District Lead, EIP, Livelihood Program

thenudge· Economic Inclusion Program
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📍 Meghalaya, ML, IndiaFULL TIME
Operations ManagementProgram Executiondata drivenProblem-Solvinggovernment liaisonTeam Leadershipfield operations

About this role

About The/Nudge
The/Nudge is an action institute building resilient livelihoods to alleviate poverty. We work with women, farmers, tribals, and youth across rural development, agriculture, skilling, and economic inclusion, in partnership with 15+ central and state governments.

Our economic inclusion journey towards serving 25 million Indians spans 10 states and currently reaches over 1.5 million people. Through our incubator, accelerator, and grand challenges, we have supported 200+ social entrepreneurs, including Forbes 30 Under 30 honorees, Earthshot Prize winners, and nationally recognized changemakers.

Founded with the support of 130+ eminent philanthropists, 40+ corporates, and 15+ foundations, The/Nudge is working 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.

What will you do?
The/Nudge is working with various state SRLMs to help increase adoption of the graduation approach/ economic inclusion program by targeting vulnerable rural women through community institutions.
  • To understand and practice the Spirits of The/Nudge Institute and the respective SRLMs
  • Ensure all project activities are implemented on time with utmost quality as per approved Project Implementation Plan (PIP)/ Standard Operating Procedure (SoP)/ Package of Practice (PoP)/ Community Operational Manual (COM) in the respective districts.
  • Support the district in projects under PVTG Domain.
  • Coordinate with DMMU and BMMU to ensure smooth implementation of the project .
  • Coordinate and facilitate in organizing capacity building training of project team and community.
  • Coordinate and lead in organizing any project related event at regional and district.
  • Coordinate and support in any field visits of dignitaries and officials.
  • Ensure timely planning and implementation of project activities.
  • Ensure proper documentation and reporting related to the project to respective offices.
  • Facilitate the timely collection/ entry, processing and reporting of data.
  • Support and practice monitoring & evaluation of projects.
  • Good stakeholder management at the grassroots level.

Who are we looking for in this role?
  • Candidate must be graduate; post-graduate will be preferred, in relevant streams like rural development, rural management, agriculture, forestry, social work, anthropology etc.
  • Candidate must have 4-6 years of relevant experience in the development sector/ rural development projects/ poverty eradication projects/ livelihood promotion projects/ tribal development projects.
  • Candidate with work experience working in district-level positions in National Rural Livelihood Mission/ State Rural Livelihood Missions in Institution Building, Capacity Building, Social Inclusion, Social Development, and Livelihood promotion will be preferred.
  • The candidate must have her/his own two-wheeler with a valid driving license as it is a field job.
  • This position is based in East Khasi HIlls

What’s in it for you?
Own your growth: An impact-led learning environment encourages Nudgesters to invest in their learning and capacity building needs through initiatives and policies, including L&D wallet, individual development plan and internal role change opportunities.
Find your tribe: Our hiring philosophy emphasises intent, attitude, smarts and skills, in that order, to build a cohesive environment for Nudgesters. The organisation is committed to curating people-centric policies, enhancing how employees experience life at The/Nudge.
Take big bets: Organisational initiatives are intended to facilitate Nudgesters with a view to the big picture, illustrated by our impact across 50000+ households, 15+ governments, 200+ social enterprises and Charcha: India’s largest social sector convening forum.
Make it happen: A product-based approach in an action-biased environment empowers Nudgesters to implement audacious plans. Driven to fail fast, we endeavour to optimise resources in favour of programs that align with our scale ambition.

You can learn more about what we do and how we do it through this deck.

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.


Skills
Program Executionthe founder mindsetProgram Managementproblem solvingpurpose at the centergovernment liaison
Additional Comments
The Location for this role is  Mawkynrew , East Khasi HIlls  

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