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 LOreal, 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 contributing members to the economy:
- Enable the government 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 the 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 State Rural Livelihood Society (MSRLS), Government of Meghalaya, to help increase adoption of the graduation approach/ economic inclusion program by targeting 4000 ultra-poor/ poorest of the poor households through community institutions. As part of this effort, a State Project Management Unit (SPMU) is set up at MSRLS, Shillong, to help the Government of Meghalaya to design and implement a special program called- WISE . 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:
- Own the implementation and outcomes of the program
- Provide leadership and managerial support to the field team, mainly to the District and Block professionals.
- Manage District and Block professionals to ensure quality implementation on the ground through regular meetings and field visits
- Develop process and system for onboarding and capacity building of District and Block professionals
- Develop process and system for regular monitoring and cont. feedback
- Work closely with The/Nudge s financial unit to develop budgets and ensure timely and effective of such budget
- Work closely with the SRLM in developing the annual budget and preparing financial plans
- Support MSRLS in the research and development of a strategy and program design to target the ultra-poor through the graduation approach built on top of community institutions enabled by the NRLM
- Support MSRLS in the implementation of action research of the graduation approach through a special project based on the strategy and design developed in consultation with key stakeholders
- Enable convergence of various state initiatives (social security, livelihood promotion, financial inclusion, social empowerment) and programs towards the end goal of graduating women and their households living in ultra-poverty out of it
- Support MSRLS to review the progress of the program periodically in order to iterate and scale
- Support the mission on the use of data and technology to ensure continuous flow of data from the field
- Build relationships with key government stakeholders in Meghalaya such that the special project is successful
- Build relationships with key government departments and support the successful adoption of strategies targeting the ultra-poor.
The ideal candidate for the role has:
- About 8-10 years of experience and is a Postgraduate
- Demonstrated a growth mindset - learning/improving constantly
- Demonstrated success in starting and leading initiatives, working under uncertainty & able to articulate vision and secure buy-in from stakeholders
- Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills. Fluent in English & local language
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
- The ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholder groups in a fast-paced environment
- Set aside personal bias to do what is right for the community
- Experience in designing/managing multi-stakeholder development sector programs designed around (or with) SHGs, Community Institutions and MSRLS
- 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
. Please visit The/Nudge Institute career page to apply online. Knowing English & local language (Garo, Khasi & Jaintia) is a must. Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
