Job Description

About our Organisation
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 the industry, academia, government, and development sectors. Who are we solving for in the Economic Inclusion Program?
We are solving for the bottom ~5-10% of the population in India which is tucked away and invisible to the outside world on the edges of remote villages, geographically isolated, socially and financially excluded, and economically excluded. Both markets and governments find it difficult to meaningfully support this segment.• A typical extremely poor and excluded household in India may have following indicators:
• annual household income of less than INR ~25000-35000
• tied to unpredictable wage labour
• living on less than 2 meals a day
• ownership of little or no land or productive asset (like livestock, bicycles)
• no savings (spend 80% of income on food)
• little or no access to social entitlements



Women in these most excluded households are especially vulnerable; hence we directly engage with them at each household level. What are we solving for in the Economic Inclusion Program?
EIP program is solving for households in extreme exclusion through a targeted, multi-faceted and sequenced model called the graduation approach which has demonstrated that extreme poverty can be conquered.
At The/Nudge we have been piloting this program for the past 3 years and are in the process of catalyzing propagation of the same. Our purpose is to contribute to ending ultra-poverty in India. EIP will:• continue to implement on its own to iterate the design for impact at scale
• enable more NGOs to adopt technical and capacity-building support
• enable govt to adopt by providing research, design, and implementation support
• continue to generate data on ultra-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 are some of the principles/approaches we use to solve problems?• First principles thinking
• Human-centered design (thoughtful, action-oriented, experimental & iterative process) with a gender lens
• Systems thinking (analytical, stakeholder-oriented, and holistic)
• Strategic planning (result oriented, logical, and coherent with clearly defined outcomes, grounded on the current realities)

ROLE • Lead and manage the overall collaboration with the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and relations with key stakeholders therein
• Lead and manage the National Project Management Unit(NPMU) positioned within the MoSJE
• Investigate legislation and policies related to special interest groups, on social inclusion issues and working with the most marginalised populations
• Study gaps between design and execution and course correct to deliver impact at scale
• Understand State, District, Block and GP level implementation structures, flows, guidelines and policies and apply these learnings in design & execution
• Gather and analyze data and statistics from various sources, like surveys and databases, to plug into existing mandates related to socially inclusive programming
• Write reports of research findings and summaries/reviews of current policies with a view to inform formulation and revisions in future policy
• Write and present policy proposals explaining the potential impacts, costs and benefits precisely to a wide range of stakeholders - government employees, politicians and public audiences based on a deep understanding of government frameworks

SKILLS • Strong understanding of field level challenges in rural India with respect to delivery of government programs and schemes
• Strong understanding of databases, analytical tools, and research methodologies
• Strong skills in project management
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Understanding of policy landscape and government frameworks
• Strong leadership skills, with a founder's mindset towards initiation and development of work profile

QUALIFICATIONS • Master's Degree in Public policy, Political Science, Public Administration, Statistics, International Relations, Legal studies, Sociology, Economics
• Prior experience in working with government/s preferred, between 12 and 15 years of work experience overall.