Job Description

Position: Associate Consultant

Location: Guwahati/Nagaland

Who we are

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 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 who bring in multi-dimensional experience in business and social sectors. Our team of 400 (and growing rapidly) across offices in Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi come with stellar professional credentials from diverse backgrounds and are bound together by our common commitment to social impact.

The opportunity

You will be part of the team that engages with multiple stakeholders in projects which are at scale, in terms of impact and geographies. This entails working with large foundations on enabling organisations by co-creating strategies and program designs which are relevant and viable at the grassroot level, amplify the impact of organisations through improving systems, orchestrating and managing programmes to ensure long-term sustainability and maximise impact by engaging with the ecosystem and stringing together collaboratives. They focus on strong planning, on-time and quality delivery across all projects.

In addition, the following will be the key responsibilities -

- Solving simple problems or parts of complex problems by having an understanding of basic problem-solving framework

- Conducting rigorous secondary and primary research to arrive at the insights needed to solve the problem

- Engage with stakeholders proactively through predictable delivery and effective communication.

- Supporting the team in project management and delivery by sharing relevant information and updates on deliverables proactively with the team

- Go beyond own deliverables to support others in the team or the larger organization where required

- Support the operations of the project/ program, including managing logistics and coordinating with multiple teams

- Work smoothly with peers and managers and is able to receive constructive feedback well

- Creating reports, tools to inform the effectiveness of the project, on-ground efforts

- Contribute to the creation of proposals after understanding project financials at a headline level - Deliver high-quality documents consistently and work with the team to ensure timely delivery of project deliverables

- Support in the documentation of learnings and potentially the creation of reusable knowledge from the project

Who we are looking for

At Sattva, our goal is realizing the impact on the ground and to drive a collective win by engaging with multiple stakeholders. We are looking for individuals who align with our mission of alleviating poverty in our lifetime and have the following profile:

- A minimum 2-4 years of work experience in consulting, project management, stakeholder management in a corporate environment or in a social enterprise along with a postgraduate degree in business management (preferable)

- Strong problem-solving skills, agility, and speed.

- Ability to demonstrate ownership, and work in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment as part of a closely-knit team (showcasing patience, tenacity and grace under pressure)

- Should have proven experience of working in complex projects involving multiple stakeholders, partners etc

- Experience in primary and secondary research.

- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills with exceptional attention to detail

- Proficiency in concise communication, making presentations and data analysis

- Highly effective interpersonal skills

- Prior experience in a client or customer-facing role, will be an added advantage