication. Fluency in Hindi is preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work across functions
• Willingness to learn on the job and remain agile to evolving requirements of the role

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.