Job Opportunity for Senior Associate – Policy Engagement at Swaniti Initiative in New Delhi

Position Name: Senior Associate

Vertical: Policy Engagements

Location: New Delhi Office

Nature of engagement – Full time

Remuneration: Commensurate with market standards and relevant experience

Swaniti Initiative is looking for an experienced, passionate, self-driven, and qualified Manager who is eager to lead engagements of the organization in the public policy space and is excited to do stakeholders’ management in parliamentary processes. The manager will be expected to come up with knowledge products, manage partnerships and deliver the curated programs with a team of policy analysts and policy associates. The position provides a tremendous opportunity to get exposure to policy processes like policy research, advocacy, and piloting policy initiatives across diverse sectors in partnership with multinational partners and parliamentary bodies of India.

Roles and Responsibilities

Research and Project management:

• Manage programs that focus on solving issues pertaining to the delivery of public services, including engagement with both state legislative assembly members and Parliamentarians.
• Manage a team, which would include delegating responsibilities, ensuring delivery of projects, and managing partner relationships.
• Plan, conduct, and facilitate policy consultation meetings with parliamentarians, bureaucrats, partners, civil society leaders, and additional policymakers.
• Maintain strong communication channels with all relevant partners and stakeholders within Swaniti and externally.
• Keep in sync with the top management for the projects and ensure the growth of the team. 
• Keep a track of systemic changes and design initiatives which may fix the gaps in policy making processes.

Stakeholder Management and Relationship Building:

● Engage with national and multinational partners for coherent relation and curation of projects pertaining to several issues. 

● Establish consistent communication network with policy makers. 

● Engage with potential partners and represent the organisation at various platforms.

Knowledge creation and Documentation:

● Ensure the availability of policy briefs for the parliamentarians. 

● Developing insight papers on flagship policy programs of state and central government. 

● Developing proposals, project charters, policy memos, Gantt charts, project activities and program trackers.

● Getting the periodic reports on the development of projects developed. 

Eligibility Criteria

● Masters in subjects like Public Policy, Governance, Development Studies, Economics etc.

● At Least 3 years of total work experience with minimum 2 years spent in projects which may have required engagement with law makers. 

● Excellent verbal and written communication abilities in English. 

Skill and aptitude required: 

● Polished Communication Skills

● Systemic thinking ability

● Critical thinking ability

● Problem Solving attitude

● Keen observing ability

● Strategic planning ability

● Proficiency in MS office and canva

● Documentation skills