Delhi/Raipur
Posted 2 years ago

Website Indus Action

About Indus Action

Indus Action has a mission to enable the disadvantaged to access legislated rights sustainably in India, with a vision of moving more than a million Indians out of poverty by 2030. We started working towards this vision by employing our model of intervention towards inclusive education under section 12 1 c of the Right to education (RTE) act. In the past one year, we have expanded our intervention to Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) under Nation Food Security Act and Building and Other Construction Workers Act (BoCW). You can read more about this evolution here.

In the six years of our intervention to improve the access and process of accessing private school seats under the RTE , we have supported 300,000 admissions. By saving ~1L in tuition fees, families save 12% of their annual income. We are able to deliver this impact at a marginal cost (Rs 350 per child). Our cost-effective model ensures the impact at 0.001% of the annual budget the government spends in implementing this policy.

Our interventions in PMMVY are directed towards improving the rate of entitlement delivery to 12 million+ eligible pregnant and lactating mothers annually. We have conducted Rapid M&E surveys, process tracing analysis and statewide tech solutions in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Telangana and Karnataka.

Under the BoCW Act, in partnership with the labor ministry in Delhi and Chhattisgarh, we have conducted research and ground surveys to work on process streamlining of the labour registration and entitlement access. We are in the process of enabling a portfolio of entitlements to ~5 million+ workers.

We are currently working in Delhi, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Raipur, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

Culture at Indus Action

At Indus Action, each day, all of us take steps towards being a Deliberately Developmental Organization. We believe that each one of us brings our whole self to work along with our joys, sorrows, anger and happiness, we appreciate the full spectrum of human emotions that are associated with our work and believe that each of these emotions impact our work. Personal life crises and joyous occasions are up for discussion in our tactical work meetings, because it’s all tied to how productive we are at work everyday. Indus Action is a safe space to process your inner challenges and reflect on them along with your growth. We push each other with critical, open and honest feedback and create spaces for questions, both large and small.

Every employee also has access to various professional development platforms throughout the year including:

Board Retreats: You will get an opportunity to interact directly with board members and learn with them

Annual Step-back: An opportunity to step back and learn from the society and the people living in adverse conditions and;

Mid-year event/Campaign event: This a great platform for learning and interacting with civil servants, policymakers, civil society organisations, and other civil society influencers on various subjects.

We believe that each individual comes in with unique strengths and challenges and there is no need to hide any of them, but to find opportunities to hone all aspects of what you bring to the table. This is a radical workspace where you don’t have to try to look your best or manage other people’s impression of you. We believe that developing ourselves is developing Indus Action.

Position Summary

The Senior Associate position in the Strategy and Learning Team is for someone who is passionate about data, and understands the utility it holds, in driving policy changes across the board. The role is both an internal and external facing, with interactions with the state as well as functional teams, along with the external vendors. You’ll be part of a team, with primary responsibility of ensuring data-driven decisions in the organization, and pushing the same to the larger network.

Requirements

Roles and Responsibilities

The primary responsibilities include:

Designing and managing data frameworks across the network aimed at sustainable impact.
Engaging in brainstorming sessions with the team to identify problems and hypothesize causes and solutions.
Maintaining the sanctity of the data, through regular cleaning and checks.
Compiling and documenting research, hypotheses, insights, and engagement processes.
Collecting and analysing campaign data across the network with the Data Analytics team.
Supporting in active cultivation and maintenance of relationships with internal and external partners/stakeholders. These would include engaging with Government Relations Lead, operations lead and with the community of practice.
Conducting research and literature review to draw from the best practices in strategic planning, monitoring, change management and organizational development.
Supporting strategic review processes by helping review/revisit cities’ and specific national priorities by participating in step-backs.
Researching and preparing background material for organisational improvement exercises and external presentations in forums such as conferences.
Supporting in strategizing operational plans of the organization.

Knowledge and Technical Skills

Strong project management skills
Strong analytical (data/evidence gathering, analysis and interpretation, hypotheses framing and validation) and research capabilities
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Strong excel capabilities
Comfort with technology usage and products

Competencies and Values

Rigour and attention to detail
Time management, ability to keep calm during pressure situations
Ability to influence multiple stakeholders
Result-driven and outcome focused-approach
Adaptable and flexible in working style, comfortable with ambiguity

Education and Experience

We believe that reaching our vision demands that we have the best and brightest group of leaders working to lead our organisation. Here are the minimum qualifications we look for: