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 90+ 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".
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 are in the process of catalysing the propagation of the same.
Our purpose is to contribute to making the most excluded individuals a contributing member to the economy:
- Enable govt to adopt by providing research, design, and implementation support
- Continue to implement on its own to iterate the design for impact at scale
- Enable more NGOs to adopt technical and capacity-building 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 Meghalaya Government Innovation Lab and Meghalaya State Rural Livelihoods Society (MSRLS), Government of Meghalaya, to help increase adoption of the graduation approach/ economic inclusion program by targeting 50,000 ultra-poor/ poorest of the poor, mainly single distress mothers through community institutions. As part of this effort, a State Project Management Unit (SPMU) is being set up at MSRLS, Shillong, to help the Government of Meghalaya to design and implement a special program called- ‘Meghalaya Economic Inclusion Program’ (M-EIP). This position is for the SPMU at Shillong, MSRLS and will report to the State Lead, Meghalaya Economic Inclusion Program.
At The/Nudge Institute, you will:
- Be the single point of accountability for tech products to enable implementation and monitoring of the program in collaboration with the MSRLS
- build and execute end-to-end tech product roadmap for End Ultra-Poverty
- facilitate MIS build-out for MSRLS as per their requirements
- build partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to build the products
- analyze data and present reports of the product to internal and external stakeholders
- design SoPs for tech roll-out in collaboration with the government
- conduct market research to identify solutions and gaps in the current solution, and proactively iterate designs and product roadmaps
- be enthusiastic about traveling to remote rural areas, meeting with stakeholders, and gathering insights firsthand
- identify opportunities to build tech-first solutions as well as tech solutions that are enablers of rural development programs
- support operations in adoption, take feedback, and iterate products to improve the performance of the overall program
The ideal candidate for the role has:
- Fluent in English & local language is desirable
- immense interest and knowledge in technology & applying its potential to create impact at scale
- demonstrated a growth mindset - learning/improving constantly
- demonstrated success in starting and leading initiatives, working under uncertainty & able to articulating a vision, and securing buy-in from stakeholders
- excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills.
- strong analytical and critical thinking skills
- the ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholder groups in a fast-paced environment
- 3-5 years of experience, preferably in tech/MIS development, and is a Postgraduate / Graduate
- experience in working with government stakeholders
- 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 & setting aside personal bias
- Knowing English & local language (Garo, Khasi & Jaintia) is a must.
We aspire to be an inclusive and diverse organisation 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. Please visit The/Nudge Institute career page to apply online. Female candidates are encouraged to apply.