About Dasra:

Dasra’s bold aspiration is a transformed India where a billion thrive with dignity and equity. Established in 1999, Dasra is India’s leading strategic philanthropy foundation, working with philanthropists and high impact social entrepreneurs to bring together knowledge, funding and talent as a catalyst for social change. Dasra nurtures strategic philanthropy for India and focuses on impactful programs such as empowering adolescent girls, urban sanitation, inclusive economies and child protection and care. With 21 years of experience in the sector, a depth of knowledge gained from working with over 1,000 non-profits and having brought $100 million in funding to organizations – Dasra drives collaborative action to accelerate social change in India.

About the Social Compact team:

The Social Compact team within Dasra drives initiatives aimed at ensuring better lives for India’s informal workers. The Social Compact initiative is a multi-stakeholder platform that brings Industry, non-profits and experts into a co-solutioning relationship to ensure greater Dignity and Equity for One Million Industry-engaged Informal Workers in India. Leveraging our on ground intelligence and expertise, 6 key outcomes have been identified, that the industry could help address to enable a more humane and dignified life especially for those working informally – temporary workers, contractual workers or those working in supply chains. The Compact enables companies to reflect on their practices along the six outcome areas and offers valuable recommendations to address gaps. It also then helps companies integrate the prioritized recommendations into “business as usual”. The Social Compact has brought together companies across cities including Forbes Marshall, Godrej Properties, Thermax and others. Some companies have also taken the Compact to their key suppliers to help improve the plight of informal workers within supply chains.

About the role:

Associates at Dasra are responsible for end-to-end execution of the various projects under minimal supervision. Incumbent in the Social Compact team will have the below responsibilities-

· Develop a deep understanding of informal worker challenges and issues, leading global standards and frameworks

· Support in expense projection and budgeting for the overall program team (Dasra and partner NGOs) including tracking of financial inflow and outflow

· Perform quantitative and qualitative analysis of member company’s data to develop a deeper understanding of their worker related practices; and link insights and data across themes related to Informal Workers

· Conceptualize thoughts, with strong writing and communication skills to generate insights and powerful perspectives

· Create compelling written/presentation materials that influence funders, NGOs, companies and internal stakeholders

· Communicate effectively and build relationships with the internal team and external NGO leaders, companies, and partners

· Drive excellence in delivery of the multiple project tasks allocated

Requirements:

· Is a graduate or postgraduate with minimum 3 years of work experience; development sector experience and exposure to worker issues or social sustainability will be a bonus

· Consistently meets deadlines, effectively manages own time across several complex projects and identifies/resolves conflicts or roadblocks independently.

· Brings strong structure and organization to written and verbal content and is able to put forth points in a clear and concise manner.

· Prioritizes, structures and organizes information effectively, using spreadsheets or simple data analysis tools where needed, and ensuring adequate depth and breadth of perspectives. Draws accurate insights from gathered information.

· Engages external stakeholders including companies, NGO leaders and funders with trust and confidence and is able to manage relationships towards multiple goals/ projects/ deliverables.

· Passion for the development sector and the communities we serve

· Has the ability to work with great agility in an environment with massive ambiguity

To apply for this job please visit dasra.darwinbox.in.