The/Nudge Hiring for Associate Manager/ Manager-State Project Lead,Indian Administrative Fellowship Job at Chandigarh Full Time

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’s best leaders and entrepreneurs from across 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’s biggest challenges

About Indian Administrative Fellowship:

Indian Administrative Fellowship (IAF) is an 18-month fellowship program for senior private sector talent to work closely with the government to catalyze innovation and governance transformation, by extending the reach and efficiency of large scale government programs, under the guidance of visionary civil servants.

At The/Nudge you will:

• build, manage and monitor the project plan for a portfolio of departmental projects
• drive critical projects across departmental domains and provide key inputs for improving the project/program outcomes
• support the Fellow designates with project research and planning
• work across multiple Fellows/departments on reviewing the current policy/project design to identify gaps, and suggest solutions to ensure that the project-specific outcomes are achieved
• work closely with the State Unit Head to report project progress and fellow requirements and have them discussed and actioned out
• understand and execute assignments on summarizing policy/program documents and undertake data analysis
• build institutional learning and insights for the subsequent cohorts

Apply if you have:

• 5-7 years of overall work experience
• high energy and passion for doing impactful work
• prior experience in end to end project management
• prior experience in the development/public sector
• the ability to work with diverse stakeholder groups in a fast-paced environment
• demonstrated ability to work under uncertainty, ability to articulate a vision, and secure buy-in from stakeholders

Would be great if you have:

• prior exposure to leading government partnerships
• written and spoken fluency in Punjabi
• prior exposure to the subject matter of the state departmental engagements (as listed on the website)

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.