Job Opportunity for Associate – North East at Swaniti Initiative in North-Eastern States of India

Position: Associate

Location: North-East States of India

Nature of Position: Research and Implementation ReportingTo Project Manager

Remuneration: Commensurate with market standards and relevant experience

About Swaniti Initiative:

Swaniti Initiative is a non-partisan, social enterprise that delivers development solutions to policy makers and representatives. Swaniti works with State Governments and Parliamentarians across 17 states. Swaniti supports addressing the issues of health, education, gender, water, sanitation, climate change, and livelihood.

We work through a three-pronged approach: provide research support on key government programs and initiatives, on-ground implementation insights for the delivery of public service, and technological intervention to improve service delivery.

Overview of the project:

The project is focused towards creating a culture of tech and people-enabled feedback systems in the northeastern states of India. Through a bottom-up planning approach, we will assess the current state of implementation of schemes and locate bottlenecks in the delivery of public services under various schemes.

The project requires extensive surveying and interviewing of beneficiaries and local governance officials to recognize exclusion and leakages. Following the assessment study, the team will attempt to translate feedback into action by introducing a tech-based solution in the implementation of government schemes.

Eventually, the project will establish a sturdy governance model across the northeastern states by reforming the systems and processes, thereby leading to enhanced inclusion, access, and resilience of public service delivery.

Job Summary:

Swaniti Initiative is looking for an enthusiastic, curious, empathetic, and action-oriented professional, who is eager to contribute to the government system by providing inputs on the basis of extensive primary and secondary research, inter-governmental department liasoning, and help implement locally suited interventions. The work will be centered around a primary survey, need assessment, situation analysis, data analysis, brainstorming with relevant stakeholders, and collaborating with the local bodies, and allied departments of the state government. The team member will be a resource person to several departments of the government and will report directly to the Project Manager of Swaniti Initiative. The position provides a tremendous opportunity to get exposure to multiple domains while working with the allied departments of the government.

Roles and Responsibilities:

● Conduct extensive field surveys, stakeholder interviews/consultations, beneficiary interviews, and meetings with officials of government and non-government organizations.

● Data analysis, visualization, and summary report generation

● Mediate and liaison with multiple government departments and officials for paperwork, communication, and coordination, during and after implementation of recommendations.

● Conducting and moderating FGDs to assist in baseline surveys

● Act as a catalyst for the departments of the state government or between non-government agencies

● Create insight papers, reports, or presentations for communication with various internal and external stakeholders.

● Contribute in all the initiatives of the team, as may be requested, in a constructive manner

Skill and aptitude required:

● Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural environment and establish harmonious relationships

● Strong analytical skills and ability to think strategically

● Ability to communicate ideas clearly and confidently, articulate issues, and recommend solutions

● Proven ability to identify innovations and translate them into implementable practices

● Competency in the usage of IT tools including proficiency in MS Office suite and other applications

● Polished oral and writing skills in English with effective documentation skills

● The ability to communicate in Bengali and Assamese is desirable

Nature of the position: Mid Level

Engagement Type: Full time

Joining date: Immediately