About The/Nudge Institute:
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 catalyzing 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.
Role Summary:
The professional will support JSLPS in strengthening rural development initiatives by identifying, documenting, and contextualizing best practices from Jharkhand and other states. The role involves preparing detailed analytical reports and presentations to guide replication and convergence strategies with government departments. The role also includes documenting best practices from Jharkhand/ JSLPS and presenting/ sharing with other CSOs/ SRLMs/ DAY-NRLM/ Ministries/Organisations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Study and analyze best practices from State Rural Livelihood Missions (SRLMs) and other relevant organizations.
- Prepare high-quality reports and presentations based on field research and secondary data.
- Support strategy formulation for replication and convergence of successful livelihood models.
- Coordinate with various stakeholders, including government departments, CSOs/NGOs, and community organizations.
- Conduct occasional field visits within and outside Jharkhand for data collection and stakeholder engagement.
- Facilitate knowledge sharing and documentation to aid programme scaling and impact.
- Document best practices from Jharkhand/ JSLPS and share with other NGOs/ CSOs/ SRLMs/ DAY-NRLM/ Ministries/Organisations.
Qualifications:
Ph.D/ M.Phil/ Master’s degree in Communication, Journalism, Social Work, Social Sciences, Rural Development, Business Administration, or related fields.
Experience:
- Minimum 8-12 years of professional experience in the development sector, CSR, consulting, or related areas.
- Must have strong experience in report writing, documentation, content development, and case study development.
- Preferably with exposure to State Rural Livelihood Missions (SRLMs) or similar large-scale rural development programs.
- Skills and Competencies:
- Strong analytical and research skills.
- Excellent report writing and presentation skills.
- Very strong communication skills in English and Hindi.
- Ability to work collaboratively with the government ecosystem and non-government stakeholders.
- Willingness to undertake field visits as required.
- Self-starter and self-motivated.